Working on the peacock feather top…

Finished cutting out the green-and-blue tops today, and have started sewing the peacock top. (I know I was going to save it for last, but I changed my mind: putting on the feathers will have to be done by hand, so will make a good project if I have to travel somewhere or wait for someone.) I’m finding that laying out, cutting, and marking the pattern is taking about as much time as actually sewing the darn thing”¦but you don’t have good sewing if you don’t have good prep! so it’s worth the effort.

I’m pleased, though: I bought three yards of the blue-green fabric and that turns out to be not only enough to cut the tops (and a substantial collar) but to line it as well.

10 days until the Ride”¦I’m a little nervous about whether I’ll finish my sewing in time. The scorecard now stands:

Tutus:

• All done except the orange one

Tops:

• Peacock top: in progress
• Blue-green top: cut out, but not sewn
• Pink top: in the wings
• Orange top: in the wings
• Purple: done
• Red dress: done
• Bridal (white): done

It’s the tops that worry me, obviously””they are of exceptional complexity for a sewing project and each requires quite a bit of time. I’m spending tonight, tomorrow, and most of Saturday with B.””which effectively gives me only a week to complete them all. The problem is that my big project at work finishes up June 2, so I can’t possibly take any time off work in order to work on them!

But we’ll see”¦At the very worst, I can always ride in “just” a tutu. 🙂