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[theladyrebecca]

It's been about two weeks since I posted here (again - maybe I should just make that my thing?) but I don't think I've accomplished a whole ton since then, sewing-wise. Which is good, since my main machine has been sitting at the repair shop patiently waiting its turn for two weeks. And it might be another week till I get it back. I seriously do not understand why there aren't virtual queues or appointments made for sewing machine repair. Having machines just sit there for two weeks untouched is completely ridiculous. 

Anyway, this is what I have done!
I went to the snow with Emily, and it was So. Much. Fun. Seriously. I wore my skating bustle, which turned out to be really good, because it meant that hiking/walking about 3 miles in the snow was no problem at all. And the place we went was freaking gorgeous. I've posted a few pictures on instagram already, but have way more to post, and I really want to go back and visit there again. I actually wound up vlogging the whole day, too, so that video will be going up a week from today. 

I finished the Peppermint Bustle project. I'm not entirely happy with the hat I wound up making, and I'm a little concerned that the velvet ribbon I used is bleeding onto the white portions of the bodice, but overall, I think it still looks pretty great. And on the first clear day after I finished it, Emily helped me take pictures and video of it, and in doing so, I discovered a gorgeous beach park nearby, which I will definitely be returning to in order to take lots more pictures in other costumes. The only issue was that it was a very muddy beach, so now I have to figure out how to clean up my hem. 

Instead of sewing in the last week, since I finished the peppermint project, I have been attempting to basically make all of my Feb videos. And as of yesterday, I have all but one Feb video filmed, edited, and uploaded, and the one left is a sewing vlog on my new/current project, which I hope to finish by the weekend. 

And that project is the American Duchess 1790s Simplicity pattern! I used the pattern for a video on how to size up commercial patterns, and as part of the video, I fitted the whole bodice mockup, so I figured that since I've already done the hard part, I would attempt to finish the whole dress this week. At this point, though, I just have all the bodice pieces cut out. I'm making it out of the sheerish white on white cotton stripe that Joanns had a few years ago, which I made my 1910's dress out of. I'm hoping that I can maybe get the skirts cut out today, but I'm not sure I'll have time. I also have to figure out what petticoats were worn in this era. I'm cheating, and making it to go over my Regency stays currently, since I don't have 1790s stays yet. Those will have to come later. 

In other youtube news, I passed 15k subscribers a couple days ago! It's insane how much my channel has grown in the past two months, and it's honestly really exciting. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I can make "career plans" or whatever, other than being stuck in my no-growth job. Which, I mean, I'm still happy in my admin job, but it's always been disappointing that there's no growth opportunities. So somehow doing youtube actually makes me feel like more of an adult with aspirations and all that.