Marks alterations

Marks costume needed some alterations after the final fitting. We have shortened the front and are doing the final hand work on his costume.

Trip to the Dentist.

Today was a dentist day. Since I have not dental ins. I go for a hundred and fifty mile trip to Noggales and have my teeth done there. It was great to get away from sewing for a day and enjoy a drive in the desert. Tommorrow back to work.

I got home and a friend had come over and painted my kitchen for me while I was gone. It is again fresh and lovely. I could never have taken the time during this time of year to do that.

Trip to the Dentist.

Mark came over for a fitting tonight. He is happy with the progress as are we.

Marks doublet

Marks doublet is taking shape. We counted the articals of costume that we have made this preseason and it is currently at 56. That is 56 seperate items of clothing. whoosh!

Marks Costume

We have started Marks Costume and Are working on Billys order

Andrea and Bridget are done.

Bridgets costume is done and boy dosnt she look colorful

Andrea loved her hat and it tops of that beautiful dress.

Andreas french hood

Continue using the curved needle to stich on the pearls at the junction of the hood and the brim.

Stitch the hood to the brim with a curved needle.

Ladder stitch the front of the hood over the frame and padding. Iron the Seam allowance over on the linning of the hood and slipstich it on.

sssshhhh Its a secret

todays work is a secret. Somebody will be very happy.

Andreas French hood

After I added the wire to the stiffening I used spray adhisive to mount a felt piece of padding to the hat and brim. Let this dry thourally

Next I ladder stitched the top fabric around the padded side to make the front or top of the french hoods brim. I then slip stitched the linning to the under or back side of the brim. This took all day. Tommorrow I start on the top of the hood and the linning.

starting the french hood

Melinda worked on a skirt of many colors for Bridget.

While Judy worked on a pouch for Jade and worked on the french hood for Andrea.

Bella looks on to all this fuss and asks wheres the squeky toy.

Here I am adding wire to the stiffining for the French hood.

Marks concept drawing

This is the concept drawing for Marks costume. It will be showing up on the blog before the week is out. Andreas french hood is cut and will be worked on along with bridgetts costume.

Cutting que line up

Last night we cut Bridgets skirt and made her mock up bodic to try on. For clients in the que here is the line up:

Bridget
Andrea
Mark
Billy
Ronnie

That will let you know how soon your garments will start showing up. During the Season I will be making some assesories for sale at the Croft Cottage store look for them there.

well Jades dress is done. The dress used 16 yards of beads and a bag of beads were sewed on individually. she looks gorgouse in the gown.

time for hand sewing

Its time to finish the gown with the hand sewing. we have 17 yards of corded pearls and a bag of individual pearls to bve added. last night we sat with Mama Mia playing and sewed our fingers numb. Tonights plan is more of the same.

Broken Down

Melinda is working on the partlet. I took close ups of those cartridge pleats both inside and out.

My Sewing machine broke down tonight so I have to take it into the repair shop tommorrow. The needle jammed and broke the needle plate. That seems to have messed wth the timing as it will not zig zag now.

Jades First fitting

Jade came for her first fitting. She was happy with the gown so far. We should be done with this dress by Wensday. Just a little finish work.

We are working on Jades Gown and are trying to decide which color to use and placement of trims. These are her fabrics for gown and under skirt. We settled on the first strip to be burgandy, now we must decide if we want to go narrow or wide between the black narrow and the burgandy. the strips will be lined with pearls.