The empire dress is finished

The empire dress is finished. But there won't be any photos until later this week. Rickard works the whole day and tomorrow I'm going away until tuesday afternoon.
I had to sew the same sleeve three times before I managed to get it right side out and in the right armscye. Sewing with a cold and suffering from sleep deprivation probably should be avoided. That's the only thing I dislike with hand sewing clothes, unpicking seams is so much harder.

I am currently making a straw bonnet from braid from an old child's straw hat. It's my first try so I don't know how it will turn out.

The straw bonnet

I think the sides go down too far, nearly touching my neck, but otherwise I'm happy with it. And I won't go through the trouble of unpicking all the stitches so it will have to do. There will ribbons and possibly flowers of course and I'm thinking about lining it to prevent it from snagging my hair.
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