Sewing Stuffs

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Welp, got five more Idaho Square Dance blocks done up yesterday morning before running out of enough light 1.5" squares and putting that project away for now. And I got the bodiced petticoat mockup tried on last night. Need to shorten the shoulder straps a bit, add in a heck of a lot more boning (no surprise) and probably shift the side seams a half inch more to the back. And even so I'm still not going to have the ideal Regency profile, but there's only so much you can do when you have an opulent bosom and pregnancy rules a corset out.

(Women have historically worn corsets/girdles/shapewear during pregnancy. I've even seen examples of maternity corsets. These were worn by women who had been wearing corsets their entire lives, as I have not. Historically, women have also drank, smoked, and popped quaaludes during pregnancy, and their babies suffered the effects of many things we now know are bad ideas. Thus, I am ruling a corset out. Costuming is not worth hurting my child.)

Today's crafting goals: cut out and sew the bodice linings for the actual pettis (I am planning on two), cut/smooth/install the reed boning, and wash/source the exterior fabrics. Also re-press the remaining pieces for the Allietare-by-Moonlight quilt whose seam allowances I pressed the wrong direction. Sometimes these things matter.

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