second handkerchief

finished the second handkerchief another linen piece with some simple drawnthread. I love it, its so girly

Handkerchief

Since I have been at nationals all week the only thing I could bring with me that would fit into my bag was my handkerchief. I have discovered it takes about 6 hours to finish each side of the drawn thread work with the buttonhole stitch. I have finished two sides since I got here. I am thinking I really have to budget my time on this project so it will have several stages of "done" I go home tomorrow and I hope to finish my chemise within the week and send in a new update to the challenge. Next on my list is the drawers then I can move onto the meat of the project- the dress itself. At the moment I am still ahead of my schedule so I am not in panic mode yet.

I am so thrilled to have so many people following me on this blog helping me stay on task. The two people I was so thrilled to see taking on the challenge and who I was hoping to use their progress to keep me motivated have dropped out. So I really need to be sure to push myself- the nice thing is I know I am not alone there are 25 other people and many of whom read this blog that are keeping me going and I wanted to take a moment and thank you all for that. It would have been very easy for me to give up when I started back at school and then with this trip to Nationals- you guys really inspire me and fuel my drive. I just hope when it is all said and done that I don't let you or myself down

update

Sent my update for the last two weeks. I wish I had more to report but life has snuck up on me.

 I have done some gold embroidery on my red silk petticoat, started work on a drawn thread handkerchief, and finished two veils. One of gold silk and one long sheer one hand dyed and trimmed with lace.

handkercheif

Proof I haven't been totally lazy. I have finished the drawn work in white now I am finishing my edges and adding detail work in gold. I have a dear friend who makes beautiful lace and I hope one day I can do work half as amazing as her. I did a lot of drawn work years ago and couldn't remember why I stopped. I like seeing the patterns form as I work. Then I started doing the finishing in gold........ Oh yeah now I remember why I stopped............ I do not like buttonhole stitch! Well now that I have started I need to finish. The nice thing is this is a project I can take with me and do anywhere. I have a feeling I will be working on this up until the end.