Here; look at pictures!

I finally got a minute to get to my computer (started new job day after Other Noelle left to go home).  I don’t have much to say about the pictures that follow, other than I am so glad they’re done, and I think Other Noelle looks smashing in her new gowns!

		18th C VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

		Victorian VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

OMFGBBQ

So.  Updating regularly during the sewing extravaganza….not going so well.  Mostly because the 18th c is trying to kill me.  Kill me dead.  There were some major issues RE: back pleating/neckline yoke, but for the most part, they have been sorted out.

There are some serious fitting issues in still to be addressed in the pictures below, but just to prove that we have, in fact, done something, here is some proof:

The wide gap in the waistline of the first picture has been narrowed quite drastically, and I’m still pondering how to fix the bagginess of the side seam (probably involving unpicking seams and re-doing them outright), and some lining issues to be sorted out, but it at least looks like a dress.
I really just want to lick Kendra’s brain and gain enough knowledge to get this bloody thing done so we can move on to the enormous list of other things to be done this trip.  The schedule is woefully behind at this point, and I’m getting nervous!

Wow!

I certainly don’t deserve it, since I’ve been a Very Bad Blogger over the last few months, but woohoo!  I am now at 50 followers!
I’ll have to think of some appropriately seamstressy give-away to celebrate.  (I am open to suggestions…..)
With that in mind, I hereby swear that I will be a better blogger in future! (And I have the perfect opportunity coming up, since Other Noelle will be here to sew for a week….)

Post of Updates

Collegium went very well, and was far better attended than I could have possibly hoped. From all accounts, it was a success. I still have some paperwork to do (ugh), and return the keys to the site. (bad Noelle!)
Just as Holly left to go home after an extended stay to get her gold gown completed, Other Noelle (from CA) is coming to visit. We have a full schedule of sewing to get done, and I am extremely excited!
My garb room (actually guest room) is getting a complete overhaul as Other Noelle is the first in many more house guests through the holiday season. (sorry you had to sleep in a mass of petticoats, Holly!)
Because no post is complete without pictures, here is one of Tiny, taking over the entire bed: