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I pleated. a bunch of pleats. It was pleatastic. I'm only halfway done! But I ran out of pins after the first strip so I had to stop and sew it together before I could do the second strip.

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The Bow is just a place holder for now

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With the bias tape temporarily pinned on.

In other news I finally bought my Dress U ticket and

madamekat and

bethhsh surprised me with tickets to the tea and the court dinner!!! Thank goodness I have a francaise to pull out of the closet and wear! That put some spring in my sewing step so to speak and got me off my duff and sewing along. Now to make more pleats.

Current Mood: excited

I started working on a new overskirt for my purple victorian for the tiara and jampagne party this year. (I'm going to have an entire wardrobe of separates at this rate). I bought the fabric in NYC when we took

blackcat452 for part one of her bachelorette party.

This is the fashion plate

bethhsh found (she gave me five, I liked this one best). I have no idea where it's from :-) I just like it.

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I started by referencing the TV208 that I used for my last overskirt and measuring where I'd like changes to be. This is what it looks like tonight (the back isn't poofed well just has a few pins wadding it up to get an idea)

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I need to round the bottom corners of the back piece and fold the top edge of the over lap down to get that point. But I think it'll work. And I do love the orange and purple together. I know it's loud...but I like loud fabric choices.

Tomorrow I'm going to start roll-hemming a million yards of ruffles. won't that be fun.