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I was just starting to think about getting myself ready for leaving for my gaming group, when I saw the email that it had been cancelled. Sad I don't get to bust some goblin heads but now I can spend my afternoon sewing instead :) My dress has sleeves on and it already looks SO pretty. Next up, giiiiiiant skirt of doooooom.

I should probably call the repair place on Monday (or as soon as I remember while they're open) and see what they recommend for greasing the spiral gears in my vintage machine. She's 60 years old this year! She sounds a bit "dry" and oiling isn't helping AS much as I would expect. I checked the manual and it said to lubricant the spiral gears once a year or so and to NEVER put oil on them. I opened up the top to see what I was looking at and the grease that's in there may have been green at one point but it's pretty brown and gritty now. I don't know when it was last serviced or the last time those gears were lubricated. I only have WD-40 which would probably do in a pinch.

I would really love to find out where one learns how to service and repair sewing machines. I think that would be a really fun and useful skill.

Time to make some tea and rethread my serger to white. Whee!

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Squee! I just got to try my dress on quickly. I put the pleats in upside down, ending up with a box pleat instead of an inverted on, but I realized it while I sewing and I didn't want to rip and try it again.

AND IT'S SO PRETTY. I HAVE to join the wedgie society (again) because my train is sooo long :D

Little White Regency Gown

Squeeee my dress is about 95% done! I just need something to close the flaps, maybe tidy up one seam, and hemming, and it's done! Yaaaayyyy!! I even got all stayed up and tried it on (difficult when I had a Chinese lunar new year dinner food-baby hanging out in my belly!) but didn't take any pictures on me. But I did take a badly lit 930pm photo on the mannequin ;)
( Dresssssss (with bonus beret) )

Then I tried on the mockup over top and decided what neckline I wanted for the overbodice, and also gave about 10 seconds thought to what I want to do with my hair (probably a turban). Of course I will have the pineapple as my reticule ;)

Oh I'm so happy with it!