Well, I'm still working on the quilt. I've quilted about 7 squares out of 36. So far, so good. I didn't do any Christmas Eve or day, or really over the weekend. We were busy with holiday plans and other stuff. We saw Sherlock Holmes on Saturday, and had Game Day on Sunday. I quilted three squares last night while we watched Star Trek.
I think I'm about to start on a gown. No, today, I'm going to do it. I'm going to cut out the pattern pieces, and maybe even start cutting. There, now I can't back out. Really, I just need to sew the big skirt panels and the bodice on the machine. I suck at pleating skirts to bodices and attaching them by machine. In the Tudor Tailor, I found a hand technique that should work better. I'm going to pleat it by hand, whip-stitch the pleats together at the top, then whip-stitch it to the bodice. That's the plan. We'll see how it goes. First, I need to re-wash the white linen for the bodice lining, to see if the blue dye that bled from the fabric I washed it with will come out, then, I cut.
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