Friday night I went to see Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the Orpheum (part of their summer movie series!) with dad. It was a lot of fun; we sat in the first row of the big balcony and people had coconuts they were banging together so it echoed all over the theater LOL Saturday morning I embroidered - Saturday night I sewed. Sunday morning I embroidered - Sunday ...
So I finally started my embroidery last night. I drew up my patterns for the main front piece Wednesday night,and yesterday I transferred that to the back side of my fabric. I did a few test runs to see which thread I liked better (I had a non-metallic gold, and a metallic gold to choose from), and which bead size I liked better. Then I started on the front. ...
So I went to spend some quality time in my office last night. I went to grab the bodice pieces out of my pattern bag - they were already cut since this is the same pattern I used for my previous Anne in 2009 - only to discover they were not in the bag. I grabbed my two versions of the underpinning patterns, figure they probably got stuck in one of ...
Part of the reason I was rushing on Peggy was so that I could get everything finished and the fabric scraps put away so I could have a clean office to start on Anne. Because Anne is seriously taking up some room. I got the skirt pieces cut last night and sewn together quickly. I pleated it just to see how it was looking. I don't feel like my back ...
I REALLY dug in on Peggy this weekend. Chase was gone Friday-Saturday evening, so I attacked it with everything I had. Worked until about 1AM Friday night/Sat morning, got up, had breakfast, ran to the store, and then back at it until Chase got home around 5. I was kinda in a rush because I REALLY wanted to take it and show it to my grandfather yesterday on Father's Day. ...
Shirt & tie are just stand-ins! Needed to see the jacket with something similar on underneath. Last night I top-stitched the front, got the collar put in and started on the epaulets. I'm going to have to take the collar back off because it's slightly too big and I need to put a couple of darts in so the whole thing lays right - in the photo above I've got ...
Doesn't look all that different from yesterday's post, but last night was clean up. I cleaned up the inside and pressed some stuff and fixed my dart, and reshaped my collar. Also made the upper collar but haven't attached it yet. It's a little big on my dressform, it's fitting me better - I'll try to take my next picture of it on me instead. Tonight, I will hopefully finish ...
Didn't get to work much last night; but I did get the jacket basically put back together. I need to go back in and trim and replace my seams and darts, and also I think I may need to move the left side down - the pockets ended up uneven and I think it's just because I've got it placed too high (I hope that's all it is. Otherwise I'm ...
This is part 2 to this post, way back OVER a month ago... So I thought my fabric searches were over and done with. I had that last 4 yards coming in from Murfreesboro and that would give me 14 yards all together, which should be enough. Well time goes by and they never call to say my fabric is in. Chase calls up there for me and they tell him the 4 yards ...
I got the other side cut out, got my pockets done, darts put back in place and started putting the jacket back together. It looks like a right mess in that photo but I wanted a progress shot. Tonight I'm going to get the darts put back into the lining and get the lining and outer layer reattached. I'm hoping I can get to the point I can top stitch. ...