Today was a banner mail day.
I got the cube of natural bees wax that I ordered. I couldn't just go to the fabric store & get one of the Dritz thread waxers, so sir! I had to have something natural and without the packaging. Something just a little fancy & special to make the work of hand sewing that much more enjoyable. It's all about having the right tools to make the jobs easy and this piece of wax will do that. Plus it just smells delish!
I also got the 3 bars of old fashioned Lye Soap that I ordered. I just couldn't reconcile doing all this work on these clothes and then throwing them in the washing machine with Tide! I had to hunt to find someone that makes their lye soap the real old fashioned way and I'm glad I did. This stuff is beautiful, I think it may become a household staple. It smells amazingly like *soap* and nothing else. I am still prewashing all my fabrics with All like usual but once the pieces are finished they will get washed in Lye & nothing else, most likely by hand & hung on the fence to dry. Yes, I am just *that* concerned about these pieces being so authentic.
Finally, my Fabric-store order also arrived. Nothing better than piles of lovely linen fabric. At first I couldn't remember why I got an extra yard of the 6 oz white, until I remembered why I got an extra yard of the red, for the stomacher. Although I'm now questioning wether I should make the stays in the red. Heck, maybe I should just make them in the red & if I don't like it, make another pair in the brown! It never hurt a girl to have 2 pairs of stays just in case.
I got the cube of natural bees wax that I ordered. I couldn't just go to the fabric store & get one of the Dritz thread waxers, so sir! I had to have something natural and without the packaging. Something just a little fancy & special to make the work of hand sewing that much more enjoyable. It's all about having the right tools to make the jobs easy and this piece of wax will do that. Plus it just smells delish!
I also got the 3 bars of old fashioned Lye Soap that I ordered. I just couldn't reconcile doing all this work on these clothes and then throwing them in the washing machine with Tide! I had to hunt to find someone that makes their lye soap the real old fashioned way and I'm glad I did. This stuff is beautiful, I think it may become a household staple. It smells amazingly like *soap* and nothing else. I am still prewashing all my fabrics with All like usual but once the pieces are finished they will get washed in Lye & nothing else, most likely by hand & hung on the fence to dry. Yes, I am just *that* concerned about these pieces being so authentic.
Finally, my Fabric-store order also arrived. Nothing better than piles of lovely linen fabric. At first I couldn't remember why I got an extra yard of the 6 oz white, until I remembered why I got an extra yard of the red, for the stomacher. Although I'm now questioning wether I should make the stays in the red. Heck, maybe I should just make them in the red & if I don't like it, make another pair in the brown! It never hurt a girl to have 2 pairs of stays just in case.
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