Updates and Sneak Peeks

It has taken longer to finish my sister's dress than I thought.  That is partially because I have been working on some other projects, none of which are finished either.  I have been pretty productive though, so I'll give you some sneak peeks of what I have been up to.

I drafted a pattern and am almost done with a 1940's dress for my sister. 

I found and altered a pattern for a new pair of 18th century stays. 

I made a cardboard mock-up of the pattern.

(And got fabric and boning for said stays.)

I designed a knitting pattern for an 18th century pinball

(a term to be explained further in another post).

 I've started to knit the front.

(And I am teaching my other sister to knit!)

 I learned how to make death's head buttons.

(This is a larger size I practiced on, the second one I ever made!)

I got this fantastic book! I'll talk about it in another post.

This new year is off to a pretty good start!

-Rebecca

A new sewing project for a New Year!

My first project of the new year: After watching a movie set in the 1940's, my sister decided that she wanted me to make her a 40's inspired dress. We sat down, looked at some inspiration pics, and drew out a design. This has been my first time using my new dressform to sew with, and it is going very well! My sister tried it on today, and everything is in place for finishing it up tomorrow or sometime very soon. I will post pictures when I get the chance; I've tried to show every step of my progress along the way. I'm looking forward to seeing her wear the dress out of the house. It looks great on her!

Rebecca