Camicia sleeves

I spent most of the morning fussing over lace inserts for the sleeves.  I started out trying for the zigzag of the extant camisia that I was using for inspiration, but mitering the lace to get a crisp angle made it rather thick.  It just didn't look good with the materials I am using.  Just one of the problems of trying to add lace rather than making integral needlelace.  I considered bagging the lace idea altogether, but since I had 12 yards of the stuff I plowed ahead.  I ended up with horizontal insertions.  They don't look like much thrown across my chair, but I think they will be nice made up into billowy sleeves.  Next up is the insertions between the body panels.  I was considering doing more like the extant piece, but I will probably just end up using Bella's pattern and inserting between the body and side panels.  If I do 2 side panels instead of slitting them (which is how I usually insert my gussets on other types of smocks) it will give me 6 strips of lace in the body piece.  I think that will be plenty and use up most of the lace I purchased.

I finished the edging for the black veil late last night.  Just need to block it and attach it.  The plan is to do that when I change thread colors to make Gandhi's Venetians.  I'd hoped to get them made quickly, but I've got to take the kids to the dentist tomorrow so I may get little to nothing done until Tuesday.  I may try for a late night tonight and see how far I can get with the camisia.

At least HE'S going to have something to wear.

Pretty productive day on the ensemble for my husband.  I need to slipstitch the collar lining of the cloak and add ties, but its basically done.  His shirt needs cuff fastenings but its almost done as well.  I'm pretty pleased with it.  Its a very lightweight cotton voile and he says he really likes how it feels.  He vetoed the length of the shirt in the pattern, so I cut off about 12 inches from the length and he wanted ruffles on the cuffs but not on the neck.  Other than that I did it exactly as specified.  Following a pattern that closely is unheard of for me.  Probably the reason I actually got two items of clothing done, however.  No detours into frustration and creative reconstruction. 

I'm hoping to get the Venetians cut this evening and maybe sew some more eyelets so I can make at least a little progress on my dress-- especially since it needs to be wearable in a week.  Tomorrow's project is hopefully finishing Gandhi's trousers and starting on my camisia.  He's celebrating Father's Day by watching our kids so I can sew.  There was some mention of a movie.

Shopping yesterday went nicely.  I picked up the cotton voile I used for his shirt and some batiste for my camisia.  I also picked up about 25 yards of lace to do the insertions.  There's a thicker one for the zig-zags of the sleeves and a coordinating thinner one for between the body pieces.  I'm pretty excited about it.  Certainly nicer than what I was making.  I washed the lace this morning and then spent about an hour and a half blocking and ironing it.  It didn't shrink all that much, which was a nice surprise.  I promised Gandhi if the camisia isn't going quickly tomorrow, I'll change plans and do a quick plain one for the wedding next weekend and get back to working on the one for the IRCC afterward.  He's worried about more frustration hitting with the tight deadline.  He's probably right, but I also want to see some progress on the project.  Especially since I'm way overdue for sending in an update.