Hey there!
I've been hella busy (does anyone still use that phrase any more?) writing for work and for University, so I haven't exactly been raring to write here.
However, the first jacket piece has complete fill. I finished out the piece I started testing the gold on, and now it just needs the gold, GST, and spangles. The fill, she is done.
128 hours:
Next, I'm going to fill the fiddly bits - the gussets and shoulder wings. Then I'll go back to the arm pieces - I'll do the other under arm piece next, so my sewing smooths out even more before I do the pieces that will be more visible.
BTW, we saw Legion last night - awesomely cheesy, great fun. I really enjoyed it - no thinking required at all, and a great combination of hilarity, horror, fighting, guns, and cheesy acting in the best possible way. I can't wait for the DVD to come out so I can "review" it for you guys.
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Did I mention how lovely that is? Well, it is.
I went to the V&A on Tuesday with the boy, and after I'd sated myself in the mediaeval galleries we went through to the C17th and I saw one of their embroidered jackets there. And my first thought was 'Oooh, pretty! But I prefer
It's time and patience, that's all. I never did any kind of fill stitch except speckling before I started this jacket, and I've never worked in gold thread before. If you can follow a line and count up to four, you can do this kind of thing, no problem.
And inspired. I want to do things like this someday.
I hope that doesn't make you feel like a museum.