green_martha

... or maybe the fabric shrunk during the cutting and sewing process. Anyway, I had to recut the waistband for the 1913 skirt because 1) it had suddenly became 5cm to short and 2) I had completely forgotten to include an organdi strip to strenghten it. Now it's almost too long, actually. And I fear it may be a little wide. But it's hard to tell since my dummy won't scale up to my mom's size and when I last called her she hinted that her measurements might (or might not) have changed. Grumble.
At any rate, it's a pretty, flowing, long straight skirt. I ended up changing the side darts into simple knifepleats, works better witht he hang of the fabric and, as mentionned above, my dummy only gives a vague impression of my mom's hips.
The pleats in front and back are ironed and kept in place with pins, and will stay so until I'm sure I can sew them down. Same goes for the provisory absence of closure and hem. Skirt mock-up crossed from the list - let's just hope the un-zigzagged edges won't fray to death before it gets tried on by the future wearer...

Next step : make a jacket mock-up.

In other news, I'm baking again, this time for a friend who's defending on Wednesday. We'll also bring him all the fruit juice, paper plates and plastic glasses we have left. And no, I'm not baking the whole thing, just two cakes and some muffins. Not THAT crazy.

I also heard back from the doll person, another matter cleared.

And last but not least, I've put up a new page up. I've scanned and webbed the first of my 1920 "rewards". Here's the mantle I've been wanting to make since something like 4 years :