DRESS!! OMG YAY

[totchipanda]

Finished the trimming on my dress and HAD to get dressed up :D :D :D









Not shown, the massive (?) amount of blood my finger left all over the inside of the bodice and front of the skirt after I stabbed pins into it trying to pin the dress closed... (I started the dress about a year ago, used a bodice pattern that fit then, but it's been a year and also late at night...)

Ladies wot do 18th century... how do you keep your shift sleeves from bunching up into your armpits? I could NOT get them down, very uncomfortable. (Also reminded myself why you do socks and shoes BEFORE corset/stays. Eesh, self, really?)

Still need to rehem the petticoat, and hem the gown, (and clean up the blood) but then it is DONE.

Comments

[maeveth.livejournal.com]

Things I cannot say on Facebook:

It does lovely things for your cleavage. ;)

[totchipanda.livejournal.com]

Pfft you can totally say that on FB XD I love what those stays do for my boobs, all of a sudden they're in my face (as the smallest-chested person in my immediate family, this is a Very Big Deal)

[maeveth.livejournal.com]

I can't say that on FB, what if my mother sees it? XD

It is a very nice look, and I approve.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Hurray curtain-along! Very pretty.

As for shift-sleeves, most of the time I wear fairly short and narrow sleeves. They don't show at the cuffs of my dress, but then they don't bunch up, either! Trade-off. The longer ones it's just a lot of wriggling! Very helpful, that. :D

[totchipanda.livejournal.com]

Thank you :3 Your curtain-along gown was the one that finally pushed me into buying them, so thank you for that too!

Shorter narrower sleeves sounds like the way to go :D