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Boe needed my help in getting the Tornado Room painted and cleaned before Mel's visit, and it has become clear to me that there is NO WAY I could get an Elizabethan jacket, stomacher, and petticoat finished in time for Bristol.
So I knocked out a variation on a Shinrone Gown for myself today. Total time from draft to finished product: 10 hours. To be honest, I tweaked some things that are a bit out of my league, like the darts throughout the bodice, and the specific type of pleating in the skirt...and the collar (I completely forgot the collar, to be honest), raised the neckline a bit since the girls need to be reined in (I don't want to go without support in public), and made the whole thing out of some really spiffy linen. But it has the hanging sleeves and that's close enough, right?
*crickets*
Right?
*more crickets*
Oh well.
Anyhoo, tomorrow I knock out a leine for myself and try to get a Kilcommon jacket done as well for Boe. Then Friday consists of laundry, packing, Mapquesting directions to the airport, campsite, and Bristol, ensuring that Paul will actually show the hell up to take care of Maggie while we're gone, straightening up Mel's room and ensuring her bed has adequate bedlinens, cleaning the cat boxes, and making sure that the cats have adequate gooshyfood stores.
So I knocked out a variation on a Shinrone Gown for myself today. Total time from draft to finished product: 10 hours. To be honest, I tweaked some things that are a bit out of my league, like the darts throughout the bodice, and the specific type of pleating in the skirt...and the collar (I completely forgot the collar, to be honest), raised the neckline a bit since the girls need to be reined in (I don't want to go without support in public), and made the whole thing out of some really spiffy linen. But it has the hanging sleeves and that's close enough, right?
*crickets*
Right?
*more crickets*
Oh well.
Anyhoo, tomorrow I knock out a leine for myself and try to get a Kilcommon jacket done as well for Boe. Then Friday consists of laundry, packing, Mapquesting directions to the airport, campsite, and Bristol, ensuring that Paul will actually show the hell up to take care of Maggie while we're gone, straightening up Mel's room and ensuring her bed has adequate bedlinens, cleaning the cat boxes, and making sure that the cats have adequate gooshyfood stores.
