One Done and Another Begun

I finished my 1770's dress remake, though I have yet to put it on to take pictures. I'm going to try to get my husband to take them because it's so much faster having a photographer. I'm definitely not an expert with the timer.

Then I started a new dress. I was cutting out a 1950's dress that's going to be a blue-flowered silk/cotton voile flat-lined with lawn when I decided I needed a plain white drop-front Regency dress. So I started that. Now I've made up the bodice and cut the skirt panels and cut a muslin test sleeve. I intend the whole thing to be hand-sewn, and I'm hoping to have it finished within a couple of weeks. I'm debating trying to embroider the bodice front but thought I'd put the rest of the dress together first and see what I thought.

My 1930's bolero is coming along, though I haven't worked on it much the last couple of days. But the back is finished until the shoulder seams are done and the yoke can be knit, and I'm through the first two lace pattern repeats of the first front. Satisfactory.

Olaf Pictures

I finally managed to take pictures of my son's complete Hallowe'en costume when the children were playing dress-up the other night. He hates the hat because the base is too small and is tight around his throat, but I convinced him to let me put it on him for a few minutes so I could take pictures. And so I give you Olaf.







It's hard to photograph because you can either see the boy's face, or you can see the Olaf face, but not both simultaneously.

More 1920's Pictures

I've uploaded some more scans from my 1926-27 attic collection to Flickr. They should all be out of copyright, though I make no guarantees. Here's the set, which I'll add to as I get more scanned.

And if anyone has advice on scanning a whole magazine, please share.