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mandie_rwNo more sewing this weekend, although I did unpack both bags of crap from sewing day yesterday, so that is definitely still an accomplishment.
Also cleaned the house for visiting in-law relations (should have people over more so I'm inspired to be less of a slob lol). Not a deep clean by any means but at least all the stray cat hair tumbleweeds were vacuumed up! Cats fled from the noise of the kids - they're Tom's cousin's kids and they're well-behaved but not especially quiet, and the cats just aren't used to that decibel level hahaha. The five year old really wanted to be Orange Tuna's friend. Orange Tuna hid under the entertainment center and watched him suspiciously. Lili and Ferd fled to the recesses of the basement and under the bed, respectively. Poor kid just wanted to pet the kitty LOL.
After laying the spotted net out on the green fabric and against the brocade, I think that the white is too white, annoyingly. I think it may be too HEY LOOK AT ME bright white. I'm going to leave it sitting out on the ironing board for the week slash wait for the beaded net to show up so I can see how that coordinates with everything to decide. It's nylon net so I'll have to get acid dye for it...I'll stop by Joanns to see what they have once I decide. I don't particularly want to make an order from Dharma Trading for one TINY container of dye, but I infinitely prefer Dharma's product quality, plus the Joanns color selection of dye is fairly limited, so...we'll see.
I suppose technically I didn't quite make my sewing goals for the week as I wanted to at least start putting the flounce on the underskirt, but I did all the rest of it (prep for sewing day, get the seam allowances tacked down, bind hem) so I still feel fairly accomplished!
Goal for this week is modest; it's Tom's birthday this upcoming weekend, and although we don't have any big plans we'll probably do something! (Which will take away from my precious sewing time haha. So rude!) Also I'm scheduled for some dental work on Thursday (ew) so that may affect sewing inclination too!
- Dinner dress underskirt: pleat up and baste to waistband OR attach hem flounce. (Both would be even better, but, again, being modest.)
- Add back lacing to lining of old cream sack jacket to embiggen. I've settled on wearing my red quilted petticoat and cream silk 1760s sack jacket to the 18thc costumed tea in February, and the jumps that go with it if they're remotely wearable. Hooray for historical comfy clothing! The jacket sleeves still fit, thankfully, and although I made it with a fitted back lining it's the easiest thing in the world to slash the center back and put some eyelets or ties in. I don't think there's too much else to get this outfit wearable, but I should start adding bits and pieces to the weekly sewing list so February doesn't sneak up on me!
Also cleaned the house for visiting in-law relations (should have people over more so I'm inspired to be less of a slob lol). Not a deep clean by any means but at least all the stray cat hair tumbleweeds were vacuumed up! Cats fled from the noise of the kids - they're Tom's cousin's kids and they're well-behaved but not especially quiet, and the cats just aren't used to that decibel level hahaha. The five year old really wanted to be Orange Tuna's friend. Orange Tuna hid under the entertainment center and watched him suspiciously. Lili and Ferd fled to the recesses of the basement and under the bed, respectively. Poor kid just wanted to pet the kitty LOL.
After laying the spotted net out on the green fabric and against the brocade, I think that the white is too white, annoyingly. I think it may be too HEY LOOK AT ME bright white. I'm going to leave it sitting out on the ironing board for the week slash wait for the beaded net to show up so I can see how that coordinates with everything to decide. It's nylon net so I'll have to get acid dye for it...I'll stop by Joanns to see what they have once I decide. I don't particularly want to make an order from Dharma Trading for one TINY container of dye, but I infinitely prefer Dharma's product quality, plus the Joanns color selection of dye is fairly limited, so...we'll see.
I suppose technically I didn't quite make my sewing goals for the week as I wanted to at least start putting the flounce on the underskirt, but I did all the rest of it (prep for sewing day, get the seam allowances tacked down, bind hem) so I still feel fairly accomplished!
Goal for this week is modest; it's Tom's birthday this upcoming weekend, and although we don't have any big plans we'll probably do something! (Which will take away from my precious sewing time haha. So rude!) Also I'm scheduled for some dental work on Thursday (ew) so that may affect sewing inclination too!
- Dinner dress underskirt: pleat up and baste to waistband OR attach hem flounce. (Both would be even better, but, again, being modest.)
- Add back lacing to lining of old cream sack jacket to embiggen. I've settled on wearing my red quilted petticoat and cream silk 1760s sack jacket to the 18thc costumed tea in February, and the jumps that go with it if they're remotely wearable. Hooray for historical comfy clothing! The jacket sleeves still fit, thankfully, and although I made it with a fitted back lining it's the easiest thing in the world to slash the center back and put some eyelets or ties in. I don't think there's too much else to get this outfit wearable, but I should start adding bits and pieces to the weekly sewing list so February doesn't sneak up on me!
