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Jul. 1st, 2024 09:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
m_of_disguiseDecided to take the weekend off from (most) chores and just do whatever the hell I wanted. Which meant that I got some sewing in! I finished pinning on the first tier's first ruffle, and stitched it on. It's quite fluffy, and I'm considering pressing it so it's not so poofy, but I'm going to wait and see how it looks with the other ruffles on, and the entire tier assembled.
I sewed together all the pieces for the other ruffles, and finished hemming one of them, but didn't have time this weekend to attach either of them to the base. That's okay, though, I'm actually really pleased with the amount of work I managed this weekend. If I can chip away at it over the rest of the week, I will probably be able to finish up the first tier of the skirt this weekend, which would be very exciting.
So far for this skirt, I have used (if my math is right) 12 yards of the black taffeta. I still need to cut the strips for the ruffles on the other two tiers, which will bring the total up to somewhere around 20 yards of the black taffeta. Yeesh. I'm glad I have a gigantic bolt of it. I'll need about 5 yards of my plaid for the rest of the skirt, which will bring the total yardage for the skirt to 25 yards of fabric. And I still need to figure out the bodice design, which will likely eat the other 4 yards of the plaid that I have, for an estimated total of 29 yards of fabric for one dress. The 1850s has been the most fabric devouring decade I have ever costumed. Of course, this is a particularly ludicrous (though period) design.
Made chicken paprikash for Saturday, and it turned out very meh. M and I had a discussion about my food rut, and he requested more Mexican dishes, so I guess I'll search up some new recipes in that vein. He gave me a break from cooking and made a giant pot of spaghetti sauce on Sunday, which will feed us for the next few days. We were out of peppers, so I made a quick trip to the Sprouts up the street, where I treated myself to some cranberry walnut oatmeal cookies, which are amazing. I'm desperately craving Fall right now, so the cranberry was right up my alley.
Short week again, which I am very happy about. I didn't really get a chance to catch up on sleep this weekend, so having a couple of extra days to (hopefully) do that will be super nice. Will attempt to finish the first skirt tier. Will attempt to iron all my clothes.
I sewed together all the pieces for the other ruffles, and finished hemming one of them, but didn't have time this weekend to attach either of them to the base. That's okay, though, I'm actually really pleased with the amount of work I managed this weekend. If I can chip away at it over the rest of the week, I will probably be able to finish up the first tier of the skirt this weekend, which would be very exciting.
So far for this skirt, I have used (if my math is right) 12 yards of the black taffeta. I still need to cut the strips for the ruffles on the other two tiers, which will bring the total up to somewhere around 20 yards of the black taffeta. Yeesh. I'm glad I have a gigantic bolt of it. I'll need about 5 yards of my plaid for the rest of the skirt, which will bring the total yardage for the skirt to 25 yards of fabric. And I still need to figure out the bodice design, which will likely eat the other 4 yards of the plaid that I have, for an estimated total of 29 yards of fabric for one dress. The 1850s has been the most fabric devouring decade I have ever costumed. Of course, this is a particularly ludicrous (though period) design.
Made chicken paprikash for Saturday, and it turned out very meh. M and I had a discussion about my food rut, and he requested more Mexican dishes, so I guess I'll search up some new recipes in that vein. He gave me a break from cooking and made a giant pot of spaghetti sauce on Sunday, which will feed us for the next few days. We were out of peppers, so I made a quick trip to the Sprouts up the street, where I treated myself to some cranberry walnut oatmeal cookies, which are amazing. I'm desperately craving Fall right now, so the cranberry was right up my alley.
Short week again, which I am very happy about. I didn't really get a chance to catch up on sleep this weekend, so having a couple of extra days to (hopefully) do that will be super nice. Will attempt to finish the first skirt tier. Will attempt to iron all my clothes.