Almost Done

Hi everyone! Caity here to let y'all know that I am almost done with my regency costume!! Hurray! :D

I don't have any really good pics of my costume yet, so you'll have to be patient with me for a little while longer.

In all, I have finished the bodice, the skirt and the sleeves; I can't sew them together yet as I need a few more things from Jo-Anne's.... But hopefully I can get those tomorrow. I was really suprised at how easy the whole thing was to do. I'm doing view A, and we had been warned that it was a little trickier than View B, but for once in my life, I actually understood the directions! It seemed almost a little too easy, and I wondered if I had done something wrong (which I didn't). ;D

About the sleeves.... I decided to go free style and do them without a pattern, going by some not-too-great pictures online. While the sleeves were simple to create, they were very time consuming, it took me two and a half days to finish them. But it was worth it!!!! Both sleeves turned out better than I expected and are beautiful. I admit it, I'm proud of them. ;) I really did try to get some pictures of the sleeves, but since they are not sewn on to the bodice yet, they don't hold their shape very well.


As a slight change of subject.... Emily and I got to watch half of 'Sense and Sensibility' last night (we get to finish it later tonight). And I think we are both now officially addicted to regency era dresses. ;) We got lots of dress ideas for future costumes (only with higher necklines!!) and with luck, I am going to try making a regency jacket soon. It looks easier than my sleeves!

Well, I'm off to have snack, bed down the animals outside and get ready to finish our movie, I'm so excited to see how it ends!

TTFN, Ta, Ta, For, Now my readers! :D

~Caitlyn