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The Jennylafleur Shop will be on Closed from May 23 to June 15 2022, as I take a pause for some personal and family commitments.
The online shop will be behind a password until reopening. However if you wish to browse only or check to see if I have your color in stock in the shop in the meantime, simply contact me for the password! If you have any other questions about don’t hesitate to contact me!
The Jennylafleur Shop will be on Closed from April 10 to May 1, as I catch up on current orders and spend a few days with friends!
The shop will be behind a password until reopening. However if you wish to browse or check to see if I have your color in stock in the shop in the meantime, simply contact me for the password!
The Jennylafleur Shop will be on Closed from Feb 14 to Feb 28, as I catch up on current orders and spend a few days out of town!
The shop will be behind a password wall until reopening. However if you wish to browse or check to see if I have your color in stock in the shop in the meantime, simply contact me for the password!
Last week I did a little photoshoot with Taylor of Dames a la Mode with a mystical medieval theme of Morgan le Fay.
I’ve had a few questions about her make-up look and the products I used so here they are!
The feel of this shoot was heavily influenced by Pre-Raphael imagery so I wanted to create a classic beauty look, but with a bit of drama. Both her hair and makeup needed to compliment her dramatic frock but not draw attention away from it.
I’m so pleased with how the look came out! What do you think?
Both Taylor and I have posted lots of images from this shoot on our separate Instagrams if you want to see more!
PRODUCTS USED
Marvellous Moisturizer | Siân Richards London
Lip & Skin Balm | RMS Beauty
Paint Pot in Painterly | M.A.C
Eye Shadows in Fresh, Pink Champagne | Anastasia Beverly Hills
Eye Shadows in Barcelona Beach, Smoke Signal, Bitten | Makeup Geek
Classic Kohl Pencil in black | Wayne Goss
#213 black | Elegant Lashes
Diorshow Iconic Waterproof Mascara | Dior
Brow Powder Duo in Granite | Anastasia Beverly Hills
Artist Secret | Embryolisse
Concealer Correcting Care in Pink | Embryolisse
Bye Bye Redness | It Cosmetics
Backstage Face and Body Foundation | Dior
Lip2Cheek Cream Blush in Illusive | RMS Beauty
Sun Stalk’r Bronzer in Inda Sun | Fenty Beauty
No Color Powder | RCMA
Mini Airbrush Flawless Setting Spray | Charlotte Tilbury
Suede Matt Lip Liner in Vintage | NYX
Liquid Matte Lipstick in Famous | Huda Beauty
Until next time my friends, may your curling tongs stay hot,
your hair pins stay put and your unique beauty shine forth!
Happy Holidays!
Jenny-Rose, AKA Jennylafleur
Well my New Year has gotten off to a weird start with an intense snowstorm that dumped 12” in my yard and effectively shut down my whole region for a few days!
This is ALOT of snow for this area and the intense accumulation and heavy snow has caused a lot of damage with downed trees and power lines . We only lost power here at Chez Jennylafleur for about 7 hours- so thankful to have it back, that first cup if tea was amazing! - but so many are still out!
Not sure when life will get back to normal enough to get to the post office (still waiting for roads to be cleared of trees and snow) so all pending shop orders will be delayed shipping.
Until then, here is a peek of my winter wonderland!
Until next time my friends, may your curling tongs stay hot,
your hair pins stay put and your unique beauty shine forth!
Happy Holidays!
Jenny-Rose, AKA Jennylafleur
I wanted to let y’all know that I will be taking a holiday break from Dec 15-Jan 2. The shop will remain open but any orders placed during this time will not be processed until after Jan 2!
For Christmas Delivery please place order hairpieces, such as Hedgehogs, Falls, Fringe, Braids & Buckles no later than Dec 7.
Ready-to-ship-items, such as flowers and combs, should be ordered no later than Dec 14.
Orders placed after these dates will ship in the New Year, following my holiday break (Dec 15-Jan 2).
As always, if you have a specific event or delivery date in mind please let me know so I can do my best to accommodate or let you know the approximate shipping date for your specific order!
I also wanted to take a moment to wish you (and yours!) a happy & healthy holiday season and a wonderful New Year! May your days be filled with small joys, heaps of love and beautiful possibilities.
This time of year always puts me in a reflective mood and recently I’ve been pondering the many gifts 2021 gave to me - you’all are definitely a huge one! Thank you again for your support of Jennylafleur, you have no idea has much it means to this creative small business . I can’t wait to share more historic hair love with you in 2022 - I have so many plans and things coming in the next few months, I can’t wait to share them with you!
Until next time my friends, may your curling tongs stay hot,
your hair pins stay put and your unique beauty shine forth!
Happy Holidays!
Jenny-Rose, AKA Jennylafleur
The Jennylafleur Shop is now reopened for orders! Many thanks for your patience while I was on hiatus! It was great to catch up on orders, some fall cleaning and travel with my family a bit!
I’m super excited to offer new regular line hair pieces to the shop! Perfect for buns, headbands or accents, I’m offering several different styles and thickness of braids to add variety and texture to your historical hairstyles!
The Wilhelmina - a 5-Strand braided bun piece, inspired by late Regency hairstyles, also appropriate for bustle and 1960/70s!
The Shelby Braid - a thick 3-strand braid, perfect for braided buns popular in the late Regency, 1860s, Bustle era and beyond!
The Danielle Braid - a medium 3-strand braid ideal for headbands and the elaborate buns popular throughout the Regency and Victorian eras!
The Bébé Braid Set - a set of three small braids, perfect for adding detail to Regency hairstyles as well as those of the 1830s and beyond!
Each braid features neatly finished ends and the larger styles are finished with a hairnet for long-lasting style! Please see the shop listings for more photos and details of each style!
I’m so grateful for the support of this wonderful community - as my thanks I’m offering my first ever sale! All hair accessories are now 20%! Sale ends at midnight on Nov 29th.
For Christmas Delivery please place orders for large hair pieces such as Hedgehogs, Falls and Fringe no later than Dec 1st. Braids & ready-to-ship-items should be ordered no later than Dec 10th.
lease keep in mind that orders with both ready-to-ship and made-to-order items will be shipped together. To avoid a delay on read-to-ship arrivals please place a separate order.
Orders placed after these dates may arrive after the New Year. As always if you have a specific date or delivery date please let me know so I can do my best to accommodate or let you know my current creation time for that item!
Until next time my friends, may your curling tongs stay hot,
your hair pins stay put and your unique beauty shine forth!
Happy Holidays!
Jenny-Rose, AKA Jennylafleur
The Jennylafleur Shop will be on Hiatus from Nov 3 to Nov 23, as I catch up on current orders, work on some behind the scenes projects , and spend time with family.
All links to the shop will be behind a password wall until reopening. If you just want to just browse or check to see if I have your color in stock in the shop in the meantime, contact me for the password!
Coming with the shop reopening - BRAIDS!
I’m super excited to offer these new regular line hair pieces to the shop! Perfect for buns, headbands or accents, I’ll be offering several different styles and thickness of braids to add variety and texture to your historical hairstyles! New styles include this 5-strand Bun for your mid-late Regency looks!
Until next time my friends, may your curling tongs stay hot,
your hair pins stay put and your unique beauty shine forth!
Jenny-Rose, AKA Jennylafleur
I’m excited to announce that the Regency Hair class is now live!
Thanks to everyone that pre-ordered and to those that attended the Premier Party yesterday! It was so special to share that time with you!
Due to some technical difficulties resulting in unforeseen delays, the Regency Hair Tutorials that I have created as companions to the class will not launch today as originally planned. These step-by-step tutorials need a bit more tweaking and polishing before they can be released - my apologies for any disappointment caused!
I will be working diligently this week to get them finished-up and online. I will announce on my social media once they are online!
Back to some good news! The shop has been updated with new accessories - pearl combs, paper flower combs and paper flower crowns.
All of these new items were inspired by my research into Regency hair accessories and were lovingly handcrafted by my sister and I. Each flower is wired on, never glued, for a flexible but durable finish.
All of these new items are in very limited quantity! I have supplies coming for more pearl combs but paper flower items won’t be restocked until the holidays and may return in different combinations/colors.
Happy Sunday!
Jenny-Rose
I’ll admit it, I’ve been a tease the past few months. I’ve teased about new classes and products, and that there are big changes coming to Jennylafleur. Well, the time has come for the big reveal – drum roll please…
Jennylafleur Historical Hairstyling will be changing its focus from primarily producing/styling hairpieces or wigs to primarily providing Historical Hairstyling Education, DYI Kits, and Accessories.
Some personal and some business reasons, the biggest being that I lost my main hair manufacturer/source earlier this year.
When I began producing and selling historical hairpieces and wigs I knew my biggest challenge would be sourcing and stocking the hair itself. I sampled and road-tested hair from various companies for over 2 years before finding the one I was looking for. An old established firm of 40 years that offered consistent quality synthetic hair in a wide range of natural hair colors. One that sadly had to close its doors when it couldn’t survive the global pandemic.
That sudden blow, as well as the appearance of some new personal challenges, made me stop in my tracks and revaluate, well, everything. I won’t go into details here to respect my family’s privacy, but there were many factors at play as I contemplated the best way forward for Jennylafleur. It was the perfect storm, and looking back I’m grateful I was forced to hit pause and re-think my business, what worked and what didn’t, what brought me joy and what didn’t, what was sustainable in the long term and the role I really wanted JLF to play within the costuming community.
It has taken me a few months of soul searching, planning and reorganizing things behind the scenes, but I am now super excited to turn my focus to the things I am the most passionate about in historical hair - sharing the beauty, the fun, and efficient ways I use to recreate it.
Moving forward JLF WILL continue to offer three types of made-to-order hairpieces as part of it’s regular line product offering in the shop including:
Regency Fringe
Buckle Curls (regular and XL)
Braids (coming this summer)
JLF will also continue to stock Cushions & other hair supports, as well as Paper Flowers and other Hair Accessories in limited-edition batches. And you can look for DYI hairstyling and hairpiece kits to compliment upcoming classes later this year!
In addition, I will be taking limited orders for previously offered hairpieces until my current inventory of hair runs out. I was able to snag some additional inventory from my old manufacturer while it was still available, but I have very limited quantities in any given color. Once these made-to-order pieces are sold out, they will be discontinued. These hairpieces include:
Hedgehog Toppers
Frizzed Hedgehogs
Falls (straight, spiral & ringlet)
My availability for custom orders will be very limited and will be dependent on the desired style, timeline and may require the client to source or provide the hair/wig base. If you have any questions about hairpiece availability or want to be added to my current custom order wait list, feel free to contact me!
I am currently not shipping orders for tangible goods to the United Kingdom due to the new Brexit-related VAT requirements.
The new requirement, implemented on January 1, 2021, for non-UK sellers to track totals, collect, then remit VAT to the UK government is an onerous process that, as a small indie business, I cannot currently comply with. I hope that I will be able to sell to the UK in the future, but I don’t know when that will happen. I do not have an anticipated date of when shipping to the UK will begin again.
Today! If you are reading this, the shop is now open!
My first class offering of 2021 is Regency Hair: The Story of Women’s Hairstyling (1795-1825)!
In this lecture style class, I focus on the historical and visual references that give context and insight to the hairstyles of this 30-year period, as well as breakdowns of the most commonly depicted styles and accessories of the period.
If you have been following me on Social Media you know I have been teasing about this class for months. I didn’t mean to be such a tease, but the research and writing of this class took far longer than planned. As this project became a real labor of love I fell deep down the Regency Hair rabbit hole and I can’t wait to share the results with you!
For those interested in recreating these styles for yourself, I have also created companion tutorials that will be available a la carte, starting June 27th. Designed to complement the lecture class, these step by step hairstyling tutorials will walk you through how to recreate the styles with tips for different hair types and incorporating hairpieces. I’ve started with 6 tutorials and will be adding more over the summer!
This class, tutorials (and all future classes) will be offered on-demand through Teachable, so you can purchase/watch/re-watch them anytime.
The Pre-sale for this class begins today and includes an invitation to the exclusive Premier Party on June 26th at 1pm ET - featuring a live presentation (via zoom) of the lecture and Q&A! Bring your own champagne! The Pre-sale ends June 24 at midnight, eastern time. The on-demand Class and Companion Tutorials will launch on June 27.
In addition to the official launch of the Regency Hair class and tutorials, June 27th will also see some new products released in the shop, including a new style of Regency Fringe and some wonderful Regency hair accessories highlighted in the class - I can’t wait for you to see them!
Coming this summer will be an updated and expanded on-demand version of my most popular class, The Art of the Curl as well as more Historical Hairstyle Tutorials.
Starting this fall, I will be offering DYI Hairpieces classes, teaching step-by-step how to make and style JLF signature hairpieces for yourself, starting with the soon-to-be-discontinued hairpieces! I’ll be sharing all my tips and tricks, measurements and patterns of how I created these pieces, as well as tips for sourcing hair and maintaining them for long lasting results.
If you have made it all the way to the end of this epistle, you are made of awesome! Thank you for all your patience and support this year as I sorted through layers of decisions and changes both personally and professionally. Being part of such a wonderful and supportive community fills my heart to overflowing!
Until next time my friends, may your curling tongs stay hot, your hair pins stay put and your unique beauty shine forth!
Jenny-Rose, AKA Jennylafleur
In 2004 I decided that I needed an 18th century pocket and I wanted to jump into the world of Crewelwork Embroidery, then a few years later I made a companion pocket using leftover threads. The result was a pair of personal, hand designed crewelwork pockets that I am still very proud of and use in my 18th century kit to this day. Here is the story of those pockets…
Pattern:
Rocking Horse Farm #185
Embroidery design by me.
Fabric/Materials:
linen, Dutch linen tape, wool embroidery thread
Synopsis:
A pair of 18th century pockets.
Completed October 2004 & March of 2007.
May 25 2004
I love 18th century pockets. Pockets you tie on and wear separately from your clothing? Yes please! I embroidered a pocket in high school, using cotton embroidery floss and cotton muslin for the fabric. It was a fun project but this time I am going to try my hand at crewelwork, using wool thread. I have wanted to learn to do it for years and this seems like the perfect project to start with!
Today I started my design research. I have an idea of the type of flowers and things I want on the pocket (carnations, roses, bees and strawberries - all very "Jenny-Rose" things). What I really wanted to find today were pics of extant pockets, to build up some references for how designs were typically laid out, what stitches were used ect.. I found very little online and in my library. I wish I’d taken more pictures of them at the V&A now. It was all rather discouraging but I'll keep looking around ...
June 9 2004
I worked on my pocket’s embroidery design today. I've been working on it for a while, researching and pondering designs but today was the day I actually sat down and put something on paper.
I’m taking the pocket shape and sizing from the Rocking Horse Farm pattern ( #185) that my Mom used for my original high school era pocket. The shape and scale have been very practical the few times I've used it so I figure why re-invent the wheel? The basic layout of the design was inspired by this extant pocket that I found on an online auction site. Most of the specific flower shapes are from "Art of Crewel Embroidery" by Mildred Davis, an excellent book which is unfortunately out of print but well worth getting ahold of if you can.
While I was working on the design my Mom pulled out some finished and unfinished crewelwork that belonged to my great grandmother. The colors are a little wild (so 1970s!) but her use of stitches has been very instructive and inspiring.
So I'm very happy with the design so far. It will be mirrored on the other side with one central flower in the center, except that I will have a butterfly on one side and a bee on the other. The roses in the sketch are a temporary design. I want a more of a formal "Tudor" style rose, I just haven’t found one yet. Also, I need to increase the size of each individual flower/leaf. The lines here are a bit too delicate right now for the thick crewel thread I’ll be using.
So what's next? Humm…I need to finalize the design (resize, new roses) I also need to get thread. The only wool thread I have so far is a skien of blue I got in Williamsburg and one of salmon I picked up at Liberty of London - both both randomly on a whim. I’m definitely going to need more colors and skeins than that!
June 17
Finding crewel thread locally has proved to be challenging. I knew the big chain craft stores would be useless but both my local needlework and knitting stores had nothing appropriate for crewel either. I wish people would stop looking at me like I am from Pluto when I mention crewelwork wool thread. It's bad enough that no one carries it without making me feel like a freak!
The knitting lady did recommend a needlecraft shop in Manassas, which I had seen online. So having struck out in town and having *nothing* better to do today, I drove the hour there and back to see what I could find. I'm not obsessed or anything… nope not me.
Finally, success! I have crewel thread… yay!! There were lots of yummy things in the shop but I stayed focused and just bought the thread I needed. My bank account was very proud. The shop owner was very helpful. In the end I bought 10 colors, making a total of 12 with the ones I already had. I'm very happy with my threads now, I can't wait to get started! *Jenny does a happy dance*
June 19 2004
My pocket design has been finalized and the linen has been prepped! I tried resizing and tweaking the design on the computer but that turned out to be too fiddly. Or rather I don’t have a good program or the skills to do it that way so by hand it was. It took a lot of tracing and re-tracing to arrive at a final product (I am no artist!) but I got there in the end. I'm very familiar with the shapes now and I had a chance to think through the stitches and colors as I worked so I don’t mind the time.
I'm very happy with the finial design, although I had to lose the strawberries. It was going to be too much red/pink in that area so for color balance I replaced them with a flower (that will probably be yellow or purple). My sister’s only comment was that the bee looked a little "cutesy" and I rather agree. I drew that on my own and it shows (I did mention a lack of artistic ability!). It's not very 18th century looking but it's *me* and it made me happy so I kept it.
To prep the linen I simply cut out a square of fabric a few inches larger than my pocket pattern. (Why? So I can have even tension as I work. I will cut and construct the pocket once the embroidery is done.) I then marked the embroidery design and cutting lines with a washable pen before stitching a large running stitch on top of the cutting lines so they won't fade as I move the hoop from place to place.
June 26 2004
I decided to do some testing before I jump into the actual piece, just to work out some of the stitches and color ideas I had. So I spent the better part of the day curled up in front of a few movies embroidering and I’m very pleased with the results of my labor.
The test piece doesn't look like much (I ripped out a lot!) but it was instructive. I found things that didn't work and things that did. The worst news is that I can't use the salmon thread from Liberty. It’s actually needlepoint yarn and it's simply too thick for this type of project. Blah. I'm a bit stuck on what to do now. I didn't buy another color in two shades, except green. I think I really do need two shades for the carnation. Um. Well I will work the rest of the embroidery first and do the carnation last. That way if I run out of any of the other colors it will only mean 2 long drives to Manassas total, not three or four.
My testing ruled out several stitches I liked from embroidery books. Some didn't work or I didn't like them. Then I went back and looked at my great grandmothers work again. Why I didn't look at them before I tested I don't know but after studying them I came up with some more ideas and stitch ideas!
Buy this time I was ready to start in earnest though so the test piece was abandoned and I have stayed up way too late working on the real thing. The little blue flowers are my favorite so far. They are done with a buttonhole stitch - aren't they cute?
Embroidery is so addictive! I have been thoroughly enjoying myself - t took much will power to put it aside at last and get ready for bed.
July 3 2004
Yay, pocket progress!
While I was at Borders the other day, I found the very cool Anchor Book of Crewelwork. I saw this while I was in London but like a dope I didn't by it. It turns out to be exactly what I need. While I have lots of books with stitch diagrams in them, I've found I really need detail pictures of actual crewelwork to figure out how to use the stitches to best advantage in my design. Between this book and great grandmother’s pieces I’ve been able to unlock this crewelwork thing and it’s been exciting!
I'm really happy with the pocket so far. I think I have a very cunning plan for that center carnation too. I haven't actually tried it yet though ... There is a carnation in the Anchor book that I like a lot that I think I can do it with one shade of yellow. I'm going to try mimicking it. If that doesn't work ... well I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
I'm also going to add a few more insects to the design. The bee and butterfly look lonely and there are some stupid cute bugs in the Anchor book I want to slip in. It’s one of the things I find most charming about about traditional crewelwork, the BUGS! Can you tell I am having way too much fun with this? *wheeeeeee*
July 5 2004
Ahhhhhh!
The pocket was going too well I guess. I was adding a second little bee with an iron transfer pencil and managed to iron a big blob of blue plastic (from a pad of paper) onto the pocket as well.
How could I be SO stinking STUPID! I could just sit down and weep. It's not even finished yet and ... really I could ring my own neck. *waaaaaaahhhhh*
I've put the pocket in the freezer, in the hopes that I can get the majority of the plastic off the textile but either way I'm afraid the fabric has been stained a lovely bright blue. A half inch strip along the edge of the left side.
Did I mention I have a headache too? Life just stinks today.
July 6 2004
bad news: An evening in the freezer didn't really do anything for the blob. I couldn't get much more off the fabric.
good news: I should be able to cut the pocket down so that the blob is gone or incorporated into the seam allowance unseen.
My blond moment could have been much worse. I still feel very stupid and mad at myself over the whole incident. *sigh*
August 5 2004
I finished the crewelwork on the pocket. *throws confetti* Overall I'm very happy with the embroidery. I certainly had a blast doing it. I'm not 100% happy with the center carnation but I was ultimately limited by my design and having only one shade of yellow. I did my best and it looks good, if I do say so myself. My favorite bit would be the red roses but the little fill-stitched mount and the baby bee are close seconds.
For now it's all blocked, pressed and ready to be made up into a real pocket. When will that actually happen? Who knows!
October 14 2004
I finished the pocket today! *throws confetti*
In the end the construction was easy, just time consuming since I had to wait forever for my linen tape to arrive then sew it all by hand.
I used linen for all the layers, a back, lining (to protect the embroidery threads on the back) and of course the embroidered top. I cut out the pocket layers all at once by stacking them in order and cutting them with a rotary cutter. I had to fudge the shape a little to deal with the blue blob and center the design. so I thought it was best to cut everything in one go. There is still a little corner of the blob on the pocket but it’s hidden under the binding. Shhhh!
I used ½" linen tape (from Wooded Hamlet) that I folded in half and wrapped around the all the raw edges before stitching it down by hand using a stab stitch. I figured after spending the effort on the crewelwork I might as well finish it by hand too. I stitched on a waistband of thin cotton tape (cheaper!) and done!
August 2006
One pocket is good but surely a pair is better - so it’s Pocket time once again!
For my embroidery design I wanted it to be a pair with the first one but I didn't want them matchy-matchy so I did a bit of tweaking. Small things like a new butterfly, the addition of pomegranates and a snail, a new center flower design and a general playing around with color combinations. I have 4 new shades of blue threads I picked up in the Costume College marketplace a few weeks ago but other than that I'm trying to use what I have left over from my first pocket. Waste not, want not!
Once I finalized the design I started straight away on my center flower, featuring those lovely shades of blue wool thread. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to do there but I'm happy with the results. Tried a new stitch there, a burden stitch. It's sort of like a mock basket weave - I like it!! I of course ripped out my first attempt, but once I got the hang of it I was quite pleased.
August 23 2006
Progress on the pocket deux - wow I think I'm over halfway done already. The fun shall end far too soon. I do love crewel - it’s so fast and satisfying!
Did up Mr. Snail today and am quite pleased. My sister assures me he doesn't look like a big blob on a stem, I was second guessing myself for a while. I used - wow - 5 different stitches on the little guy; satin, back, french knot, couching and seed. I wanted him to be special.
I'm ready to move the hoop so pomegranates here I come!
September 8 2006
Proof I have actually been working on this. It’s been going a bit slower now that I have another embroidery project I’m working on but I try to get a bit done on both every week now.
October 9 2006
I've been working on this in fits and starts and then not at all since I started quilting again. I don't have a pressing need for it (or the linen tape make it up yet) so I'm just saving it for those occasions when I can take it traveling. It's so small and easy to lug around, unlike the quilted petticoat!
January 1 2007
My first day of sewing in the New Year went well! I was *this close* to being finished with this thing at midnight but rather than staying up I went to bed and finished it up this first morning of 2007. Happy New Year!
Now I just need to make it up into a pocket…
February 5 2007
I messed up my pocket! *runs screaming into the woods* See, it's too short to match the first one. The decision to not double check my measurements and/or stitch an outline of the pocket pattern onto the fabric like I did last time has been bitterly regretted. Shortcuts are not my friend, this is what I get for being lazy. Cue tears.
So I had three options…
1. throw it in a corner and cry - oh wait I already did that… okay…
1b. piece the top - it's period but goes against my perfectionist nature
2. make do & have pockets uneven/different sizes - which defeats the purpose of making a matching pair.
3. forget it & start over - make the thing into a pillow or sell it on E-bay or something
After some consultation with my pin posse, I have resolved to push aside my irrational perfectionist self and bow to the clear majority advice to piece. Sigh. Maybe someday I’ll actually be good at this stuff.
February 18 2007
As some of you know, my Grandpa passed away this week. So I will be in Colorado all next week (or rather driving on my way to, staying a few days and then on my way back) for the funeral. I'm taking my quilted petticoat and pocket with me, it nice to have something to do with your hands at times like this.
February 27 2007
Back from Colorado... I took the quilted petticoat but never worked on it – spent all my time on the pocket as it was small and easy to work on the go. Got most of the binding done while I was gone. I worked on it some last night as well so all the outside binding is done now, just need to do the slit now and attach it to the waist band.
February 27 2007
My second pocket is now officially done!! *throws confetti*
Close ups of the infamous piecing. *da dum* I used a flat felled seam for that, mostly for strength. Actually my first ever flat felled seam - I'm usually a French seam girl. I did the initial seaming on the machine but did the rest by hand. I figured it won''t be as glaring that way and also the rest of the pocket was done by hand so it matches.
For my first pocket I sewed the linen tape waist band directly to the pocket but for this one I sewed a little channel so the waistband could be threaded through. This way the pockets are adjustable, as not all my pockets slits are in precisely the same place.
