Remember that whole attention span thing?

[ktlovely]

I did actually buckle down and finish the other sleeve and add lace to the collar of the plaid outfit. So!


It seems that the new camera is doing slightly better at indoor pictures taken at night. These are less grainy than ones taken under similar conditions with my old one. Good!


Those little curls of wrapping paper insisted on getting stuck in my train no matter how far away I kicked them. I spent ten minutes wandering around with them following me like baby ducks. Except they made little skittering noises instead of little quacking noises.


Unfortunately, a new camera can't fix mediocre expressions in pictures. I look soooo thrilled!


Anyway, the sleeves and collar are cotton organdy from Field's. It has very impressive body to it; moreso than even that extremely malleable taffeta I used for the ballgown. It presses reaaaally nicely. The lace on the collar is just a random length of needlerun lace I got at a different Field's when I was sourcing stuff for the first version of the ballgown. The collar is finished without it; it's just whipstitched to the edge. More versatile that way!

Now I just get to sew on a crapload of fasteners. Yaaaay.

Comments

[reine-de-coudre.livejournal.com]

*dies*

okay... it's beautiful... and the skirt makes me melt. so elegant!

[operafantomet.livejournal.com]

Wow! You've worked out the stripes/squares so well, I especially like the little curve they take in the back of the skirt.

Excellent job!

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

That's niiiiice!

[sarahnucci.livejournal.com]

Beautiful - I love plaid dresses!

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous!

[alleycatpegasus.livejournal.com]

You win my "Friend Most Likely to be Featured in an American Girl Catalogue" award. Except they wouldn't put you in there because you put their designs to shame.

[hharris.livejournal.com]

Yay for xmas-y dresses! It's looking really nice.

[raspberry383.livejournal.com]

It's pretty. I like the skirt. and you look really good in civil war era clothes.

[darkangel422.livejournal.com]

*flail* GORGEOUS! Katie this dress looks so awesome! And it looks awesome on you. I SO AM PUTTING THIS DRESS IN MY NOVEL!!!!!

As for the facial expression thing, if it makes you feel better nobody looked thrilled in Civil War era photographs, because they had to keep perfectly still for several minutes at least, and the slightest movement would blur the image. So if you, like, photoshopped it sepia, you'd have a vintage-style photo.

[suededsilk.livejournal.com]

I don't think I ever commented on this. Bad me! Anyway, it looks fabulous! :)