Sleepless nights in Patternland

Hey, I can't sleep yet again ! And I can't even blame the heat, it's been pouring most of the night. But Cthulhu only knows why, I went to bed at eleven, got out again at half past 2 and hadn't closed an eye. I actually didn't even feel tired. I'm brely starting to feel like yes, maybe sleeping could be an option... *rolls eyes*
At least I saved loads of pictures from the CoPA - only after I figured out the pattern diagrams were mostly missing for the years I'm most interested in right now. I have saved far too much huge sleeved 1890s and cute 1920s stuff up to now.
I have also worked on my drawing a little. It feels really really good, I hadn't realised I hadn't touched a pencil for so long - but the break was good, now I'm full of thematic and technical inspiration and bursting with ideas. I think I should be able to add new stuff to the Etsy shop rpetty soon and that feels really good ! Of course I still have some older stuff to scan and edit, but I just don't feel like it tonight - err this morning.

Grenoble, the aftermath...

There are still some things I have to post.
Like,, how my casaque turned out !

My digicam had issues with the petrol color, the most accurate one is the fourth picture. I'm very please with the outfit - although I seem to be the only one to find a cute factor in it :) I was afraid the pocket hoops would be too high but with a little stuff in them (car keys, etc...) and after a short while they slided down to their right position. I'm not happy about the pattern I used for the casaque (Mill Farm), I had to go back so often to Waugh that I might as well have just skipped ordering it. I used Katherine's tutorial for the petticoats, and just made them to be tied over my bump in front, which worked just fine. The stomacher was partly pinned to the jumps, partly to the skirt.
The cap is a bit on the big side, I've since taken it apart, cut it down a little and folded the lace in half. It looks much better ! (I'll post pictorial evidence soon, I promise). The jewelry is my wedding jewelry, which goes with lots of my costumes, apparently. I think it's time I let go off the blue-brown color scheme.

And I promised those to heileen, I figured I might as well share. ( Recipes behind the cut )