a ballgown development

[robinsnest]

Spell check really thinks ballgown is two words...I really want it to be one word...who's right?

Anyway apparently hiraimi and I are racing to finish our ballgowns. Which is good as I put it off for a week, then she threw down the gauntlet and I hemmed all 180" of it yesterday in an hour. Apparently I'm mildly competitive. I woke up this morning and was actually sewing by 9am. Don't die of shock here.

As I leave for work today I currently have the skirt hemmed and pleated on the waist band. All it needs is to have the waistband whipped down on the inside and a hook and eye sewn on and it's all done. Take that Miss Alice!

Sadly now I have to go to work till 10pm...but maybe I'll whip down the inside of the waistband when I get home.



btw getting my pleats nice and even required stupid amounts of MATH. ew. 

Comments

[rose-bertin.livejournal.com]

I looooooove that color!!

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

thanks! I'm quite fond of it myself

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

I'm working on my ball gown skirt too. How wide it yours? Mine is about 5 yards and a PITA to get on the waist band

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

it's 3 panels so 180"

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

Is it gored or straight? Or maybe I should ask if it's box pleated all the way around the waist band.

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

straight, and 6 double box pleats around :-)

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

And I love that color. It will look great on you!

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

I want ballgown to be one word too. Every time I type it ballgown and it says it's spelled wrong and I sometimes go back and fix it but I'm totally annoyed that I have to because it should be one word.

Though strangely, it's not underlining it here, and it underlined other typos. Hmm.

And beautiful pleats!

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

well you're an english teacher so I'm declaring it one word :-D

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

I do have special powers!

But looking at that second sentence I wrote, I'm not sure my powers were in use at the time. Geesh...

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous! I can't wait to see it all done!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Aha! So, maybe if we declare everything a competition, everyone will actually have everything finished for Gettysburg on time! Or, at least, you two will. I'm not very competitive...

(Also, yes. Ballgown? One word. :D )

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

I've had that same problem with Microsoft. They also don't think "armscye" is a word, so what do they know?

I love the way the pleats fan out from the waist.