I’ve not been working on my C&G’s the last couple of weekends because of one thing and another. One thing being, I have been doing a bit of dressmaking for a change. I think I mentioned that I bought some linen to make a dress at the fabric market a few weeks ago now. I made a start on the dress before we went on holiday and had finished the bodice and the collar, but not sewn the two together.
Well now the dress is finished. I put in two evenings of sewing after work this week too, as I wanted to get it finished before this weekend. As always the sketches on the patterns never really bear out the reality. The neckline on this is rather more plunging than I would normally have chosen. Means you need to get a good tan without various tidelines due to wearing differing necklines. But all told I am pleased with the finished effect and I do like the neckline, especially the way the collar stands off the shoulders a bit.
Here are the photos taken in the last of the sun this evening in the garden. (Yesterday was too grey) You can judge for yourselves:
