The green Medieval gown is coming along nicely, although slower than I would have liked.
Like usual lately, I'm finding that I'm often making the wrong choices and am constantly having to redo things. I had the trims hand sewn onto the upper sleeves, but because the velour was so stretchy, it got stretched too much, so I had to remove all the trim and start all over again.
I wanted sheer hanging sleeves, but didn't find anything useful in my stash, so we went to Fabricland for their sale on Saturday, and I got two different colours of a fine mesh. I made up the sleeves, then decided I didn't like the texture after all, so ended up going back to my stash and using some nylon tricot that I'd rejected the first time round.
Like usual lately, I'm finding that I'm often making the wrong choices and am constantly having to redo things. I had the trims hand sewn onto the upper sleeves, but because the velour was so stretchy, it got stretched too much, so I had to remove all the trim and start all over again.
I wanted sheer hanging sleeves, but didn't find anything useful in my stash, so we went to Fabricland for their sale on Saturday, and I got two different colours of a fine mesh. I made up the sleeves, then decided I didn't like the texture after all, so ended up going back to my stash and using some nylon tricot that I'd rejected the first time round.
The velour is an interesting colour. The flat background is the same colour as the green of the bodice, but the 'plushie' part of the velour looks different depending on the light - sometimes dark green, sometimes turquoise blue.
I've designed the pattern for the under bodice, but haven't cut it out yet. So that's my job for today. And it's probably going to take all week to bead the edges of the hanging sleeves. I'm using the finer gold beads this time, so it goes a lot slower.
In the meantime, I finally finished the two new wall hangings, and painted on the heraldry designs.
I've designed the pattern for the under bodice, but haven't cut it out yet. So that's my job for today. And it's probably going to take all week to bead the edges of the hanging sleeves. I'm using the finer gold beads this time, so it goes a lot slower.
In the meantime, I finally finished the two new wall hangings, and painted on the heraldry designs.
They are a good match to the one I made 30 years ago for my daughter's Barbie castle.
I also made a matching table runner for the Medieval table Jan made. It sits on the end of the kitchen table for now, along with the chairs, candle stands, and the wolf. I couldn't resist taking a photo of him sitting there staring down the dinner as more items get made....
I also made a matching table runner for the Medieval table Jan made. It sits on the end of the kitchen table for now, along with the chairs, candle stands, and the wolf. I couldn't resist taking a photo of him sitting there staring down the dinner as more items get made....
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