Jun. 7th, 2010

isabelladangelo: (edwardian)
A couple of months ago on etsy, I bought two lovely sheer cotton (voile?) remnants that are about three or four yards long. They are both antique and they both have beautiful embroidery (wool?) along the edges -except for one edge that someone cut off! I think they may have been tablecloths or something like that in a previous life. However, given the decorations and the "cut edge", I want to remake them into skirts for two different summer dresses. One will be an early Regency and the other will be a late neo-directorate.

I'm going to try to match the material of the soon to be skirts and hopefully start on the Edwardian one this week. I need yet another good Edwardian dress. :-) The dress will be in a wrap style, given the decorated edges (I don't want to destroy the embroidery that's there), with the raised bust line. Hopefully, I can find some trim to match the embroidery in my stash (I certainly have enough!) and use that to decorate the sleeves edge. I *might* just cut off the top edge of the soon to be skirt since it has an embroidered scallop edge on three sides and use that to match the sleeves to the skirt.

Anyway, that's my next project. After that, I might finally sit down and finish up the Elizabethan I've been procrastinating on forever! Probably not. I'll probably finish the 18th c gown before that. :-)

Friday

Jun. 7th, 2010 01:07 pm
isabelladangelo: (Default)
I got home and saw the CD for the desktop *finally* arrived. I had ordered Windows 98 (since I have the XP update cd, why bother spending $$$ on a newer OS when I can buy an outdated one for cheap and just update it?) and failed to realize the guy lived in Australia until I checked later. That was fine -the CD would still work- it would just take FOREVER to arrive.

When I got home, I also saw the second notice from Fedex on my door. They needed an actual signature or I could go to the store and pick it up "after 7:30 pm". It was about 6 pm when I got home so I looked at Ginsie and opted for the car ride out to Crofton. (Yes, the Fedex I went to is very close to the MD renn fest.)

I promised to expand on the weekend, right? )

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