Not as far as I'd like, but further than I was.

Got the cap sleeve cut, fit and set in yesterday. I kind of half tried on the undergown and sleeve itself fit (didn't zip it up). Started working on the overgown and got half of it sewn together but no fitting done yet. Visit from the inlaws this morning kind of threw off my original plan to get up and run and spend the rest of the day sewing. I think I'll spend the rest of the day sewing, then run this evening. Yesterday's progress let some of the anxiety subside. I still won't feel good until the mockup is done and I'm well on my way to having this thing put together.

Chris is uber busy today. Woke up at 7am and bottled a bunch of beers for the last competition deadline of the year. Right now he's out trying to get the pressure washer he rented from Home Depot to work. He's got a brew club meeting from 2-4pm. I'm pretty much on my own until then.

Running: week 3

It was hard, but I did it. Humidity was killing me this week. I just felt really heavy. Will definitely be repeating what was intended for this week's plan next week.

Monday - 2.61 miles in 35 mins (run 5/walk 1)
Tuesday - 2.18 miles in 30 mins (run 5/walk 2)
Wednesday - 2.53 miles in 35 mins (run 5/walk 1) + 1 mile walk with Jennifer
Thursday - 1 hour of yoga
Friday - 2.53 miles in 33 mins (run 5/walk 1)
Saturday - 2.18 miles in 30 mins (run 5/walk 1)
Sunday - rest or possibly a hike with sailingwest if she's up to it

Distance totals:
Week - 13.05
Month - 24.17
Year - 60.76

I'm at 49% of my goal of 50 miles in the month of September.

Just a day behind now

I busted ass today. Or maybe things just went right. I got the overgown all sewn together and fit. I've just got the overgown sleeves left to do on the mockup and I can start on the final. I really only had about 3 hours today too, so I'm immensely happy with the progress I was able to make. I must say, fitting the back seam on the overgown was a lot easier than it was on the undergown. I only went through two revisions (learned to trust my measurements and pins a little more perhaps). Plus I didn't have the zipper to contend with so I didn't have to make every alteration twice for each side of the zipper. I still need to cut both dresses to the right length and shape the bottom hem of the overgown to be a nice curve (not knowing how long I wanted it, I just cut the pieces at straight angles to start with). The neckline of the overgown is not as wide as I anticipated, but that's a good thing for the muslin. Once it's done in the stretch knit, I think it will be right. And if it's too much, well, that's what twill tape is for. Oh yeah, and I've got to cut the angles for the split in the front too. So, I've got a little more to do than I thought.

Tomorrow I hope to tackle the overgown sleeves. I think the way I'm going to do those is make a mockup of the sleeve to the elbow to get the wrap figured out (I've already got an elbow length sleeve cut in muslin from this pattern to start with). Then I figure I can add the drapey length for the rest of the sleeve easier. Who knows, maybe that will go quickly as well and I'll be back on track and able to start cutting out the final gown. I'm guessing it's going to take a full day to do all the cutting. This is basically three full dresses.

I really need to get going on the embroidery again, too. I've been feeling panicky and sewing at nights when I was was normally embroidering. I guess now that the overgown mockup is mostly done, I know how much trim I need. That's certainly helpful. I still need sequins for it. Oh, and a white invisible zipper for the lining layer.