tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post3326664616448500866..comments2024-03-26T11:54:18.535+00:00Comments on anne's blog: Three months to go - arghh!Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-22334560103425593232016-03-19T23:03:15.239+00:002016-03-19T23:03:15.239+00:00I agree with what you've said. I'm doing o...I agree with what you've said. I'm doing okay. I was away last weekend at Grange over Sands (bridge) and on the way home visited a local shop - and bought my MOB outfit! Just need to get shoes and bag. I'll still do the course MOB hack dress. I played golf, badly, today. Thanks for your kind thoughts. Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-41130491384279996182016-03-19T22:40:16.374+00:002016-03-19T22:40:16.374+00:00Oh my!! I'm exhausted reading all what you'...Oh my!! I'm exhausted reading all what you've been doing and still have to do!! You're going great guns though, but I hope all this hard work does't spoil your enjoyment of the wedding. I wonder if you should go shopping and buy your outfit as you're making all the others. Or would that not feel like a treat, I can't decide if it would for me either.<br />Hope you manage to fit some time in for golf and for you in general. Shame I'm not closer or I could give you a hand. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-84777426808260098302016-03-07T08:30:29.201+00:002016-03-07T08:30:29.201+00:00Thanks, Mary. I'm not sure my issues do have e...Thanks, Mary. I'm not sure my issues do have easy solutions, unfortunately. My biggest fear is creating dresses, and of course the one dress in particular, that look shoddy (for want of a better word - I mean badly home made but worse, a design that doesn't work). It's early here and perhaps you can tell I've been dreaming about this! Dreaming is a euphemism! Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-34220774836054490292016-03-07T04:49:26.811+00:002016-03-07T04:49:26.811+00:00Sounds like you will be very, very busy for the ne...Sounds like you will be very, very busy for the next three months. I hope all the fitting and construction issues have easy solutions. Try putting Missy on a low stool; that should solve the height issue. Cloning Couturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14318090784680489874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-53339785297667121472016-03-06T18:00:28.837+00:002016-03-06T18:00:28.837+00:00Thanks, Karen! After the wedding, collapse first t...Thanks, Karen! After the wedding, collapse first then a holiday!Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-15624921410794582912016-03-06T17:54:35.532+00:002016-03-06T17:54:35.532+00:00I was very scared reading this up to the end. Phew...I was very scared reading this up to the end. Phew. You feel on target. What a lot of work you have taken on. Hopefully by Easter plans and toiles will be finalised and you can move forward. There are always options. Keep calm and book a holiday for after!! K xXxWakeymakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16965616047749750761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-49844190925843855512016-03-06T15:26:11.713+00:002016-03-06T15:26:11.713+00:00Thanks, Margaret. Yes, a pashmina is an option. I ...Thanks, Margaret. Yes, a pashmina is an option. I bought a thing (a square with a hole in the middle and cut through to one side - some kind of throw, not sure exactly what it's called!) - nice shades of blue and grey. I'm not too worried - yet! - I think you're right (I hope) that it will come together.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-62947152102122772812016-03-06T14:27:24.278+00:002016-03-06T14:27:24.278+00:00Gosh, you are making alot! I think it will all sud...Gosh, you are making alot! I think it will all suddenly come together. Have you thought of a pashmina to go over your dress?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-36606396616799848542016-03-06T08:45:38.002+00:002016-03-06T08:45:38.002+00:00Thank you, Kate. I was married in a cold and wet J...Thank you, Kate. I was married in a cold and wet July, Alison in a less than summery August - so, as you say, you never know! <br />I don't like this lace cardigan (I've decided it's a cardigan not a jacket!) but I've asked Rory to make me a jacket, originally thinking of the doupion silk, but I also have a nice piece of heavier lace in the cobalt blue. I haven't thought of a suitable style. I only have enough lace for either a dress panel (was thinking of centre panel of lace over crepe) or a jacket - not that I would want both together, anyway. I could do the lace panel and have a plain crepe jacket. The silk doesn't match the dress well enough, so I won't be pursuing that option at the moment anyway.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-11906105342983327002016-03-06T08:34:28.200+00:002016-03-06T08:34:28.200+00:00Thank you, Sarah Liz. Your comment about shoes and...Thank you, Sarah Liz. Your comment about shoes and bras is very pertinent. Helen has her shoes but is trying to get them lowered which will have a big impact on length. The other thing which did that was adjusting waist position - for some reason the skirt became so much longer! As the waist was too short previously I don't get how adding to it to bring it up to waist level means the skirt seems several inches longer at the hem! Mind you, that's on Missy not Helen. Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-69672602062116761152016-03-06T08:27:15.521+00:002016-03-06T08:27:15.521+00:00Thank you, Joyce. It is a church wedding. I've...Thank you, Joyce. It is a church wedding. I've asked about having a jacket made for me. That is maybe the best option. Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09932830885813917282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-44040807945592747532016-03-06T08:18:49.011+00:002016-03-06T08:18:49.011+00:00Phew. I still can't believe how much work you ...Phew. I still can't believe how much work you are doing Anne. I love both the fitted dresses you have made for yourself and I think a lace jacket would be a really nice item to have just to notch your outfit up a bit. I got married in June and my son in September and both dates were sweltering. But you never know!! I am so excited to see the wedding dress once it's done. Fabrickatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07697025016425085142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-14450319329939957162016-03-06T04:18:40.269+00:002016-03-06T04:18:40.269+00:00What a lot you still have to do - quite a few sew...What a lot you still have to do - quite a few sewing stints ahead of you. Make sure you clear your diary for the last few weeks - and don't forget to instruct the ladies to wear the shoes and the bras they will be wearing on the day to all fittings. These alter the shape of the garment - even heels. I'm sure you already know this, but just in case... Sarah Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566072246120028926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2330020043629144522.post-17966314922702481742016-03-05T23:13:53.998+00:002016-03-05T23:13:53.998+00:00Oh Anne - I don't know how you keep going! I ...Oh Anne - I don't know how you keep going! I would be a nervous wreck....or, no I wouldn't as I would not commit to doing all this sewing.<br />As for the jacket in June. If it were me I would say yes. It's more formal but perhaps if there is no church involved then informality will be fine. <br />The work you have in front of you is incredible so my best wishes are winging their way across the wee pond for a good outcome.Joyce across the Pondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15265043471522130388noreply@blogger.com