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[m_of_disguise]

Drafted out the surplice bodice for the 1830s dress yesterday. It looks great on paper, but a mockup will reveal how well I actually did. I felt very competent making the pattern, which was nice because I've been feeling absolutely the opposite lately. The boning order for the stays is supposed to arrive on Friday, so once the stays are actually finished, hopefully over the weekend, I can do a mockup of the bodice and see if my confidence was justified. 

Baby went to bed early, so I had a chance to work on the stays a bit in the evening. The top edges of both sides are now bound and looking very neat and tidy. 

Watched In a Violent Nature, a mostly first-person POV slasher film. Little to no music, pretty scenery and cinematography, insane kills. It's a strange little film, but I recommend it if you like atmospheric horror, even with the absolutely abysmal acting from the main cast (since they're not the focus and are mostly encountered as conversations happening in the background, it's a bit easier to overlook). Just don't go in expecting a typical slasher, because you will not be getting it. Crimson Peak autoplayed after it, so I guess the universe (or Amazon, whichever) thought I needed a dose of Tom Hiddleston looking gothic and broody, which yeah, always, thank you. 

Unfortunately, because the baby went to bed so early, she was up at 3:30, wide awake and ready to rumble. It took hours to get her back to sleep. I reset my alarm for as late I could push it, but I'm absolutely exhausted this morning. Thank goodness there's enough stew left for one more dinner, because cooking tonight would be hell.

There's only two months left before Dickens, so I absolutely have to get back to the ruffle monster after this weekend. I'm going to try and keep the 1830s dress as a work downtime project, since it's small enough to be portable, and then work on the ruffle monster in the evenings at home and on the weekends. There's so much to do, what was I thinking with all this floof. At this point, the ruffle monster may be the only dress that gets done in time for the trip. As long as I'm able to squeeze out an evening bodice for it, then I'm okay with that.

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[danabren]

There is always time for some Hiddles, yes.

[nuh_s]

Is the 1830s dress the sort with massive elbows? I've run into those a few times when looking into refs for some 1860s-90s stuff I'm working on, but never really focused on the 30s.

[m_of_disguise]

There are some with massive elbows, but the typical style had big leg-o-mutton type sleeves, sort of similar to what you get in the 1890s but patterned differently. It's kind of a whacky decade, but I love its silliness.