Yay! Its done!

[mmcnealy]

The farthingale is done! Check it out here, hanging on my coat rack. http://home.att.net/~mmcnealy/Images/farthingale.JPG

I went to Northwest Cane Supply this morning and picked up a roll of round reed, #8 size, 5.75 mm in diameter. The shopkeeper was such a nice guy, they didn't take credit cards and I didn't have cash or check on me, so he just gave me the stuff and a sales slip and said "Send me a check in the mail" I was so surprised! If Seattle was a small town I could believe it, but its a huge city and I have never seen this guy before, I must have looked like the honest person I am. Their prices were really good too, at least $3 bucks cheaper a roll of cane than the weaving place in the U-district.

I let the cane soak in hot water in the bathtub while I sewed the channels. They are an inch deep. The cane was so easy to handle and just slipped right in. I am letting it dry before I sew up the last little bit of the channels.

I am looking forward to seeing how it looks with a skirt over it, its certainly stiff enough to hold heavy skirts out. I can walk in it just fine, I'll just have to walk like a lady, not like the tom-boy I can be sometimes.

Next, its finishing the smock I started months ago. Then its on to the new corset tomorrow.

Comments

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

Yeah!!!!!! Much rejoicing!!!!-YC

~WOW~

[serenalyons.livejournal.com]

I love that red color too! Looks lots more spiffy than mine. YAY!

Re: ~WOW~

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

It's not actually red, its a dark shade of bright raspberry pink, very bright in the sunlight. You'll get to see it in person at 12th night, well it'll be there under all the layers anyway. ;)

Re: ~WOW~

[serenalyons.livejournal.com]

That's even better!! Nothing like shocking colored underthings to make you feel girly! There is this blue/raspberry pink silk dupionni I want just for lining. For what I don't know, just something.

Re: ~WOW~

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

;) Yup, I'll feel even more girly once I get the new corset done.

Re: ~WOW~

[serenalyons.livejournal.com]

Is the corset going to match the farthingale or be another color?

Re: ~WOW~

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

The new corset is going to be black, not sure about the trim color yet.

Re: ~WOW~

[serenalyons.livejournal.com]

Oooh, how decadent!