Paternoster Class @ Maidens (Jan. 21st) - went well. I had 5 attentive students everyone finished the last knot before I had to run off to the Midlands Seneschal Meeting. I'm considering teaching the class again in the future and I hope to post the class on the this blog in the future.Auburn School Talk (Jan. 27th). Miss Becker asked Company C/Berdan's Aide Society to come in and give presentations to 4 of her classes again this year. We had 4 Ladies and 3 soldiers come to the presentation and give information on fashion and military life.
Watered Blue Civil War Ballgown - There has been great progress on this new gown but it was not finished by the Midwest Civilian Conference in Springfield. (I'll blog a post-conference field report this coming week).
Last week I double-boxed pleated th
e waist and got the waistband sewn onto the gown before leaving for the Festival of Maidens in Champaign, Il. I finished sewing down the inner waistband by hand during the court.
I switched gears and moved back to the bodice to punch and apply the metal eyelets to the back of the dress. For Christmas, I got a new eyelet tool called a Cr
op a Dile by We R Memory Keepers. This tool was a great suggestion from Heather, and after very little trial I found this gadget is great for apply eyelets to fabric. Yes, yes I know 
I still have to cover all the eyelets...Then it was on to applying the first row of white woven ribbon trim I've been making on and off since late November last year. I finished hand sewing this first application earlier today (Saturday). I have a second row of trim to start applying and I have a couple different motifs I'm mulling over; oval/round pattern or a clover/leaf pattern. I won't decide for sure until I start pinning the pattern on the skirt tomorrow!
