Finally he made his account and uploaded some more pictures that I haven't uploaded myself so check out his gallery and comment



At first I want to thank everyone of you who put me on their watch list recently. I've had no time to thank every single one but I do appreciate every watch and every favourite
It feels good to know that there are people who like my work at that time I feel a little bit like being stranded on a desert island and just doing my stuff without being noticed

But you surely won't like to hear any details of my chaotic life, so let's go on with the interesting things: work in progress and upcoming plans:

Before I'll tell you about my sewing plans I'd like to announce that my boyfriend started to do photography.
You've surely seen the first results in my gallery. He's doing fine although our equipment is really funny at the time *g* but the results surprised me a lot.
I've got more pictures but I prefer waiting until he's made his account here on DA to upload them himself

And now for some sewing stuff:
Actually in progress is the commissioned robe a la francaise I've talked about one journal entry before.
The jupe (skirt) is finished, the manteau needs to be hemmed and decorated and then only the stomacher is missing. I hope the future owner will like it I do so far, but it's the wrong colour for me .. lucky for my customer because that keeps me from wearing it my own

And I'm working on a bustle gown that should be for myself at first but after some time I somehow thought that I surely would not wear it. It is black and deep red and has uniform details. I will sell it when it's finished, but perhaps I'll get some nice pics of me in it first
I also started on a black and white striped robe a la polonaise, a little similar to the famous striped gown that can be seen in „Sleepy Hollow“, but it won't be an exact reproduction, only something similar.
I have to say that I'm going to sell that gown as well, I only need some other striped fabric for a new skirt to exchange the already finished one that I now use for another gown in progress. But that particular fabric was not the best solution for a nearly entirely handsewn silk robe a l'anglaise so I can give the skirt away with the polonaise later, I just bought more of that striped fabric than I needed for the skirt because it was quite affordable and I had to do something with the excess material. And no, I won't wear that striped gown as well, it's much too bright to feel comfortable in it, I only wanted to make it

In between those gowns I'm still making everyday clothes for myself, now that it gets colder and I have made so many skirts that I would like to wear in fall and perhaps winter as well, I need some more drawers to wear underneath. They are really very comfortable if you're a little used to them

New plans:

Baroque, 1660's .. still, I have the materials in my stash. Only the fabric for an underskirt is missing, but that's no problem, I can wear my old ones until I've found something.

A very late victorian gown, I found something in „atterns of Fashion“ that I just need to make. It looks so gorgeous. It has no bustle underneath and the bodice is high necked, perfect for events with not much space.

New bustle gown. This time I have something in my mind that I *really* like to wear. You won't be surprised if I tell you that it should be mainly black with purple details

A pair of stays that should be the same design than my white satin corset with the black applications.

Corsets ... of course I'm waiting for new busks to arrive.

Upcoming commissions:

A gown from the musical „Elisabeth“ (just ordered the fabrics)
Some corsets ...
A pair of stays
And perhaps a costume from „Starlight Express“

And I need to paint again. I've got a good idea and two unfinished painings standing around. I'd like to work some more with oil paint, since I made some experiments some time ago I'm totally in love with that stuff