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Posted by BEI Design on April 2, 2008, 2:51 pm
Because it's sure quiet around "here". ;-)
My latest project is the green velvet vest for DGD, like:
http://www.highlandxpress.com/patternpicunique.html
I finished sewing the lining in yesterday: graded and
clipped all the seams, pulled the fronts through the
shoulders, then sewed the side seams and finished the
armhole seams, and understiched the edges. But the waist
measurement seems a little large, so I will wait until I
have another fitting to measure for the petals, sew the
eyelets and finish it up.
So today I'll be starting a navy pantsuit for my trip. I
found some nice light-weight stretch twill, and I'm going to
use the pants pattern I altered last spring. :-}
The jacket will be Simplicity 3846:
http://tinyurl.com/35repl
view A, slightly longer and I'll draft a two-part long
sleeve.
Beverly
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Posted by The Wanderer on April 2, 2008, 3:06 pm
On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:51:09 -0700, BEI Design wrote:
> Because it's sure quiet around "here". ;-)
Yes.
Working slowly and patiently on a wedding dress for my latest doll. She's
fully covered with undergarments, bloomers, corset, camisole top and full
length petti, and it's now down to the first lot of tricky stuff with the
skirt.
That has slender inverted tulip shaped panels in an ivory brocade, and then
extra wide bottom panels in ivory crystal organza, lined in ivory dupion or
similar. The bottom panels are something like four times the length of the
bottom of the tulip panels, and I've just spent the last two or three hours
easing the bottom sections onto the brocade.
Apart from the fact that I hate working with organza and the lining
material - it frays like mad, the overlocker's been working overtime - I'm
quite pleased with the results so far. Next step is to add a lace applique
to follow the line between the broacade and organza, and a row of pearls
all along the fixing line for the lace. A waist band and that's done.
Should keep me quiet for a day or three! Then comes the bodice, headress
and veil......
In between which I'm picking up a new laptop tomorrow, collecting the
scooter from the garage, waiting on the arrival of a new bed......
:-)
--
Richard - The older I get, the better I used to be!
the dot wanderer at tesco dot net
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Posted by BEI Design on April 2, 2008, 3:50 pm
The Wanderer wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:51:09 -0700, BEI Design wrote:
>
> > Because it's sure quiet around "here". ;-)
>
> Yes.
>
> Working slowly and patiently on a wedding dress for my
> latest doll. She's fully covered with undergarments,
> bloomers, corset, camisole top and full length petti, and
> it's now down to the first lot of tricky stuff with the
> skirt.
>
> That has slender inverted tulip shaped panels in an ivory
> brocade, and then extra wide bottom panels in ivory
> crystal organza, lined in ivory dupion or similar. The
> bottom panels are something like four times the length of
> the bottom of the tulip panels, and I've just spent the
> last two or three hours easing the bottom sections onto
> the brocade.
<snip>
Yikes! That sound somewhat more fiddly than the vest. ;-}
But you obviously enjoy that sort of project, so you must be
having fun as well. ;-)
Beverly
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Posted by Sharon Hays on April 2, 2008, 3:43 pm
BEI Design wrote:
> Because it's sure quiet around "here". ;-)
>
I wish! That's a cute jacket. Glad to hear you've been so productive on
the vest---good job!
No sewing going on here so far this week. I just have to vent about how
NUTS it's been here lately. Hang on to your hats!
Last week our neighbors were out of town for a few days. When they leave,
DD takes care of the cat. While they were gone, good friends of ours, who
used to be neighbors before a corp. transfer, came for a visit. The cat's
mother told me to bring our friend over to see the redo they did in the
kitchen. So we trooped over, DD, me and my pal. Walked into the kitchen
to find that the cat had dragged a rabbit (half his own size, and he's not
a small cat) through his kitty door for a "play date." Sent DD to "go get
Daddy!" DH came and removed the remains, while I mopped up the crime
scene. What a way to show off the redone kitchen! End of last week, I
discovered little bugs crawling in my kitchen floor (just after I finished
mopping, thank you very much. NOT!) Turns out they were termites in the
middle of an early spring swarm. *sigh* Called the termite folks, they
were here to look things over within 20 minutes. Yay! They sprayed on
Monday so that's all dealt with now. The lucky part was they were only in
one wall, and there was no damage to anything other than the baseboard.
They came up the water pipe that feeds the ice maker on the fridge. FYI
that's the most popular way for them to get in the house apparently.
ICKY!!!! Then Monday afternoon another round of monsoon rain came through.
We got 3" of rain in about 2 hours. Lots of thunder and a little hail just
to make things interesting. This was apparently enough to spook a 135 lb.
bull mastiff into running off from home. How do I know this? Well, she
saw the sign the last lost dog wrote on my house that says "Lost dogs, come
here. Nice lady will find your mother for you." Of course she showed up
after the animal shelter and the vets' offices were all closed for the day.
So, of her own free will, she slept on my deck in the back. Next morning I
called the shelter. Sure enough her family had called and left phone
numbers. I was able to get a hold of her "dad." He came to pick her up
and she was THRILLED to see him. What had me most worried was she'd
obviously recently had a litter. I was afraid someone had to hand feed
pups all night. But he told me the last pup went to its new home just a
few days ago. He was so thankful to get her back. I told him I was just
happy to see her going home again. I'd be broken hearted if my dog was
lost. A couple hours later, he came back and brought me a 40 lb. bag of my
dog's brand of food. I'd told him when he picked her up what I'd fed her
earlier in the day so he'd know what she ate. I told him he absolutely
didn't have to do that. And he told me it was the least he could do in
return for me taking care of his dog. :) What a sweet man.
So I am going to try and get in my sewing room to hem some pants. Although,
it's tempting to just lock myself in there and never come out again, I
don't think I will get to do that. LOL
Sharon
--
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It's a waste of time and just annoys the
pig.
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Posted by BEI Design on April 2, 2008, 3:55 pm
Sharon Hays wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:
>
> > Because it's sure quiet around "here". ;-)
> >
> I wish! That's a cute jacket. Glad to hear you've been
> so productive on the vest---good job!
Thanks. DGD has a competition in Seattle Saturday, and I'm
going to ride up with the family, I'll take the vest over
in the morning and have a fitting when we return home. (I
could drive over today, but we're all trying hard to
'combine trips').
> No sewing going on here so far this week. I just have to
> vent about how NUTS it's been here lately. Hang on to
> your hats!
>
> Last week our neighbors were out of town for a few days.
> When they leave, DD takes care of the cat. While they
> were gone, good friends of ours, who used to be neighbors
> before a corp. transfer, came for a visit. The cat's
> mother told me to bring our friend over to see the redo
> they did in the kitchen. So we trooped over, DD, me and
> my pal. Walked into the kitchen to find that the cat had
> dragged a rabbit (half his own size, and he's not a small
> cat) through his kitty door for a "play date."
ROTF, LOL! Sharon, you have such a way with words.
"...play date..." I snorted milk out my nose.
<snip>
> I'd told him when he picked her up
> what I'd fed her earlier in the day so he'd know what she
> ate. I told him he absolutely didn't have to do that.
> And he told me it was the least he could do in return for
> me taking care of his dog. :) What a sweet man.
What a sweet woman!
> So I am going to try and get in my sewing room to hem
> some pants. Although, it's tempting to just lock myself
> in there and never come out again, I don't think I will
> get to do that. LOL
Why not!?! ;->
Beverly, finished lunch, back to the cutting board....
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