Did I mention how much I hate binding lacing holes?

[lovetriangle]

I skimped on the number since I figured this is for a kirtle that won't be seen under the dress but still, the pulling is bothering me. Of course, now that I have some lacing holes I'll have to put in twice as many if I want to do something about it. ugh.

Still I like the fit of this bodice better than any of my others, and the apple green bias binding came out pretty as well.

 And witness the failed straping experiment! It looks ok on this so I'll leave it on, but I'm not going to do the undersleeves this way anymore. What's with the wrinkle? Looks like my outer layer of silk needs some securing. Careful - boobs in pic are smaller than they appear!
 AAAAARRRGGHHH! The pulling! THE PULLING!!

I also took some other shots of this that would have been more illustrating but they came out blurry. Harumph.

Now I need to make a new farthingale before I can do anything else on this.

Comments

[liadethornegge.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you've got the bite the bullet on this one I think.

Still, it looks like _such_ a nice fit, and the fabric is lovely. I also like the strapwork, and of course, what it does to your shelf is just yummy :)

[love3angle.livejournal.com]

Why thank you, ma'am. :-) I like my shelf in it, too, hence the new icon.

The strapwork kinda breaks my heart because I very much liked the way it came out on this and I'm still not sure why it came out so crappy on the sleeve strip. But am over it now and moving on *sniff*

After examination I only need 3 more hols in each strip, since I originally made them offset for spiral lacing. The bummer of side-back closure is that you still have twice as many holes as a single closing. That's 12 more holes total for me. I'm sure I'll bitch about this quite a bit more but I'll do them 'cause they need doin'. *grumble*