More things!
Mar. 18th, 2015 08:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theladyrebeccaI finished my reticule and 1830s hairpiece!
Here's the reticule. This morning, I added trim to the seams, attached the tassel, bound the top with ribbon, and slid ribbon ties through the casing. By the way, for future reference, a three-sided reticule is not good at holding large phones. As soon as I stick my phone in it, it looks all wonky.
And here's the hairpiece. I redid what I had pinned together yesterday, keeping only the loops. I unbraided the super thick braid base, and made it half the width. Then I took what was left over, and made it into three additional braids. The one visible in the center front has a wire running through it, and I have stabilized the back braid loop and the tall ribbon on the top by sewing them to the wired braid. The ribbon is two widths sewn together, like what I did on the dress, and the ribbons and hair pieces are all sewn together into the two base braids. It's hollow in the middle, so that it can fit around a bun of my own hair, and should be easy to pin in place (I'm just holding it in the picture). The front section of my hair will be curled.
I think all that's left now is to hem my boyfriend's pants and pack.
Here's the reticule. This morning, I added trim to the seams, attached the tassel, bound the top with ribbon, and slid ribbon ties through the casing. By the way, for future reference, a three-sided reticule is not good at holding large phones. As soon as I stick my phone in it, it looks all wonky.
And here's the hairpiece. I redid what I had pinned together yesterday, keeping only the loops. I unbraided the super thick braid base, and made it half the width. Then I took what was left over, and made it into three additional braids. The one visible in the center front has a wire running through it, and I have stabilized the back braid loop and the tall ribbon on the top by sewing them to the wired braid. The ribbon is two widths sewn together, like what I did on the dress, and the ribbons and hair pieces are all sewn together into the two base braids. It's hollow in the middle, so that it can fit around a bun of my own hair, and should be easy to pin in place (I'm just holding it in the picture). The front section of my hair will be curled.
I think all that's left now is to hem my boyfriend's pants and pack.