A Dedicated Follower of Fashion

....which is both the reason for my lack of posting in the past few days (why does everything TAKE SO LONG to make?!) and the reason I'll have a much-less-impressive wardrobe for Gettysburg than hoped! Have decided to prioritize finishing the odds and ends on the pieces I already have, rather than attempting to make some more half-finished things.

Also, I'm glad I tried on the Dress of a Thousand Triangles today, because I'm going to have to put a placket in, which is, uh, putting it generously. To say "it almost doesn't fit any more" would be sadder yet more appropriate. Thank goodness I decided to have it lace shut rather than use hooks and eyes. Well, it has been a year and a half since I last wore it... If this trend continues, I may need to make a new ballgown for Remembrance Day weekend 2014!

Alice's bonnet is this close to done, I just need to put flowers and crap on it. I was going to bang out all the machine sewing on Robin's bonnet tonight, but have apparently hidden the wire from myself really well. I JUST used it, where the hell has it wandered off to?? So, gotta buy more wire after my shift at work tomorrow. (...floral wire. I've never bought real millinery wire in my life.)

So, don't expect too many posts in the next week, since not much fun sewing will be happening!

Just needs a hem, and it's done! Which is good, because I wasn't looking forward to staying up all night tomorrow after a long shift at work.

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But first, meet The Roommates' Cat! His name is Romeo (he came with the name, apparently), but I've dubbed him Squeaker, because he does not meow - he squeaks. Like a squeaky faucet (which we have in the bathroom, and I never am sure if it's the faucet or the cat making the noise!).

Not as handsome as my Willow, and a bit of a weenie - spends most of the day hiding in the attic. Still, he's gotten comfortable enough with me now to sit on my fabric, and abscond with my chalk, which now has tiny toothmarks. And he's sitting next to me on my bed right now. I'll get him to like me best, just wait and see! *grin*


( Anyway - sewing! )