A Good Week for Project Progress

This was a good week for project progress. I finished the little witch dress except for a sash and finished the last bit of the fairy costume except for a couple of bows for trim. I started cutting out the buckram for the witch hat yesterday but found that I didn't have enough for the crown. That made the second trip to JoAnn's yesterday.

I cast off the first half of the 1937 cami-knickers. I still need to pick up the stitches along the bottom to do the garter-stitch bit there, but since I had very little yarn left in the ball I'm using, I decided to start the flap instead. The good news is that I should only need one more ball of yarn than the pattern called for. I'm glad to see this project moving along.

Finally, there's the cross-stitched lady for my husband. I'm getting pretty close. I have fewer than 4500 stitches left. Maybe he will get it by Thanksgiving, but if not then, he should have it by Christmas.

Tonight I start trying to wire a hat brim for the first time. It should be interesting.

Jefferson Ball

I finally sent in my registration for the Jefferson Ball in November. I feel like I've put it off quite a long time, but I see in my checkbook that I paid for last year's ball on 10/6 so maybe I'm a little more timely than I feel like I am.

I think I'm going to wear the 1750's print sacque, though I'm considering the 1770's rust taffeta. I really shouldn't worry about it just yet because I still need to figure out what I'm wearing to the ball in Old Salem this weekend! It's billed as an 18th century ball, but I really want to wear my copper 1820's dress since I didn't get to wear it to the James Monroe ball this summer. (As far as I can tell, there was no James Monroe ball this summer.) The invitation says "Colonial, Regency or evening clothing please." 1825 isn't exactly Regency, but it's close enough, right?

So do I wear the stuff from the right century, or do I wear the stuff I really want to wear?