Fie on thee, thou focking fruck coat!

So, after toiling away for a bit, custom-fitting (which meant re-pinning and re-cutting) the muslin pattern and getting everything supposedly fitting right, even going so far as to purchase the fabric, it happens.

Sleeves.

Every seamstress's nightmare, or at least this seamstress's nightmare. Why we ever left off lacing leather or fabric sheaths to our bodices at the end of the Renaissance, I'll never know.

While I ponder that, here's some pictures of lovely frock coat fabric.

Bag'o'fabrics, fresh from Mood (aren't I trendy?), with swatches draped oh-so-elegantly over the side. That beige mass in there is just the muslin. The real coat fabric is...

This lovely sage green color, it's a polyester pretending to be silk, and I think it'll work splendidly for the coat. If the damned sleeves would cooperate, that is.

Fail ><;;

Damn it, right when I get into the Christmas (and thus, blogging) spirit. I've been editing all the photos that end up on this blog using the wonderful Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo X2, but alas... my free trial has just run out.


Until I decide whether or not to buy the full version, I'm reduced to the oh-so-lovely process of moving my photos from my netbook to my desktop, futzing with them in JASC Paint Shop Pro 9, then moving them back to the netbook and uploading them here. Because the netbook is my on-the-go blogging apparatus, and thusly must be the home of all my photos, especially those that are craft-related. So say we all!
However, the hat is finished! All I need now is a good wig to perch it on -- or a much rounder head.