Newest project

In my attempt to finish nothing this year, I'm starting a new project. A Georgian Corset.

I looked thru my patterns, and I had a pattern I had bought years ago, for a renaissance / Georgian corset, but I have the wrong size, mostly I stumble along blindly until by trial and error I discover something, this time I discovered if you read, you can see a size 16 standard pattern, isn't a 16 dress size.

I like the renaissance - Georgian (think Marie Antoinette ) because its conical, and more about a foundation shape, rather than hourglass.

I have had some striped fabric I have been saving for this project, and I joined a Facebook group about historical sewing challenges, the first one being stripes. I'm not very far though. I think I might pick and choose the first set of challenges, and do them in my own time.

Anyway, I have started cutting out the interlining, which you use as the mock up to check fit.

I also got copies of the train block patterns and the raccoon mitts, so I can work on that. Plus, I need to have a chart done for Christina by Thursday. So she can test knit my mittens.

Here are some pictures.

Again, it's been a while

So, I've sewn three more blocks for the quilt, I need to examine the measurements for the caboose, since it came out weird. I think I only need to make five more. Maybe I'll do them all at once, when I figure it out?

I also covered two bolsters, I got impatient and while I'm sure there was a way to do it with less hand sewing, I couldn't be bothered to track down that info. No picture of that.

And I'm in the process of making a carrying case for my kindle. Out if a book.