centuriessewing

Still very little sewing, I'm 3 or 4 months in on taking care of my grandparents. Grandma is doing much better, she has gained a little weight back, even if every pound is sometimes a battle. She has stayed out of a-fib and most importantly out of the hospital for over a full month now.

She is getting a little more active, but is still under orders not to do any house or yard work and to take it easy.

Grandpa is doing well too, he had a change in his meds that has shifted his blood sugar so his insulin took a little tweaking but it is working out so far.

I turned 30 in August, and I also got engaged! I don't have any photos of me wearing the ring yet so I shall have to take some. We have no plans made or date set but I do know I'm going to make my dress, it will be in the dark green silk that fabrics.com had on sale for 2 or 4 bucks a yard several years ago.

I have a few sewing projects on the back burner that I am slowly chipping away at. The black wool kirtle just needs the hem bound and the sleeves adjusted. The purple one needs eyelets and a bit more work. I started a Saxon Gown after babbling back and forth with

elizabethcbunce about construction, and it got my brain working enough that I wanted to test some of the theories kicking around in my head.

So here is a velveteen knife pleated circle skirt pinned on the form, save for the parts that need a bit of ironing it is falling in very tubular pleats.