Fantasy Costuming
Jul. 6th, 2014 06:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotIn honor of my finishing all that cropping - taking the size of the folder down to 1.7 GB from 5.5 - and my wrist hurting less over the past few days (at least until I accidentally open a door with my left hand or twist it while washing up), I'm fantasizing about sewing white Regency dresses. I could see doing a bodice mock-up ... I'd like to finish that corset, but I have no idea where it is. I looked for it when I was down at Dad's, and it doesn't seem to be there, so I must have it somewhere here. But it probably wouldn't make enough of a difference to a mock-up, really.
Didn't end up working at Clermont on Friday, because it was rainy and I was told to stay home. They ended up jettisoning a few people and moving inside the building. There's some talk of a demo later, though!
Argh argh argh, the corset is completely unfindable. It must be at Dad's. The busk I bought on Etsy is with it, too. I'm looking at Sabine's short stays research (1, 2, 3 - also CorsetraDesigns' corset en x) because I really don't want to duplicate what I have half-done elsewhere. The third short stays post - the Utrecht stays - seems the most likely for me, because it's got a bit of stomach-dampening length, plus no lacing. (Later: paper pattern cut out, muslin to be cut in a bit. This is the weekend, after all.)
Last night, I made gnocchi with tomato sauce - the gnocchi came from a packet, and I think they need spices in them or something. Very bland, and the sauce didn't do it the way sauce does for, say, spaghetti. I wonder why? But I'll have to try making my own at some point to see if they can be more than just a potato vehicle. (I did have sweet potato gnocchi with a walnut cream sauce once that was delicious. Maybe I should try to do that?)
Didn't end up working at Clermont on Friday, because it was rainy and I was told to stay home. They ended up jettisoning a few people and moving inside the building. There's some talk of a demo later, though!
Argh argh argh, the corset is completely unfindable. It must be at Dad's. The busk I bought on Etsy is with it, too. I'm looking at Sabine's short stays research (1, 2, 3 - also CorsetraDesigns' corset en x) because I really don't want to duplicate what I have half-done elsewhere. The third short stays post - the Utrecht stays - seems the most likely for me, because it's got a bit of stomach-dampening length, plus no lacing. (Later: paper pattern cut out, muslin to be cut in a bit. This is the weekend, after all.)
Last night, I made gnocchi with tomato sauce - the gnocchi came from a packet, and I think they need spices in them or something. Very bland, and the sauce didn't do it the way sauce does for, say, spaghetti. I wonder why? But I'll have to try making my own at some point to see if they can be more than just a potato vehicle. (I did have sweet potato gnocchi with a walnut cream sauce once that was delicious. Maybe I should try to do that?)
