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Dec. 10th, 2014 07:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
atherleisureI don't have any major milestones to post, though to me it's something of a milestone that my 1849 stocking now has the same number of stitches in a row that I cast on. I've finished narrowing the stitches that were increased for the calf. I've continued to work on cross-stitching a bit and have finished the cat on one of next year's ornaments. Tonight I'll start working on the other of next year's ornaments. I'll do about as much on it as I've done on this one then happily put Christmas needlework away until November.
I also continued working on my 1890's corset until I found I needed a few supplies. And I don't know where to find that stuff locally so I had to place another order, which will possibly arrive tomorrow. Anyway, it's a quarter of the way bound and about three-eighths of the way flossed. It's going pretty well, and I expect good progress once I have my parts.
Yesterday I started drafting a set of combinations out of Bustle Fashions 1885-1887 rather than using the set from Vintage Lingerie. I realized that I didn't really know how much ease there should be in something like this so using the 1880's draft should help establish that. Hopefully, I'll finish drafting the pattern today, but since I'm going to put a coat of paint on my daughter's room today, I don't know that I'll get to it.
I'm not sure that I'm going to keep going on the 1890's setup just at present. I have the fabric for an 1880's dress, and I'm intrigued by the collapsing cage bustles so I think I might switch tacks. I figure the 1880's combinations will suit for the 1890's and the 1890's corset will suit for the 1880's so the only things I've worked on so far are flexible that way. It's been awhile since I started from the skin out in a new era, and there's so much to do to have something you could wear out and about.
I also continued working on my 1890's corset until I found I needed a few supplies. And I don't know where to find that stuff locally so I had to place another order, which will possibly arrive tomorrow. Anyway, it's a quarter of the way bound and about three-eighths of the way flossed. It's going pretty well, and I expect good progress once I have my parts.
Yesterday I started drafting a set of combinations out of Bustle Fashions 1885-1887 rather than using the set from Vintage Lingerie. I realized that I didn't really know how much ease there should be in something like this so using the 1880's draft should help establish that. Hopefully, I'll finish drafting the pattern today, but since I'm going to put a coat of paint on my daughter's room today, I don't know that I'll get to it.
I'm not sure that I'm going to keep going on the 1890's setup just at present. I have the fabric for an 1880's dress, and I'm intrigued by the collapsing cage bustles so I think I might switch tacks. I figure the 1880's combinations will suit for the 1890's and the 1890's corset will suit for the 1880's so the only things I've worked on so far are flexible that way. It's been awhile since I started from the skin out in a new era, and there's so much to do to have something you could wear out and about.
