SO of course my SWAP this year is inspired by Anne Lister’s wardrobe in ‘Gentleman Jack’, and I also want to dress as Miss Lister for World Book Day, so apart from the ‘ordinary’ clothes, the look will need to be completed by a suitably swaggering coat. She wears several coats in the series of … Continue reading Pelisse Please Me: A-Lister addition
Finished! HOURS of faffing about with the sleeves- the instructions were either weird, or the drafting was, or I was just too tired, but I basted and re-basted those damn hanging sleeves several times, then just settled for ‘OK’. The fabric frays so much it’s driven me mad, and my alteration to make the dress … Continue reading Greyed Out
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