Continuing on...

Being knocked out with a cold turned out to be a good thing, in hindsight. I didn't feel like sitting at a sewing machine or cutting material, so I crocheted the heck out of the snood. I did attempt a pattern for a while, but since I was using the world's smallest crochet hook, it became a headache and I went for fast and easy. Then I bought the world's not-quite-smallest crochet hook, and did an edging on the snood. Here is a picture of it laid out with the tablet-woven ribbon half-way woven in:



And you can see where I quit with the pattern. Oh yes, I have no patience. But once the snood is on and fastened, etc., the edging bunches up nicely and the almost-pattern is lost in the the bunching. Life good.

Yesterday it was bothering me that I was behind schedule, so I cut out the chemise and got it halfway sewn up. I have gores to attach today, side seams to sew, and cuffs to turn and attach, then some hemming and I'm done. That's an hour, maybe two, tops. And the collar turned out pretty well, as did the facing I did on the neckline with grosgrain ribbon. Not period and I so don't care. Which is the point of this blog, anyway: As Authentic As I Want To Be.

Also, here is the petticoat on the dress dummy/desk chair:



And on me, so you can see the pleating (yes, yes, it isn't even. I. Don't. Care.)(maybe I do a bit, but not enough to fix it):



So there's progress. I'll finish up the chemise today and start mocking up and cutting out the bodice next week. Twelve days and counting!