i love weekends...a lot. saturdays are my days at lacis doing restoration work. i love it, i love being there among all the beautiful things, being able to fix old dresses and talking to the cute ladies that come in. i love working with my hands all day, even if it's simply stitching a new hem. i can see myself doing this for a long time. 

hand-stitching new horsehair onto a 1930s silk wedding dress

the second dress i'm working on...a 1930s silk charmeuse wedding gown. i took off and replaced the horsehair hem, just need to tack it up.

 i have a bit of work to do on the top of the bodice where the material is fraying. also, hemming the armholes.

i like this detail

back view - just gotta put on some new buttons

this is the first dress i worked on...a 1920s silk charmeuse shift wedding dress

the draping still isn't quite right...i need to see it on a body, but haven't found a dress form it'll fit. we just took down the exhibit, though so i should be able to use one of the mannequins next week

back view

i love the construction of this dress!

i'm currently obsessed with the dress that has the ivory slip. 

and this one, too! the colors of the silk are just perfect!