I finally got smart and made myself a goal list for each month of
this year to help me stay on track (and not get distracted by
squirrels). The goals for this month (well really 7 weeks since I
lumped March and April together).
 |
| Stripped Silk of my new Italian Renaissance |
Allen's Blue Fencing Breeches (DONE!)- Amanda's American Civil War Day Wear (Wool Sacque, Cotton Blouse, Cap, Collar)
- Civil War Morning Wrapper
- Complete Sanitary Commission Projects
- Mike's New Armored Shirt for Western Martial Arts
- Corded Petticoat
- Civil War Creme Work Dress
- Silk Italian Renaissance Dress (material to the left). This is the newest addition to my to do list is already cut out.
- Hem my Class-A Skirt.
- Fix buttons on Mike's ACW Lt. Commander's Uniform, my Sharpshooter Frock, my Canvas Duster
There was a flurry of sewing activity this week of March 10th, 2014. I had a nice Friday afternoon of sewing with a good friend of mine Kate and managed to strike several things off my sewing to do list listed above including:
 |
| Possible Frog Design for Amanda's Sacque Coat |
 |
| Just had enough pipping for my new Morning Wrapper! |
- Finally hemming the skirt of my Class-A Nursing Uniform for World War II.
- Getting all the stitching for Amanda's Wool Sacque Coat (now it's on to sewing on the trim - possible layout of the frogs to the left).
- Completing all the machine sewing on my new Morning Wrapper (now it's to the handwork part of sewing down the hems & collar and layout/sewing of the trim). I had to laugh at myself on how good I've become when judging how much piping I'm going to need for a dress. For the Wrapper I piped the collar and the sleeves (both the armseye and the hem of the sleeve) and on the right was all the self piping I had when I was finished.
- I've also gotten down to the "little stuff" on the Calico work dress I mentioned in my last post. I just have the hem left to hand stitch and she will be ready to grace my dress form.
This week I also completed the last of my sewing projects for the Sanitary Fair in Galena at the end of next month (the sewing projects include a couple of pairs of half sleeves, several placket pockets, and 7 large cedar satchels for tent or closets). I still have to gather and price the buttons and linens; but overall I'm happy with the items I've completed and it will be a nice little box to send to Wendy at the beginning of next month.
