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nearly there
Mar. 29th, 2007 11:28 amI'll quit posting costuming updates pretty soon, I promise. Some of you will be disappointed. More of you, I suspect, will be relieved.
Accomplished yesterday: four more buttons, seven pair hooks and eyes (actually eight pair, as I had to take one set off and sew it back on), lots of topstitching my coat, and the waistband of my pants. Still to do: pants buttons (which will finish the waistband; may or may not involve buttonholes), vest collar, topstitching the armholes of the vest if I have the time.
And ironing the thing, so it will look good.
This may be the only complex project I've ever done entirely on my own. My mother assisted with the sleeves of the Morwen dress while she was here last year, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kitsune_zen saved me from the zipper on its skirt; other things I've done on my own, but they weren't this complicated.
At least I get to watch a lot of movies while I work.
Accomplished yesterday: four more buttons, seven pair hooks and eyes (actually eight pair, as I had to take one set off and sew it back on), lots of topstitching my coat, and the waistband of my pants. Still to do: pants buttons (which will finish the waistband; may or may not involve buttonholes), vest collar, topstitching the armholes of the vest if I have the time.
And ironing the thing, so it will look good.
This may be the only complex project I've ever done entirely on my own. My mother assisted with the sleeves of the Morwen dress while she was here last year, and
kitsune_zen saved me from the zipper on its skirt; other things I've done on my own, but they weren't this complicated.At least I get to watch a lot of movies while I work.
