I have a bias towards slips. I am a slip convert, a slip missionary even.
Do you know that these days many women don’t own even a single slip ?!
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Some progress is better than none.
So while waiting for those lingerie patterns I ordered for a friend from So Vintage patterns (I accidentally had them sent to New Mexico instead of England… don’t ask) I finally got working on this kimono again to get me in the mood and to get my hand-sewing back up to speed. The lace has been hand whipped on both sleeves now, the side seams have been french-seamed and lace has been basted in place all around the front edges. That will definitely take more than a couple of evenings to sew on… but Rome wasn’t built in a day, or even in a year- which is the length of time this kimono has been in-work.
Some progress is better than none and it’s getting there!
And sew to begin…
These pics are of a romantic lace wedding dress I designed and made last summer that I was particularly happy with.
It was vintage in feel if not strictly adhering to a particular decade.
Top layer was french lace hand pieced together so as to appear seamless. Under layer was a heavy silk crepe lined in a light weight silk satin and all was supported by a built in cotton tulle corselet. The 3 metre silk tulle veil was edged with a tiny zigzag stitch and had 36 lace flowers hand appliqued on near the front and back edges. All in all 200 hour make.
