Friday night's a great night for...sewing? O_o

Well in this case it is. It's a little chilly and dismal outside and it's supposed to be like this all weekend. Might be a chance to finally get started on the dress as the corset is complete!

Pictures as follows as modelled by the lovely Gertie:

Thought I should include what I used and where I got the notions. I used the Laughing Moon pattern, the Straight Dore corset to be exact. I used Aussie Corset Supplies for the bones and busk. Now the only problem I have with this website is that the bones were far too thin and flimsy. The busk was fine, you can't really differ I've found in the quality, but this place seemed to offer them a little cheaper and now I know why. If you want light boning I highly recommend this place, otherwise if you want something more sturdy, I used Gallery Serpentine for my original bones, they make some 'out there' stuff if you're not accustom to it, but gorgeous none the less. I emailed them for an up to date price list, ordered my bones and took a nice little drive to Robertston to pick them up. The lady I've usually dealt with (whose name escapes me was always lovely, Annette I think), but apparently there is a slightly snarky lady there now. The blue silk was from Spotlight, as was the herringbone weave under layer. All up I think this corset has cost me under $70.

And to show the bad weather we've been having, this is what greeted us on Wednesday afternoon. Impending doom:

Yet again

I have started on the little girls dresses. I was busting my brain to find a little girl who would be the same size as her because I have not made things for little girls yet. But there is always a first for everything and I don't have a pattern. And so I remembered at work the little girl next door. How could I be so forgetful! She is pretty much spot on for size, give or take a cm. So I've started on the underskirt, I sewed the panels and gathered them all last night. A red underskirt and a blue overdress, something similar to this actually, but the blue will be light blue:

Anyway. Thats what the next few days will be dedicated too. Filming has been postponed again due to the owners of the Cobbity farm not being comfortable with something or other, thats all I could deduce from the voicemail on my phone. Either way. It gives me heaps of time and our poor director not enough!