Here come the pictures !

[green_martha]

My dress dummy is in a corner of the house with almost no direct daylight (we want to install a skylight, someday), so bad lighting ahead :

From left to right : my attempt at matching the front pleats on both sides by threadmarking them. Of course after this careful work I had to redrape all of it ; then the casaque as it currently stands, cuffs need to be finished and it's still in need of a hem (heileen, I'm afraid it's highly likely I'll wait for your help to mark and sew it) ; then the cable ties boned stomacher base, and finally a cap that just needs some ribbon for sprucing it up. I'll probably make a second cap for lady_darkstone as well, as it's quick and I have the fabric at hand.
BTW heileen, she'll be coming in on the evening before our outing and is willing to help, as long as she gets some as well.
Here's the museum's page, I just spotted there are two exhibitions going on there, one modern photography exhibit in the gardens and the museum, and a non-modern painting exhibit inside the museum. There's also the permanent exhibition rooms, aka the house as it stood at the end of the 19th century. The museum's not big, the entrance is free and there's a (really nice) pick-nick area. And we can park right outside of the park. We just need to figure out if we go Saturday or Sunday (if we go Sunday, we can do some fabric hunting on Saturday... not that we have a Marché St-Pierre here, but I have a "secret" dealer who has nice and rather cheap stuff if you don't want 100% natural fibers), and what we bring to eat. I must say I'm very tempted to try my hand at macarons again...

On a completely unrelated note : WANT ! Not wait, not want, NEED ! Anyone have suggestions as to where to go hunting for that kind of lace ? I have some that I could make do with, but it's not nearly half as wide as this one...

Comments

[wataya]

yummy yummy yummy !

Hemming... Who doesn't love doing this !

Of course, I'm willing to help Fi, except for the hair : I'm dumb when it comes to hair.

The museum really look cool. And oh, the pretty pix we will do...

Macarons : it's been ages I have wanted to try doing macarons, so I want to have a macarons afternoon with you !!

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

We'll figure something out for Fi's hair, I'm sure.
Yes, the museum is really cool, and completely NOT crowded. I'm a bit sad they don't have crazy modenr sculptures on display in the gardens like they usually have in summer, that would have been quite a sight next to the 18th century outfits :D
I'll stock up on the ingredients and we'll try makign macarons. And probably end up with something not pretty at all but highly yummy. That's a good start :D
What about possible fabric shopping on Saturday and museum on Sunday ? Not as much choice as at the Marché St Pierre, but you can find some cheap and pretty dead dinosaur, and I think I've spotted and interesting rococoesque print last time I went there.

[wataya]

je veux bien aller baver sur les tissus, mais je n'achèterai rien de rien de rien. J'ai mon électricité qui va tomber, et après je suis complètement à sec. à gratter la terre avec mes ongles. Ce qui est pas mal chiant, puisqu'il faudrait que je puisse m'acheter 7 mètres de soie pour faire une robe crino pour le 24 octobre.

On verra...

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Seulement si ça ne t'embête pas de faire un tour chez un marchand de tissu sans pouvoir acheter... Il n'a pas vraiment de soie, mais parfois j'y ai vu des satins synthétiques sympas. Il avait (et je vais ptet lui prendre 3m si il en a encore) le même satin que ma veste 1898 caramel à une époque. Si tu préfères rester loin des antres de tentation ce n'est pas une obligation :)

[wataya]

Bah, c'est pas comme si je l'avais pas déjà fait, de regarder les autres acheter en m'arrachant les cuticules avec les dents...
Et puis de toutes façons, du satin pour une veste, je pourrais faire l'effort, mais pour toute une robe crinoline, nan nan nan nan nan, j'aurais envie de le mettre au feu, une pulsion irrépressible, ce genre de chose, c'est instinctif, ça ne se contrôle pas !

Tu n'as pas un Toto à Grenoble ? Ils ont des soies à 5 euros parfois... Mais qu'est-ce que je raconte : j'ai pas de fric ! *arrêterdepenseràlasoie arrêterdepenseràlasoie arrêterdepenseràlasoie*

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

Mais je veux pas que tu te manges les cuticules, ça fait mal !
On a un Toto, en centre-ville (c'est un peu plus pénible pour y aller), ça fait longtemps que je ne suis pas allée voir...
Je passe un coup de fil à Fi demain pour voir quel programme la tente et quel est son planning, et je te dis. On peut toujours dire qu'a priori on se fait la sortie le dimanche, et ensuite on décide au jour le jour si on part chasser le tissu sauvage ou pas...

[johannaelisabet.livejournal.com]

Have you looked at lace table runners? It is wider and might be an alternative to buying wide lace by the meter.

I Wish you joy on your outing. I'm not so jealous as I could be because I have an outing on my own. :D

[green-martha.livejournal.com]

I haven't foudn many lace table runners on eBay... but as stated in today's post, I've actually found my lace. Mwahahah !
Bring us pictures from your event, we'll share pictures from ours !