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miss_philomena ([personal profile] miss_philomena) wrote2011-05-11 10:15 pm

:/

so scrapbook isn't working with the lj.app or something? Not cool, LJ. Your force me to email my pictures to myself just so I can upload them here. 365 pics will have to wait until LJ decides to behave again.

But anyway, stripy natural form update! Okay technically it's not an update because I haven't done anything else, but I took a picture! :D It still needs hemming, but that shouldn't take too long. And then all I really need to do is the bodice! I still need to cut the flatlining for that before I can piece it. I'm flatlining the main body with the same green striped cotton I used for the underskirt, and I'm gonna bagline the sleeves with probably some white silk taffeta I have in my stash. And I'm still trying to decide exactly how I want to trim this. Because the silk itself is such a bold design, I think I might only do some ivory lace around the neckline and end of the sleeves. And I think I'm gonna do either ivory or gold buttons on the bodice too.



Now, for a bit of planning~ I think the next thing I'm going to work on is a summer bustle gown a la the 1872 dress I posted the other day. I was originally thinking of some type of floral print like the original, but then I remembered I have a lovely blue striped cotton gauze in my stash. It always comes back to stripes, what can I say? So not only to I want a nice light summer gown, I want it for something specific. That being Belvidere's Victorian Days this September. Which also means I'll probably need a white or light colored corset, instead of my black one. >_> But I've got a pattern I already like, so I'd just need to make another one.

ETA: works so much better when I get the html right >_>;;

[identity profile] the-aristocat.livejournal.com 2011-05-12 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
The skirt looks amazing! Lovely fabric too.

[identity profile] miss-philomena.livejournal.com 2011-05-12 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2011-05-12 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
The skirt looks great! And hey, stripes are good; one can never have too many stripey things! And hey, that's right, Belvidere is in NJ...I can probably make it to that! :D

[identity profile] miss-philomena.livejournal.com 2011-05-12 06:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Stripes are just too much fun~ I think I'd make everything in striped fabric if I could xD

And you should definitely go to Belvidere too! It looks like it's about an hour and 20 minutes for me, but you're further south of me aren't you?
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2011-05-13 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yep, I'm right across the river from Philly...a quick consultation of Google tells me it's about a two hour drive (great, *another* one?), but, well, I don't get THAT many chances to play dress-up to turn one down! :)

[identity profile] miss-philomena.livejournal.com 2011-05-13 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh then you aren't all that far from me! I'm in Trenton >_< Maybe you could just come up here and then we could drive up together?
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[identity profile] mandie-rw.livejournal.com 2011-05-14 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooh, that would be awesome - I think I may take you up on that offer! :D

[identity profile] miss-philomena.livejournal.com 2011-05-17 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Yay! :D We can plan more firmly when it gets closer to the time!