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PHOTOS!

Lets see if I can do this right

That's better! Photo isn't breaking the blog now. Oopsie!

Stash building...

Cate and I decided to go and scope out some fabric for Sophie's wedding/bridesmaids dresses today, and Mel tagged along as well. We went to a few places, and ended up at Spotlight. We raided their clearance table, and got some great bargains! I got a cream cotton voile with a texture in the threads, which will make a nice gown, possibly an undergown with something more elaborate over the top. Also a plain brown voile, which will make either a chemise or possibly a couple of pairs of shorts/bloomers to wear under my skirts. Or it could go into a dress yet. For $1 a metre on that one, it will be handy whatever it gets used for! I also found another brown cotton, think it might be voile as well, with a striped pattern woven in. Hard to describe. Last but not least I found a retro cotton print. It looks a bit like 70s bed sheets, but it will make a great sun dress! Or two, depending what pattern I get. I did good!

As well as a pile of fabric, I was finally able to get the 1950s suit pattern I've been dreaming of for months. I was excited enough to pay full price for it! We also got to see the regency gown in the book for the first time! Even though we already have the gown, it was cool to see.

After Spotlight we went into Civic for some lunch, and made a trip to Lincraft. Of course they had Simplicity patterns 1/2 price! They had the suit I got earlier too. But since they were cheap I went ahead and got the Regency Underthings pattern. Woo hoo! It is a pretty :) Now to get time to make it up. I still want to get the Sensibility one eventually, but the Simplicity version will do quite nicely for the moment.

Progress

It has taken me a while, but tonight I cut out a new skirt front and a new bodice and lining. The hole in the fabric of the skirt created a real mental block, even though we went out and got more fabric straight away. The bodice was just bugging me, as I couldn't get the lining to sit properly. Now I am going to use the same fabric on the lining rather than plain old calico - at least they're the same weight!

Now onto the sewing! Maybe not tonight, but I don't have anything on tomorrow either so that makes it easy. At least I've done some work on the dress!