Stitch by stitch, step by step
Mar. 22nd, 2007 08:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Mwa. Wonderful Husband is sick. :(
Didn't get to bed until just after midnight last night, but did get the pieces cut out for a cloak and jacket I want to make. Well, except for the lining--I'll rummage through my fabric stash after work, but I'm suspecting I will have to run to the fabric district on Saturday and pick up lining fabric. They're both a deep deep dull navy color, probably a linen/cotton blend--votes for lining color? Wonderful Husband voted maybe a pink, I thought maybe a stormy blue-gray (if I'm trying to be subtle) or a red, but no color combo has sprung out at me yet to say "ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me!" In any case I'm pleased with my fabric estimation skills. Got exactly both patterns out of the yardage, with only scraps left behind....
I also finished off my second set of Regency short stays and wore them under one of my Regency dresses last night, trying to decide if I'd cut them right or not this time. I think probably I did, but I want one more evening of wearing them to be sure of the comfort level. This time with the chemise underneath, to see if that helps any. I have lining and interfacing cut out for one more pair, so I'll probably make those as well, and then try the Mantua Maker 1810ish corset pattern that Liz has, to see if longer stays would work better for me for this period or not. Not like I don't have the fabric to do so. *eyes wall'o'fabric* I am pleased to report, though, that I'm starting to get better at hand-sewing eyelets. ^_^
And I rewatched disc ten of Kamen Rider Kuuga last night while laying out pattern, shooing the cat out of the way/off the pattern/off the fabric, and cutting. I'd forgotten it had one of the slashiest moments in the series--one that Godai wasn't even there for! But, yeah, Ichijou in hospital [though not for long, stubborn man that he is], having been beaten up by Ra'Baruba'De, talking about this dream he had about Godai... this series is doing as good a job of making me want to improve my Japanese as Ultraman Moebius is. Save that Moebius, being the one I'm translating, is actually working toward that goal.
Didn't get to bed until just after midnight last night, but did get the pieces cut out for a cloak and jacket I want to make. Well, except for the lining--I'll rummage through my fabric stash after work, but I'm suspecting I will have to run to the fabric district on Saturday and pick up lining fabric. They're both a deep deep dull navy color, probably a linen/cotton blend--votes for lining color? Wonderful Husband voted maybe a pink, I thought maybe a stormy blue-gray (if I'm trying to be subtle) or a red, but no color combo has sprung out at me yet to say "ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me!" In any case I'm pleased with my fabric estimation skills. Got exactly both patterns out of the yardage, with only scraps left behind....
I also finished off my second set of Regency short stays and wore them under one of my Regency dresses last night, trying to decide if I'd cut them right or not this time. I think probably I did, but I want one more evening of wearing them to be sure of the comfort level. This time with the chemise underneath, to see if that helps any. I have lining and interfacing cut out for one more pair, so I'll probably make those as well, and then try the Mantua Maker 1810ish corset pattern that Liz has, to see if longer stays would work better for me for this period or not. Not like I don't have the fabric to do so. *eyes wall'o'fabric* I am pleased to report, though, that I'm starting to get better at hand-sewing eyelets. ^_^
And I rewatched disc ten of Kamen Rider Kuuga last night while laying out pattern, shooing the cat out of the way/off the pattern/off the fabric, and cutting. I'd forgotten it had one of the slashiest moments in the series--one that Godai wasn't even there for! But, yeah, Ichijou in hospital [though not for long, stubborn man that he is], having been beaten up by Ra'Baruba'De, talking about this dream he had about Godai... this series is doing as good a job of making me want to improve my Japanese as Ultraman Moebius is. Save that Moebius, being the one I'm translating, is actually working toward that goal.
