mrs_maupin | One kid down (Reply)

Nazgul-girl is down with a cold and a fever. I think she's staying home tomorrow. That will somewhat put a damper on sewing things.

Coat #2 has been sent and weather-tested. There are some adjustments to make - including ht efact that for some unknown reason, the coat seems to have grown since the last fitting - or the wearer has lost a lot of weight. Or maybe I was drunk/high on jasmine tea while cutting. No idea, but we're figuring something out. Weird. Not big dal, just... weird.

Olympa has made some progress... and then I ripped the center back seam apart because it was pulling. It's sitting in the time-out corner of my sewing area now, because I'm angry at the dress. I'm thinking about adding a center back gore for more hem width, it might help with the pullign, too.

I have done a good job at adding velvet gore into the black 1890s skirt today. Tomorrow, if Nazgul-girl allows it, I want to add some length at the hem, apply the old pieces on top and sew the panels back together. Alternative plans for the day include finishing the blog post on my corset-cover and doing some painting with the kids - I was thinking about a museum visit first but with a sick kid that's out for this week.