Evenstar Designs

I'm introducing a several part series for our wonderful trip to CW!! :D  a random llama in the car... we get goofy when we're board. :D  We went with some wonderful Christian friends - the more the merrier!! I lost count of how many times we had our pictures taken by complete strangers. :D :D   Out side the Capital building for  Pleading Her Cause. Walking down Duke of Gloucester Street :D  Walking in the garden... So many people asked to take our pictures here - I guess we looked good sitting on the fence outside the Raleigh ;) The young Mrs. Washington and her brother Bartholomew Dandridge on their beautiful Cleveland Bay horses - Isabella and Lancer. So if you've ever gone to CW, you've probably crossed paths with Captain/ Colonel James Innes. He is the most outspoken Patriot who also posses a sense of humor! We were talking with him about various things - mostly the war. He encouraged ...

Almost done except for hemming!! :D 

Another 18th century gown for our long anticipated trip to Colonial Williamsburg!! I'm working fast on this one to have it ready for the trip. I have a lot of sewing to get done, so back to work for me!! Later that day... trying on a dress with that many pins in it is rather scary... But I survived. After stitching it all down, I added lacing hoops, and tried it on: Next I made the sleeve ruffles. The are rather simple - just strips of pinked fabric and scalloped lace gathered on a piece of bias tape: More coming soon!