Here come the pictures !
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green_marthaMy 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 (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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.
BTWheileen, 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...
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...
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on 2009-08-14 07:53 pm (UTC)no subject
on 2009-08-14 08:37 pm (UTC)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*
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on 2009-08-14 10:09 pm (UTC)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...