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I am attempting to make this dress from Vogue's highly entertaining Vintage range - not subtitled, though it should be, "how to get Vintage fashion that fits and doesn't smell of long-dead cats". Because it is labelled “Advanced", and I only bought a machine a year ago and so am not Advanced except when “Beginner” is also tacked on, I thought I’d have a go at a cotton version first before attempting to wrestle with silk crepe de chine. I also thought it would be fun to make it in white. Hmm. I had spotted the obvious flaw in a dress made of exquisite white cotton lawn so fine it’s semi-transparent, but I had not considered that the construction details would also show through. So that’s twice the work, then. Oh well, it’s nice to concentrate on something a bit different from reading and writing and work, but I fear it will end up taking ages and distract me even more from Romilda Vane and, severally, the secret chamber under the Malfoys’ drawing room. It has also added weight to my theory that part of the reason for the success of the Gaudy Night punt trip is that in the right light, Harriet’s frock is not entirely opaque.

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A meme from [livejournal.com profile] a_t_rain and [livejournal.com profile] dolorous_ett: ask me questions about fandom.

How this works:

1. Ask me one fandom-related question in the comments. This can be fandom specific, general, or about fandom/lj stuff/fic writing/etc. in general.
2. Just one question, please, but it can (and perhaps should) have sub-parts.
3. That's it. It can be as normal or odd as you like.

no... that can't be right...

Date: 2006-06-20 04:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dolorous-ett.livejournal.com
Hold on! Hold on!

I mean Snape, of course, not Dumbledore...

I meant "I meant DUMBLEDORE, of coures, not SNAPE"...

*headdesk*

Re: no... that can't be right...

Date: 2006-06-20 04:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nineveh-uk.livejournal.com
Dumbledore, the nightmare great-uncle at parties.

::graciously ignores Ett's Freudian slip::

Re: no... that can't be right...

Date: 2006-06-20 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dolorous-ett.livejournal.com
To be fair, I imagine Snape would be a pretty nightmarish great-uncle at parties.

The sort that might actually have people not turning up if there was drink involved, actually. Imagine being cornered by Snape and being told (again) all about he'd been passed over his whole life and it wasn't fair.

That said, I promise not to make any more posts in your journal until I've had some sleep and can think straight!

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