The good. I'm getting new shoes! Red 18th century mules to be exact. My feet will be happy at Under the Redcoat this year!* And thanks to the beauty that is the 18c pocket, I can actually switch them out for the fancier shoes when my feet get pooped.** And if I do get around to knitting stockings, I can show off the nifty not normal heel!
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twilatee!
The bad. I'm helping a kid in class. The kid in the next row--not even sitting in his seat--pushes the desks forward. You know what's next. Bam. I'm on the floor. This one hurt. Ice pack helped. Fortunately, I had just found out about the shoes. I ordered them right after school. Yay! Shoes!
The weird. A little after 10 this morning, I could've sworn I felt an earthquake. And when I get home, I find out there was one. Only, just over 500 miles away. Um.
*Walking on bricks is evil, evil, evil! This is a long standing prejudice starting from college. I got to Williamsburg last year saw the bricks and wailed, "No! Bricks!" Also, rollerblading on bricks just might give you a nosebleed. I so don't recommend it!
**It's not recommended to have flip flops as the only not historic shoes you bring. They won't work with period dress if your feet decide they've had it! I decided last year I needed to bring an alternate shoe. It's not that mine aren't comfortable, they're just a tiny bit big and my foot slides forward (they were great with the wool stockings, actually), and BRICKS!!!
Thanks
twilatee!The bad. I'm helping a kid in class. The kid in the next row--not even sitting in his seat--pushes the desks forward. You know what's next. Bam. I'm on the floor. This one hurt. Ice pack helped. Fortunately, I had just found out about the shoes. I ordered them right after school. Yay! Shoes!
The weird. A little after 10 this morning, I could've sworn I felt an earthquake. And when I get home, I find out there was one. Only, just over 500 miles away. Um.
*Walking on bricks is evil, evil, evil! This is a long standing prejudice starting from college. I got to Williamsburg last year saw the bricks and wailed, "No! Bricks!" Also, rollerblading on bricks just might give you a nosebleed. I so don't recommend it!
**It's not recommended to have flip flops as the only not historic shoes you bring. They won't work with period dress if your feet decide they've had it! I decided last year I needed to bring an alternate shoe. It's not that mine aren't comfortable, they're just a tiny bit big and my foot slides forward (they were great with the wool stockings, actually), and BRICKS!!!
- Mood:
good
Ok, I've got to make a small rant. This is about the end of the decade. You might be surprised at the direction of my pedantry...
A lot of people have tried to point out that the end of the decade isn't actually until the end of this year, not the beginning of it. Much like the end of the century/millennium wasn't until December 31st, 2000, the end of the decade would be December 31st, 2010, right?
NO!
"A decade" is defined as any period of ten years. When we refer to centuries or millennia, we are using ordinal counting. We call it "the 20th century" or "the second millenium". When we use ordinal counting, we're naming the century in reference to the beginning of the Common Era (aka A.D.) And, as many people will point out, there was no year zero, so the first century was 1-100, the 2nd was 101-200, etc.
HOWEVER, we do not refer to decades with ordinal counting. When is the last time you heard somebody say "the 199th decade since Christ"? We call them "The 80s".
In any case, 1980 was certainly a part of the decade named "The 80s". It's a set of 10 years in which the first three digits were "198". This year is part of the decade called "The 10s". It's not the last year in the decade called, er, well, whatever you called them (I personally like the "noughties").
So, all of those people who had a stick up their rear about the new millennium not starting until 2001? Yeah, I was one of them, and we were right. ;-) But a lot of them have continued that thinking to decades, where it doesn't, or at least doesn't have to apply. So, when they start trying to act intellectually superior about it (and I've already seen it happen!) you can rest assured that it's an *incorrect* stick up their rear.
A lot of people have tried to point out that the end of the decade isn't actually until the end of this year, not the beginning of it. Much like the end of the century/millennium wasn't until December 31st, 2000, the end of the decade would be December 31st, 2010, right?
NO!
"A decade" is defined as any period of ten years. When we refer to centuries or millennia, we are using ordinal counting. We call it "the 20th century" or "the second millenium". When we use ordinal counting, we're naming the century in reference to the beginning of the Common Era (aka A.D.) And, as many people will point out, there was no year zero, so the first century was 1-100, the 2nd was 101-200, etc.
HOWEVER, we do not refer to decades with ordinal counting. When is the last time you heard somebody say "the 199th decade since Christ"? We call them "The 80s".
In any case, 1980 was certainly a part of the decade named "The 80s". It's a set of 10 years in which the first three digits were "198". This year is part of the decade called "The 10s". It's not the last year in the decade called, er, well, whatever you called them (I personally like the "noughties").
So, all of those people who had a stick up their rear about the new millennium not starting until 2001? Yeah, I was one of them, and we were right. ;-) But a lot of them have continued that thinking to decades, where it doesn't, or at least doesn't have to apply. So, when they start trying to act intellectually superior about it (and I've already seen it happen!) you can rest assured that it's an *incorrect* stick up their rear.
It's been a momentous 12 months here at LiveJournal. We crossed a capital T at Ten years young. And, like most precocious pubescents, we celebrated turning double digits by publishing our first book! Needless to say, we've experienced some major changes, both inside and out. Before we recap, we'd like to thank you for bearing with us as we've struggled through ungainly growth spurts, identity pangs, and, yes, the occasional blemish. We hope you'll continue to stand by us: We're gaining wisdom with maturity.
Stuff you liked
- Back in February, we placed a call for entries for our ten-year anniversary anthology in
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lj_turns10. In December (less than a year later!), we officially announced the publication of Live Journal: The First Decade. Featuring an inspired collection of writing, photographs, and artwork from the pages of LiveJournal history, the book has been selected by Blurb.com as a top staff pick! We are proud to have played host to so much talent over the years, and we thank our contributors for sharing their extraordinary work. - We all love quirky surprises, but not when it comes to managing our account settings. This year we streamlined settings into one central account management area. No more pouring through FAQs to figure out how to control privacy settings, modify notifications, adjust mobile settings, or update contact information!
- Being users ourselves, we realize our own mothers couldn't find us on LiveJournal based on our usernames and userpics alone (*heaves heavy sigh of relief*). But since there are times when we actually want to be found, we created a search tool--Find Your Friends--to help locate people by email address (it's in the Friends drop-down menu).
- Spam counter-attack: The war against vicious malware and spambots reigns eternal, but we've been making serious inroads to ensure your online security. We've established new protocols, such as requiring email address validations. We've grown more savvy about ferreting out suspicious behavior. We've added features, like whitelisting, to help you protect your communities. Our valiant (i.e., overworked) spam avengers (a/k/a the LiveJournal ops team) are standing on red alert so you can sleep safely at night.
- After an intensive beta, we launched My Guests at the end of the year, which lets you see who's been hanging around your journal. A number of you have even discovered secret admirers (not all of whom are creepy)!
- Last, but by no means least, we want to thank our volunteers for providing invaluable support and feedback. Their Herculean efforts enable us to answer your questions more efficiently, identify spammers, reduce abuse, and deliver better features (through tireless testing). On behalf of the staff and the larger LiveJournal community, we are truly grateful for their diligence, intelligence, loyalty, and passion.
You got your fix
- We recently debugged a number of the oustanding issues with the rich text editor so your entries look great regardless of whether you know html. You can read more about text editors here.
- In response to user demand, we brought back international voice posting. For more info on voice posting, read here.
- At long last, we revived TxtLJ with Verizon. For more info on TxtLJ, check out the FAQ.
Paid features you enjoyed
- In December, we introduced My Stats, which provides detailed data on who's been viewing your entries as well as statistics on commenting, RSS requests, friending history, and more. Despite a few early glitches, the response has been extremely favorable.
- This year, we launched and improved Notes (i.e., the feature formerly known as Alias), which lets you add private comments on friends and commenters (it's in the Profile drop-down menu). This way you won't be caught red-faced when you strain to remember details about that wonderful LiveJournal friend who sent you a birthday vGift. For more info, read the FAQ.
- When we first announced View friends pages by date, we thought it would be a quiet, minor enhancement. The rave reaction floored us, which made us all very happy. We gave it a fine tuning in February of 2009, so it's even better!
- How embarrassing! It appears pingbacks have gone back to the shop for service. We’ll keep you posted.
We didn't know just much you liked pingbacks until it went in for service. It's back and, judging by your irritation when it wasn't available, this is good news. FYI, pingbacks send instant notifications (via screened comments) whenever someone links to one of your entries on LiveJournal. For more info, read this entry inpaidmembers or check out the FAQ.
Mixed reviews
- The search is still on. Some of you have reported getting more comprehensive results for keyword searches using the new Yandex search engine and like the ability to search within content categories (like entries or comments). Others have not been satisfied with the relevancy of search results. Please be patient. We're still tweaking this product.
- This past December, we wanted to try out a new holiday promotion. Given the crap economy, we decided to offer our Paid/Permanent users a stack of $10 coupons to send to Basic/Plus users for paid account upgrades. We hoped you would like it. And some of you did, but many were disappointed that we didn't offer Give More as well. We want to thank you so much for letting us know. Your input will help us plan better in the future. Just FYI, Paid/Permanent users can continue to send out coupons through January 15th. Coupons can be redeemed through January 31, 2010.
- We were pretty excited about Your Journal Your Money, which allows Paid/Permanent users to earn extra cash by displaying Google ads to Basic/Plus and logged out users. A number of you tried it. Some of you really like it. Others, not so much. (Just FYI, Paid/Permanent users who do not participate in this program will not view ads on journals. Participants will see ads on their own journal, but won't see them on other journals unless they specifically opt in.) For additional details, visit here.
- We relaunched m.livejournal.com, our mobile app. While it offers a nicer UI and enhanced functionality, some of you think we can do better on load times. Like most of us, it's a work in progress. You can customize your mobile settings here. For more info, please read the FAQ.
Missing Inaction
- We shudder to bring up the neon purple elephant squatting on our heads, but, yes, we didn't give you those a la carte userpics. We've been making radical improvements to our backend in order to support them. But no excuses. We know you want them. We cringe every time you mention them. We're sorry we dropped the ball on this, and we promise to do our best to get them to you in 2010.
Stumbling points
- Back in early August, we experienced outages related to a series of DDoS attacks. We are proud to report that we were down a total of one hour over the course of a few days. We thank our heroic ops guys for getting us up sooner and more consistently than any of our less fortunate social networking friends. We apologize for leaving you temporarily stranded.
- A couple of months back, we offered a free, unrestricted vGift, which induced a snowflake cookie avalanche. This resulted in backed up/delayed notifications, which, in turn, led us to reboot systems, rendering scrapbooks unavailable. It took a while to shovel free. Apologies for the inconvenience. We learned a valuable lesson that should keep us calamity-free in the future (fingers crossed while knocking on wood).
- That darn Best Buy ad. First off, we're sorry about the audio auto-play (we got it turned off as quickly as possible). While it's true that we'll continue to show this type of ad to accounts that normally see them (never to Paid/Permanent accounts), we'll make sure the sound defaults to off moving forward. We promise to do our very best to keep ads to a minimum on LiveJournal, while keeping a roof over Frank's head.
Full steam ahead!
As we plunge headfirst into the next decade, we want to take a moment to look back and thank all of our employees, both past and present, who have worked so hard to create our unique and magical universe. We couldn't have made it this far without you: Your contributions brighten our path everyday. We also want to extend our heartfelt appreciation to each and every one of you. Whether you've been around for ten days or ten years, your humor, intelligence, talent, and creativity are what makes this the most vibrant global community on the Internet (the best place on the Web, in our humble opinion). Here's hoping that 2010 will be the greatest year yet! We thank you for joining us as we embark upon another glorious decade of LiveJournal history!
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Hey dolls,
is there something in particular that you'd like to see me suggest or do as a PANEL for GALLIFREY Doctor Who Convention this year?
I'm able to do art demos, costuming panels, Japan Ai panel,... animation production panel, that sort of thing. ... I guess I could do one about my Doctor Who art...? Wonder if I could do a art demo with my FLIP. HMMM....
(or suggest to me something else entirely).
Really looking forward to the con. I had a total blast last year.
Also, I'm a huge dork and my husband is a-dork-able in his Captain Jack and 10th Doctor costumes. XD And this year I'll have my Madame de Pompadour, finally! I'm having fun dreaming about LACE. MMM. LACE. I LIKE LACE.
RE: ARTWORK FOR SALE IN THE ART SHOW:
Last year it seemed like people didn't really care whether the item was an original or a print, so unless people tell me otherwise, I'll probably mostly be selling prints (not originals) this year of various Who artwork I did recently. (main reason being that it's a lot more work for me to create the artwork in a fashion so that there "IS" an original. I tend to work with markers on one level and pencil on another, so there is not 'one nice looking original' typically.)
If you have any requests for me to bring specific prints, let me know! I'll probably do a couple new pieces to premiere at the convention, too.
is there something in particular that you'd like to see me suggest or do as a PANEL for GALLIFREY Doctor Who Convention this year?
I'm able to do art demos, costuming panels, Japan Ai panel,... animation production panel, that sort of thing. ... I guess I could do one about my Doctor Who art...? Wonder if I could do a art demo with my FLIP. HMMM....
(or suggest to me something else entirely).
Really looking forward to the con. I had a total blast last year.
Also, I'm a huge dork and my husband is a-dork-able in his Captain Jack and 10th Doctor costumes. XD And this year I'll have my Madame de Pompadour, finally! I'm having fun dreaming about LACE. MMM. LACE. I LIKE LACE.
RE: ARTWORK FOR SALE IN THE ART SHOW:
Last year it seemed like people didn't really care whether the item was an original or a print, so unless people tell me otherwise, I'll probably mostly be selling prints (not originals) this year of various Who artwork I did recently. (main reason being that it's a lot more work for me to create the artwork in a fashion so that there "IS" an original. I tend to work with markers on one level and pencil on another, so there is not 'one nice looking original' typically.)
If you have any requests for me to bring specific prints, let me know! I'll probably do a couple new pieces to premiere at the convention, too.
- Location:work
- Mood:
cheerful
I just got final permission to take tomorrow off!
I've got all the judging forms and signs printed out and packaged up. All reminder emails have been sent including a courtesty reminder for reports that will be due next week. Now, I just have to finish sewing the MC's new velvet pants, packing and food shopping.
Since it sounds like there's a plan to head out to the NocNoc tonight to celebrate not having to work tomorrow I probably will get only 1-2 hours of work in on the pants before we have to leave. Still, now that they're all cut out it should come together pretty quickly.
I've got all the judging forms and signs printed out and packaged up. All reminder emails have been sent including a courtesty reminder for reports that will be due next week. Now, I just have to finish sewing the MC's new velvet pants, packing and food shopping.
Since it sounds like there's a plan to head out to the NocNoc tonight to celebrate not having to work tomorrow I probably will get only 1-2 hours of work in on the pants before we have to leave. Still, now that they're all cut out it should come together pretty quickly.
I've had a hard time finding Ally a coat. Because she is a dachshund, her proportions are just different. It isn't just the long back and low legs, her chest is very deep also. Just all around buit weird. For years we tried to find coats for her and Simon. David's mom sent the most adorable coats last Christmas, but we had to give them away. They just didn't fit. Now that Simon is no longer with us, Ally doesn't have anyone to cuddle with and the weather has been FREEZING so we really needed to get her a coat. I was planning on making her one (and I still might), but we finally found one that fits her. Well, it isn't a perfect fit. It is a bit long over her legs but it doesn't seem to impede her in anyway. And she isn't fussing with it at all. She must be really warm. It is made out of a sort of suede-esque fabric lined in sheepskin.
In other news, David and I have decided to get a puppy. Allie has had some behavioral changes since Simon died and I think she is lonely. I especially worry about when we leave her in her crate. It isn't often because I work from home, but it has made us reluctant to accept invitations that will keep us away from home for several hours. We won't start looking for a puppy for another month or two, but we are talking about it. We are going to either get another dachshund or a yorkie. If we get a dachshund, it can't be a male or a black and tan. Just too much like Simon. Maybe a red female. But friends of ours have a yorkie which is a sweetie, so I am also thinking in that direction as well. I suppose when the time comes, fate will lead us in one direction or another.
( Cut for pics of Simon's urn that were on the camera )
- Mood:
cold
We're home. We're desperately trying to catch up and just feeling worn out. I promise that I'll write something substantial soon.
For those who missed it : the little angel and his dad fell down or three stairs on Sunday. The HG's shaken but ok, Heimlich got a hematoma between the skull and the brain, which had to be drained. After some shaky days he seems better, he was awake and reacted to our presence this morning.
Exhaustion has kicked in for me, so I called the HG and asked him to go hold Little Heimlich's hand this afternoon while I rest a little. Got a few calls (thanks to you all) and am feeling a lot better thanks to all the support.
I don't feel like sleeping but I'll curl up on the couch with my knitting. I've pretty much taught myself how to knit with the yarn int he left hand while sitting in waiting rooms or near my sleeping baby. Fair Isle, here I come !
Exhaustion has kicked in for me, so I called the HG and asked him to go hold Little Heimlich's hand this afternoon while I rest a little. Got a few calls (thanks to you all) and am feeling a lot better thanks to all the support.
I don't feel like sleeping but I'll curl up on the couch with my knitting. I've pretty much taught myself how to knit with the yarn int he left hand while sitting in waiting rooms or near my sleeping baby. Fair Isle, here I come !
It's Armageddon Week on the History Channel. With the awesomeness of a new decade (no pedantic arguments please, we all know how much everyone loves round numbers) and the looming approach of 2012, it's just been a free-for-all of survivalist crazy and fun times predicting what it would be like if we all died from Hamthrax or a Solar flare, or giant volcanoes under Central Park. Bob and I have been happily watching all the fun "what if..." programs, but I'm seeing something that started with Bear Grylls and is only continuing with all the "It's Armageddon, What Are You Going To Do Now?" programs.
They're for men. Women, apparently, are useless, and will not survive unless they're kept in cages and only brought out to be breeding stock and homemakers once society has been put back on its feet by the big manly mansome men.
( That's great, it starts with an earthquake... )
Saw the new Sherlock Holmes film over the winter break. Enjoyed it.
I’d have left it at that, until a couple of days ago when I started to encounter comments on the Net that this film had homosexual undertones.
[blinks]
[scratches head]
Yes, I’m confused. Did the authors of these comments see a different film to me? I thought I watched a fairly traditional “buddy” film in the spirit of Butch Kid and Son dance – but then, I’m easily confused. I cite the scene where Dr Watson was engaged to a person (who appeared to me to be of a contrasting gender) and another scene where Holmes ended up tied to a bed naked apart from a conveniently placed hat – also due to a person of female appearance. Though given the creative and frantic way in which the film was edited, I might have missed something there.
Anyway, I seem to have wandered into review mode, so what else to say?
The film tries hard to be witty. This, on the whole, is a mistake. Holmes and humour don’t mix easily. Besides, no attempt at humour in a Holmes film will ever compete with the “Mr Spiggott” scene in the 1978 version of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” - a dire production, I have to admit, but much is forgiven because of this bit:
( Holmes interviews a candidate for the job of runner on the moors )
Back to Holmes 2009, and it must be said that this is not a film that’s easy to digest if you are at all familiar with the geography of London. At one point, Holmes and Watson are driven southbound across London Bridge in their carriage, and seconds later, pull up outside Pentonville Prison (which is about a mile north of King’s Cross on the far side of town). I was also bemused by the villain’s aristocratic father, who takes his evening bath in a building that is clearly recognisable as the Royal College of Arms. (More confusion.) And towards the end of the film, a character escapes into a tunnel in the basement of the Houses of Parliament, and emerges a minute or two later from a doorway atop Tower Bridge, five miles away. Clearly a case of Sherlock Holmes meets Harry Potter’s Floo Network.
Anyway, enough griping. As I said, I enjoyed it. The production design gorgeously depicted Victorian London. Superfluous wit aside, the film is as true to the spirit of the written stories as anything since the classic Jeremy Brett adaptations of the 1980s. Especially the cheerful disregard for continuity, for which Conan Doyle was renowned.
I also heartily approved of the principal villain, who had two cunning (and commendable) plans to kill off all the Members of Parliament and to reconquer the lost colonies in North America. I'm sorry to report that he was thwarted in both schemes. Come to think of it, I'm not quite sure why the poor chap ended up as the villain. Oh, well.
I’d have left it at that, until a couple of days ago when I started to encounter comments on the Net that this film had homosexual undertones.
[blinks]
[scratches head]
Yes, I’m confused. Did the authors of these comments see a different film to me? I thought I watched a fairly traditional “buddy” film in the spirit of Butch Kid and Son dance – but then, I’m easily confused. I cite the scene where Dr Watson was engaged to a person (who appeared to me to be of a contrasting gender) and another scene where Holmes ended up tied to a bed naked apart from a conveniently placed hat – also due to a person of female appearance. Though given the creative and frantic way in which the film was edited, I might have missed something there.
Anyway, I seem to have wandered into review mode, so what else to say?
The film tries hard to be witty. This, on the whole, is a mistake. Holmes and humour don’t mix easily. Besides, no attempt at humour in a Holmes film will ever compete with the “Mr Spiggott” scene in the 1978 version of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” - a dire production, I have to admit, but much is forgiven because of this bit:
( Holmes interviews a candidate for the job of runner on the moors )
Back to Holmes 2009, and it must be said that this is not a film that’s easy to digest if you are at all familiar with the geography of London. At one point, Holmes and Watson are driven southbound across London Bridge in their carriage, and seconds later, pull up outside Pentonville Prison (which is about a mile north of King’s Cross on the far side of town). I was also bemused by the villain’s aristocratic father, who takes his evening bath in a building that is clearly recognisable as the Royal College of Arms. (More confusion.) And towards the end of the film, a character escapes into a tunnel in the basement of the Houses of Parliament, and emerges a minute or two later from a doorway atop Tower Bridge, five miles away. Clearly a case of Sherlock Holmes meets Harry Potter’s Floo Network.
Anyway, enough griping. As I said, I enjoyed it. The production design gorgeously depicted Victorian London. Superfluous wit aside, the film is as true to the spirit of the written stories as anything since the classic Jeremy Brett adaptations of the 1980s. Especially the cheerful disregard for continuity, for which Conan Doyle was renowned.
I also heartily approved of the principal villain, who had two cunning (and commendable) plans to kill off all the Members of Parliament and to reconquer the lost colonies in North America. I'm sorry to report that he was thwarted in both schemes. Come to think of it, I'm not quite sure why the poor chap ended up as the villain. Oh, well.
I Love Costume in Detail!
I decided to cut the bodice out tonight. I had a few issues though. I wanted to line it because I'm planning on doing a drawstring and wanted the support of a lining for it on the front. I also wanted to do lapped seams because they were common in the 1820s. However, by the 1820s they had dropped the very wonderful 18c techniques and pretty much flatlined. Which didn't work well with the lining. So, I decided to look in Costume in Detail. Not only did it answer my question, but it confirmed that I should do something else I was thinking of doing.
Anyway, the example I found wasn't lined in the underarm, but it was everywhere else. If you do that, you can do the lapped seam with just the silk and still have the lining where you need it. Perfect! The shoulder seams are sewn normally--no visible topstitching which means you get to keep the lining. Also, I was thinking of hemming the lining and silk separately in back because of the drawstring and this dress did that too. It's the 1823 yellow silk, I think it is.
I was planning on piping the neckline, but hems seemed more common. Actually, in the small survey I did, no piped necklines! I'm going to finish it with the last of my cotton ribbon. It looks like the yellow silk dress in Fashion in Detail was hemmed this way. The top edge was turned down and there are two rows of stitching so it looks like it was folded and tape topstitched to it. Yes, it'll be interesting separating it when I'm hemming it with tape, but a small slit in the lining should do the job nicely.
Speaking of cotton ribbon, I found an awesome source on Etsy. Go here. Buy cotton ribbon!. It's lightweight, flexible, great for bindings, period looking and an all around delight. In fact, I need more. If you need white, the off white bleaches really well. My new stays are bound with it and I used it on my new apron and petticoats :)
So that's that. Tomorrow I should finish the sleeve and hopefully sew the bodice seams. One of the benefits of this time period. Short seams :)
Anyway, the example I found wasn't lined in the underarm, but it was everywhere else. If you do that, you can do the lapped seam with just the silk and still have the lining where you need it. Perfect! The shoulder seams are sewn normally--no visible topstitching which means you get to keep the lining. Also, I was thinking of hemming the lining and silk separately in back because of the drawstring and this dress did that too. It's the 1823 yellow silk, I think it is.
I was planning on piping the neckline, but hems seemed more common. Actually, in the small survey I did, no piped necklines! I'm going to finish it with the last of my cotton ribbon. It looks like the yellow silk dress in Fashion in Detail was hemmed this way. The top edge was turned down and there are two rows of stitching so it looks like it was folded and tape topstitched to it. Yes, it'll be interesting separating it when I'm hemming it with tape, but a small slit in the lining should do the job nicely.
Speaking of cotton ribbon, I found an awesome source on Etsy. Go here. Buy cotton ribbon!. It's lightweight, flexible, great for bindings, period looking and an all around delight. In fact, I need more. If you need white, the off white bleaches really well. My new stays are bound with it and I used it on my new apron and petticoats :)
So that's that. Tomorrow I should finish the sleeve and hopefully sew the bodice seams. One of the benefits of this time period. Short seams :)
- Mood:
awake and not ready for bed. silly me!
I am going to make a regency corset.
I have the pattern from Jean Hunnisett. I found some cream linen in my stash and I will line it with cotton japara (also already in my stash).
THE decision I now have to make is to hand sew the whole thing or not. I am very inspired by koshka_the_cat 1818 corded corset.
Rightee - o then - off to draft and mock up.
EDIT:
If you are wondering about the boot experiement - it is still in the plan only I need to get some sole leather and I need funds to become available first (I am spending it all on fabric).
- Mood:
impressed
I cut a new muslin of the 1820 bodice pattern from ages ago today. Then I pinned it together. Then I tried it on over the corset I was holding in place. And then I decided it fit.
I don't recommend this. Take more care with your muslins than I do!
I'm willing to accept the consequences if it doesn't fit :)
Also, I think I've settled on a trim plan. Plain bodice, darts, then two small rouleux around the neckline with leaves all around. Sounds pretty, no? I had a lot of other ideas, but I kept coming back to this. Since it's the easiest (well, not counting the probably sixteen thousand nine hundred eighty-three leaves I'll need to do) it felt like I was taking the easy route, but I then realized if it's really the look you want, well, then, you should go for it!
Besides that, I've done nothing tonight (unless you count napping) and had no time to sew at school today. Oops :)
Now, I think I'm ready to get back to work. I'm not sure if I'm going to cut out the bodice or skirt. Either way, I need to iron. I hate taking the ironing board out :)
I don't recommend this. Take more care with your muslins than I do!
I'm willing to accept the consequences if it doesn't fit :)
Also, I think I've settled on a trim plan. Plain bodice, darts, then two small rouleux around the neckline with leaves all around. Sounds pretty, no? I had a lot of other ideas, but I kept coming back to this. Since it's the easiest (well, not counting the probably sixteen thousand nine hundred eighty-three leaves I'll need to do) it felt like I was taking the easy route, but I then realized if it's really the look you want, well, then, you should go for it!
Besides that, I've done nothing tonight (unless you count napping) and had no time to sew at school today. Oops :)
Now, I think I'm ready to get back to work. I'm not sure if I'm going to cut out the bodice or skirt. Either way, I need to iron. I hate taking the ironing board out :)
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