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Progress Report
Jul. 28th, 2016 02:49 pmMy turn-of-the-18th-century smock/shift is approaching completion.
The neck ruffle is pieced and hemmed and gathered. The neck band and facing are pieced. I just have to attach the ruffle to the neckband, gather the body, attach it to the neckband, and attach the neckband facing. I'm pretty pleased with it and with how it's coming.
I also started a couple of 1830's petticoats, though they've only had the main seams sewn and the hems pressed up. I wanted something that would move quickly, and running up those seams on the machine hardly took any time at all. Besides, when you're in the mood to work on underwear, you should seize the opportunity! How often does that happen? Two petticoats should be all I need to finish my 1830's underwear, which is definitely worth a little happy dance.
There hasn't been a lot of knitting lately, but I did take a picture of a section of the front piece of my 1860 rigolette, or winter headdress, after I blocked it. I think it's quite pretty.
I also took a picture of the fichu I made for the Jane Austen Festival since I forgot to take a picture of it on me at the festival itself. (I'm hopeless, am I not?) Sorry about all the creases; I was not interested in ironing it just to take a picture before folding it right back up into the box.
I still have to report on our excursion to Jamestown, but I'm going to wait until after all of the CoCo hullaballoo has passed. I hope![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
starlightmasque will be as kind as she was last year and post frequent pictures to keep those of us who cannot attend involved. It was really great seeing all those pictures last year.
The neck ruffle is pieced and hemmed and gathered. The neck band and facing are pieced. I just have to attach the ruffle to the neckband, gather the body, attach it to the neckband, and attach the neckband facing. I'm pretty pleased with it and with how it's coming.
I also started a couple of 1830's petticoats, though they've only had the main seams sewn and the hems pressed up. I wanted something that would move quickly, and running up those seams on the machine hardly took any time at all. Besides, when you're in the mood to work on underwear, you should seize the opportunity! How often does that happen? Two petticoats should be all I need to finish my 1830's underwear, which is definitely worth a little happy dance.
There hasn't been a lot of knitting lately, but I did take a picture of a section of the front piece of my 1860 rigolette, or winter headdress, after I blocked it. I think it's quite pretty.
I also took a picture of the fichu I made for the Jane Austen Festival since I forgot to take a picture of it on me at the festival itself. (I'm hopeless, am I not?) Sorry about all the creases; I was not interested in ironing it just to take a picture before folding it right back up into the box.
I still have to report on our excursion to Jamestown, but I'm going to wait until after all of the CoCo hullaballoo has passed. I hope
starlightmasque will be as kind as she was last year and post frequent pictures to keep those of us who cannot attend involved. It was really great seeing all those pictures last year.
