That was errr... fast

[green_martha]

Thanks for your suggestions on the feathery front !
The feathers were here by noon. I suppose they when they say "we're processing your order", they actually mean "order sent". They are... mostly okay. One white feather was seriously damaged - I snipped of the part that looked nice and put it onto the Regency hat. The black feathers are a bit limpier than the rest and one of them has some light damage about 10cm from the tip - I might just cut if off and use the remaining 40cm. The red and orange feathers are great... it's just too bad that lady_darkstone won't be using the red ones this year...

The Regency hat is now done, so I can cross one outfit from my list and consider I have well deserved my 12-5 entry - two items finished already, the chemisette and the hat, and there's more to come !

I also started patterning the florentine. It's going to be a quick and dirty one ! I think I have a very-not-period solution for getting the right shape, and if it fails, I shall live with wrinkles. With only two weeks between Vaux and the ball, there's just not enough time for a corded corset. Oh, and I already owe an enormous thank you to both the Realm of venus and jenthompson.

Comments

[chartreusekitty.livejournal.com]

Did you try steaming the feathers? (If they are not curled, that is). Sometimes that can bring life back to them. You can also use the back of a dinner knife on them, as if you are curling some curling ribbon, and do it lightly. That can add some life too.

Pictures, please???