A little project

Well this has nothing to do with reenacting but it has to do with sewing so I thought I would post it here. I made a little neck warmer for my boyfriend. He works outside in a parking garage and this time of year it is super cold. So instead of him having a scarf to wear, which is just a tad but to girly. I got some fabric remnants from Joann's and made him a little neck cuff I guess you would call it. 

It has black cotton for the outside because everything he wears has to be black then I found some fleece that was blue and decided to stick it on the inside to give it a soft feel and to keep him warm. I did it in about a day really hand sewing. I didn't have my fabric scissors so I had to use regular ones that didn't cut the fabric so well so it's uneven and choppy looking. Also it's not perfect. I have to wait for him to test it out to see if it needs another layer of the fleece or if it's to big. So this is like a prototype. I even added his initials inside of it just in case. 

Outside

For the closer I had some Velcro just laying around so I decided to use that. I might take it off and  use a button instead. It all depends on how much he likes it and it works for him. I'm hoping that it will work out well after all the bugs are fixed. Then maybe everyone he works with might want one...

Initials 

Inside 

A Trip

This past Tuesday between Christmas and New Years Becky and I made our way out to see Mrs. Lynch at her shop in Leslie Mi. It was the best little shop I have ever seen. She made us feel right at home. She has known Becky for years, but this being my first time it was a wonderful experience. It is sad to say that she has had to close up her store front. These times just aren't helping anyone these days. She will still run her business but out of her home. Which I am thankful for because I will more than likely make future purchases through her.
Here is the website .
So I bought all the bones, casing and the busk that I was going to need to finish my corset. And soon we will get back to working on it. I did the bones that go on your side but that is as far as we got before we were both a bit tired of sewing.
So that is where that progress has been. I'll throw up a few pictures that I don't think i've shown before.

Wrapper Progress

Well since I deleted my last post and cannot remember what it fully contained I will make this a post all about my wrapper.
So with my wrapper Becky had a lot of this pink/red fan print. It's very pretty.

Then from a dress that Becky, she decided to make her wrapper out of that. She had some left over fabric that we are are going to put down the middle of mine.

Then we are going to take the left over fabric and put it down the middle on a diagonal.

 Then we will take and make a nice big sleeve and add the middle fabric as a trim to the cuff. Also we were talking that take a black or blue piece of fabric and adding it to the bottom hem.
We are also going to sew the wrapper so that if I want in future years I can take off the middle fabric and make it into a nice dress.
Then we also have the bodice pieces all cut out. Just waiting to get it all put together.

That about sums it up on the progress with the wrapper.