Jane Austen Week Questions
From Elegance of Fashion: What is your favorite thing about Jane Austen? Why? There are two. One is the way there's such variation in her main characters - each heroine is different and so is each hero, though I can still find something I identify with in each heroine. The other is that she wrote … Continue reading Jane Austen Week Questions
Whipping through those Eyelets
(get it, do you get it) Wow! This afternoon I went to my mom's and watched some TV and sewed, and I totally finished all of the eyelets in my stays - the two CB rows, and the eight to hold the straps to the front. Next step is to finish the channels so I … Continue reading Whipping through those Eyelets
Blue Stays
In September 2009, I finally let myself order the stays kit from Silly Sisters in blue linen. It took me months and months - it's hard to commit to sewing miles of boning channels when you have papers to write - but I think around the September of 2010 I had them basically finished (minus … Continue reading Blue Stays
Miscellany
First of all, hello to all of my new watchers! Sorry for the lack of updates. At least I've made more recent posts here than on my Tumblr? D: I haven't done any sewing lately, apart from finishing the front eyelets (ooooooooh). I think I'm kind of scared that I'm going to do something incredibly … Continue reading Miscellany
Mimic of Modes 