Happily Getting Things Done!

All the lacing rings are sewn on the Italian dress. I even got started on a chemise for it. I wanted to practice first so I made it from cotton. I'll make a linen one later.
The boning is now all sewn into the corset. I've stitched the sides and bottom of the silk cover together by machine because time is running short. It still needs tweaking which I'm doing after work.
More of the blackwork is done than what I had to take out because of my mistake. I'm much happier now that I've gotten past that.

Dissatisfaction

I'm not happy. I found another mistake in my blackwork, which means I have to take out what I've done. Again. I don't know why I didn't see this when I was doing the first journey. As of right now I am way behind on this because of that mistake.
I did get some work done on the Italian worker woman dress. The shoulders are now sewn together and I have topstitched around both arm holes. This dress is being sewed by hand. I'm going to put on the lacing rings tonight. Tomorrow I'll have someone else cut an even hem for me so I can hand hem it, and we'll be working on fitting new sleeves, which will be sewn by hand also.

And at the end of the day...

I have finished all the boning channels in the farthingale, finished all the raw edges and put in the hoop boning. All it needs now is a waistband, which will have to wait until I get the corset done. I need to measure what height I need the waist of the farthingale to be at, and for that I need to have the corset done because that goes on first. It does mean I can cross of two things now instead of one. And both were finished in the same day! I've been working on projects now for about 12 hours, and I'm tired so I'm going to stop working and and have a refreshing malted beverage. And maybe some ice cream.

Cross one off....

The beadwork is done. I'm so very, very happy about that. Now it can go away, and I can finally work on something else. My next project for today is the farthingale. I even took pictures of the beadwork. My instructions were to make sure the entire front of the doublet had beads. When I finished the front, I only had eight beads left so I just did an accent on the back near the top. I think it looks really good. Since the doublet is for someone else, if asked I will bead the back also. Each bead is individually stitched on with silk thread. They are real pearls, but they are not round, more like potatoes.

Work Day!!

I have NOTHING to do on Saturday. How unusual. It is going to be a work day! All day sewing. Just me and my mischevious little cats. I'll be working on the corset and farthingale mostly. There will be a field trip at some point. Joann's was giving away 50% off coupons for use on Saturday only at the cutting table, and I need material for a padded gambeson. I also need more large cable ties to finish the corset so I also get to go to Home Depot. I hope to get the farthingale hoop casings done. Alot of it will just be measuring out where they go and lots of pinning. The cats will want to pull out the pins. They'll have fun with that.

My Not so Triumphant Return?

I didn't get the beadwork or the blackwork done so I did not meet my first goal. I did finish the left hand side of the doublet today so I've been working on it. The beading needle was lost in the grass. I hardly worked on the blackwork at all. I did make a tripod while at Lillies. That wasn't on my to do list, but hot metal, hammers and fire is more fun than blackwork. I will put up pictures of the doublet later.

Completed...and started

The robe is done! . The pattern isn't quite period because of the overlap and it is printed. I really liked the way it looked which is why I bought the fabric. There are 22 buttons down the front, 2.5 inches apart.
One of the shade fly poles is finished. The other will not be done before Lillies.
I now have the doublet and pearl beads so I've already started on that which means no blackwork until the doublet is done. I don't think it will take me as long as I thought. I'll put up pictures of the beadwork later

More Work Done

I did alot of work on the robe last night. The lining is done and I have everything except the sleeves sewn together at the ends. I've picked out the buttons I want and I have enough of them to put them on the inside and outside. The only thing I am not happy with is the length. About an inch drags on the ground so I'm going to have to hem it up about an inch or two. I could take out the hem and completely redo it, but I hate taking out stitching so I'm not going to do that.
I also did more blackwork, as I do everyday. I hope to be half done with it by the end of today.
I'm going to Master Danr's tonight to work on the tent poles again.