It's finished!! And I have pictures!!

I finished my costume!! Whahoo! Apart from the little problem that we ran into with the fabric being tucked up, it was a breeze to sew and I am so excited to start on another. :D


Here's a full view of my dress. See my sleeves? ;D At first, I wasn't planning on doing the sheer around the neckline, but I wasn't comfortable about how low the neckline was, so, with fear and trembling I tried adding some sheer. Amazingly, it worked! When I originally cut out the pattern, I raised the back of the neckline 3 inches and the front 2 inches, thinking that it would be high enough..... next time maybe I will try 5 inches in the back and 4 inches in the front.


A closer view of my sleeves.... I made a copy of the sleeve pattern so that I can do it again should I ever want to. I have a friend who wants to try doing these sleeves as well so I am making a copy for her.



And the dress is really comfortable. Perfect for a ball or a simple tea party....


Emily and Megan will be posting pictures of their regency dresses really soon too.

And tonight we are going to watch S&S again. ;D

~Caitlyn

If it's not one thing, then it's another

I can't decide whether I should say "Ha, ha! Victory!" or if I should groan in despair right now.

And why this indecision you ask?

Number one, mom and I fixed the problem. After all that ripping and getting absolutely no where, we decided to cheat and turn that little annoying bubble (the bubble was what made the fabric look lop-sided) into a nice, little, inconspicous pleat. (hey I'm a poet and I didn't even know it!) ;D

So now we have to reverse the damage and, sew a new placket on, sew the bodice to the skirt, then finish it by hemming it and doing the buttons.

My newest problem? Emily broke our one and only needle and we don't know when we will be able to get a new one. :(

Maybe I could hand sew it..... Or maybe I should just be patient. ;)

Well, there's your update for ya'. And I think I shall end here so that I can pop into the kitchen and get a couple of cookies that are cooling on the cooling rack.....

Toodle pip and cheerio my readers!

~Caitlyn

Aaaah! Cap'n, we have a problem!

I knew my costume for the masquerade ball was coming along too easily! I am sooooo close to being finished; I that is left to do is to finish the buttons and then hem it. My problem? I really have no idea.

When you hold the dress up, the back gathers don't fall right. Instead they look all crooked and funny. It looks like somewhere a little piece of fabric got caught up where it shouldn't have. So mom and I are working on ripping the bodice off the skirt and then ripping the skirt and skirt lining. At first we were hoping that all it was, was that it got caught when I sewed my placket on, so I ripped half of that off, but of course that would have too easy of a fix. ;D

If mom and I don't make any headway by today or tomorrow then we are going to take it with us to some friends who are really good seamstresses. Hopefully they will be able to help.

But, other than that, the dress itself has been very easy. And I learned how to do button holes yesterday; they're actually really easy to do and now I don't cringe whenever I see a pattern that calls for buttons. :)

Well, I guess I should get back to my seamripping, there's only 11 more days until the ball!

~Caitlyn

A glimpse of my fabric....

It's always when you want it most.

Yes, it's always when I really want to put pictures on my blog that the computer messes up and won't let me do it. Why it does that I will never know; to irritate me perhaps? Or maybe to teach me patience.... ;D

I have sooooo many pictures that I am dying to share with all my readers; I have clicked every button, pushed every knob and whatever else there was to try, and-- still--no--pictures. :(

So you will have to bear with me until I can get dad to help me later.


Changing the subject now.... ;)

Emily and I finished 'Sense and Sensibility', well, actually we've finished it and have watched it for a second time now. :) We tried both the HollyWood version with Emma Thompson, and the other newer version, we didn't like that one so I can't remember who it had in it or who it was by (oops). I think I can say that it is now my #1 top favorite movie. The actors did a great job, the costumes were great, and I cried watching it. ;) And just to make it a full "Jane Austen week" we also rented 'Emma' and 'Pride and Prejudice'. We watched Emma last night and while it was decent enough, I didn't like it as much as 'Sense and Sensibility'. I think tonight we might watch 'Pride and Prejudice'.


And I am getting closer to finishing my costume!! All that is left now is to sew the skirt to the bodice and then add the buttons. I was going to put a picture on here, showing my fabric colors, but alas and alack, the computer would not let me (grrrr). I've already planned my next regency dress too. :D My next one is going to be a short-sleeved brown dress with cream lace. It's to be a summer dress, nice enough to wear into town (yes, I will wear it in public!), but sturdy enough to withstand the rigours of country life, and light enough to where I won't be broiled alive. After that maybe a light blue one..... Yeah, I should probably finish my first one first. ;D

Until next time my readers!

~Caitlyn