One Grommet At A Time

For fixing the mistake from yesterday, I cut a new center front piece of fancy brocade and prepp'ed it by attaching to the saved piece of coutil. Blank slate, just like before. I marked again where holes should be poked but stopped before going at it. One shouldn't do precision work when one is tired! I'll bring it to the office and do it tomorrow on my lunch hour.

Instead, I worked on my Regency gown a little.... yes, I have a project on the side for myself! It's the old standard Simplicity 4055 that I've always wanted to try. I stopped at where I'll need to make a placket for the back opening of the skirt. I've never made a placket before! And let's not even think about the button holes right now.

Then I decided to whack at things with a hammer. After all these years of Ren Faire bodices, pounding in grommets is something I know how to do. I made a tool for myself of hole punches in pattern graph paper and used it to mark in chalk where grommet holes should go. Boy that coutil is a dense tight weave! I had quite a time coaxing those threads open before I managed to put in just one. One is enough for now.

The "antique brass" color grommets match up with the "antique brass" color busk hooks. They're going to look really nice on the turquoise-and-brown brocade.