Whoa Is Me!

Our internet was offline from Sunday afternoon on. My family felt crippled... One daughter couldn't get on FB and another couldn't google a recipe for chocolate cupcakes. She actually had to crack open a *gasp* cookbook! And my husband just felt tortured because he had to kill zombies all by himself without all his imaginary friends helping him out...

It was great for me! No social networking distractions! All day yesterday, except for the appropriate potty, meal and laundry breaks was spent sewing. I added the two lower layers of Meri's dress and the ribbons on all three, as well as the arm scythe ribbons. AND figured out how to mask the waist underneath so you wouldn't see my serging. I'm just going to cover it up with another ribbon!
The ribbon-ing is homemade bias tape made with my latest favorite doo-hickey.
I'm saving all the handstitching for later this week. Then at 12:30, I switched gears and threads and started back in on the wedding dress. I found these SHOUT wipes at the Dollar General and they got all the markings off the fabric that I thought had really screwed up the dress.

WHEW!

Got the lining sewed in on Saturday so that I could really focus on the laced up back. I put it in once, then tried it on Tiffany. If I laced it all the way up as tight as I could, she'd still be pulling it up all evening, so I took out the lacings and moved them out quite a ways to make it work better. It looks beautiful on her so far!
If anyone has some advice on how I'm supposed to lace this thing, I would greatly appreciate it! It's not exactly like tying a shoe...Then started in on the hem which will take some time because you have to baste all 5 yards of it like 3 times, before then removing one of the bastings and then sewing in the horsehair braid. I think I can find an easier way to do this before the next wedding dress I make... I'm going through TONS of thread!

So I'm seeing a light at the end of the sewing tunnel, but see lots of other projects that have been lining up ready to take their place. The dining room table will be full for a long time to come. Sorry hon!

One of them is a baptism outfit out of my sisters wedding gown for a new nephew that I thought I had until November to make.

Yesterday morning early I got a text from her that she was headed to the emergency room. She was due right around Thanksgiving Day. Found out by noon that I was an auntie again! Oh that poor kid... It was very rough morning for her and her husband. But they now have a little LITTLE boy to add to their little family. His big sister will love him to death if given the chance. My sister is doing great, but emergency surgeries, as I know full well, will make recovery a long process.
Little Braedon was born at 2 lbs 15 oz. YIKES! None of my kids were born less than 9 lbs... But he's doing great and breathing mostly on his own. Please pray for him because he really needs it!