SHE has for for months been wearing the bodice to a mint-and-cream striped silk 1780s gown, with a bumroll, awaiting addition of the skirt part and trim. However, over it she is now wearing a Federal-style silk organza chemisette, taken apart a couple of years ago and put back together for last Saturday night--unsuccessfully, sad to say, so it is being taken apart ONCE AGAIN and redesigned. It has a stand-up organza layer to support a stand-up lace collar, and a low finishing layer of closely pleated organza (never gonna do THAT again). The organza support layer did not lay properly (I now remember why I took it apart before) and must be re-cut, and the lace layer wilted and looks like it must be attached to the organza support. This all puts me in mind of one of the truisms of our world:
"FINISHED COSTUME" IS AN OXYMORON: THERE IS NO SUCH THING. HE is wearing a Federal waistcoat--finished down to working the buttonholes. Both HE and SHE expect their garments to be done for an event at the first of March. Darn presumptuous dressforms--do they think I am made of time????? After all, I have to go out and make a living to buy them all the fabric for the costumes they continually demand..... ....a servant's work is never done. Jane in No VA _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
