So, it was slow-going on the sewing front in the latter half of September. We lost my husband’s grandmother and then a plague took hold in our home (I blame the less-than-ideal nutrition from four days of mourning in the South–we strayed incredibly far from our Real Food diet/aspirations and feasted upon fried chicken and pizza for the bulk of the trip). I was laid up in bed with a 101 fever for three days straight, but I did manage, once I was no longer vaguely delirious and wouldn’t contaminate my work space, to get a start on the muslin for the Rose of Versailles commission.
My swedish tracing paper pattern fit very boxily (is that a word?)–like a sturdy man’s jacket on a thin teen girl, so I had to make some adjustments.
The fabric muslin, in gray cotton batiste, is cut and ready to stitch and make some more adjustments, if necessary. If all goes well, I’ll flatline the silk for the coat with this layer, to give it a little more body without the bulk of interfacing, and get to work on the couched buttonholes and embroidery.
I love the attention to detail that you have in all your work.
I remember thinking the same about Helene’s dress…
However, it is seeing all the stages like this that I really appreciate.
I’ll try to post more in-progress photos as I enter the finally-using-the-real-fabric stage this week–if my camera stops being obstinate. I don’t know what a “Write-Error” is, but it sounds ominous. When my husband gets home later, we’ll see if he can make it work.