Sewingish

Went to writing class last night, corset and boning in hand, and proceeded to stuff the boning into its channels while discussion went on. (I usually do hand sewing or embroidery during that time.) Discovered that I was four short, so those got cut and tipped last night, and I glued the tips onto the flat steel bones, so those too should be ready to get inserted tonight. Meanwhile, I pulled out my roll of white silk bias tape and finished the top edge. (Honestly, it's a little silly how much of this corset's materials I had ready and premade.)

No class next week, because of Easter. Which has me scratching my head a little because last time I checked, Easter wasn't on a Wednesday....

Tonight I need to finish the embroidery and snaps for stitchy's costume, so that she can pick it up and take it home for beading tomorrow. I also need to finish (and try on!) my corset and do as much as possible on my hoopskirt because I need to go to the fabric district this weekend, preferably Saturday, to get material for the dress itself. And to do that I need the underpinnings in place so I can have a rough idea of how much I'll need to buy.

Am both pleased and amused that I had just enough of the cream-colored taffeta to make both stitchy's underskirt and my hoopskirt.

And, yes, I will eventually post pics.

One thing down, a million to go

Corset, save for hand-finishing the seam binding on the bottom, is done. It even has had a try-on. Which revealed two things:

(1) The corset will give me the illusion of having a waist. However, it requires two lengths of lacing and is open in the back about 5" across down to the waist, and 4" across below that. I am having my need to lose weight driven in, but I have no time to do so until after Costume Con.

(2) The corset will give me a smooth line down as far as I require. But the next time I make this pattern, I need significantly smaller hip gussets in the front, need to redraft the side seam entirely, and probably need to elongate the waist area by an inch or two.