wrong size

Always keep track of the alterations you do to you toiles/pattern pieces you have lying around. I tried on my too big 18th c. stays (it meets in the back now) some days ago, found the pattern and used it to make a smaller trial pair of stays, with a V front opening and a stomacher. I sewed it together, sewed on some cotton tape to put at least some boning in it and made 40 buttonholes on the machine to lace through, since linespace still has my lacing strips. This was at least three hours of work. And for what? It turned out I had already made the original toile smaller so the trial corset was WAAY too small. I found this out yesterday.
Then I took my "christmas corset" which fits me well, put the old, but changed, pattern pieces on it, saw that it would fit and cut a new corset, with some alterations. I cut the pieces from the fashion fabric, a weird but wonderful shot cotton/linen grosgrain in lime green and strong pink, just like that and hope that it will fit.
I had originally intended to make a version of those lovely pink 17th century stays at the V&A, but I will settle for Diderot's 18th century stays instead.
My plan is to wear them with a wide skirt at linespace's wedding on the 23rd of September.

New shoes

I went to another part of town today to get those lovely, cheap shoes idahoswede raved about yesterday. Unfortunately they were out of the Oxfords, which were the ones I really wanted. I had looked at a pair of Oxfords at almost double the price at another shoe store and this offer of "take three, pay for two" and the lower prices seemed to promise me three pairs of shoes for the same price as one. But I did get the more expensive ones. They were in real leather and 70$ isn't that much still. But I wanted more, I could have gotten a pair of granny boots and some nice court shoes too.
God! I love these 1920s-30s style shoes that are everywhere now. This beautiful style hasn't been revived as long as I can remember, and I'm sure they will all be gone soon and new ugly styles will follow. Unfortunately I don't have the economic means to hoard shoes.

I can't find a picture of the shoes I bought, almost all others are on Din Sko's web site, but those must be one of the defective pictures.But I love these beauties too. They also come in red and black.