The first layer of embellishment is now on the underskirt. I hand-stitched on the fancy blue lace - first sewing along the bottom edge, an inch above the ruffle, and then all the way around again tacking down everything on the fancy upper edge. The work went very slow, as handwork always does - it took over three hours!
Hand-sewing is very labour-intensive, and this is just the very beginning. I've gathered all the trims and beads that need to go on the underskirt. There's three different petals from Christmas Hydrangeas, purchased the same year as the blue poinsettias. They will all only go on the front half, as there's no point putting all that detail work into something that will never show.
The first step will be to bead the lace which I just sewed on. Then I can start sewing on the flower petals, working from the bottom up, one layer at a time, like building a very elaborate old-fashioned wedding cake.
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