Emerald green kirtle update

[sister_raphael]

Boy oh boy, this has a been a nightmare.

After an entirely fresh re-fitting where I unpinned all the other fittings and started from scratch, I've been now able to get it to a shape I'm really happy with.

Sadly all the eyelets down the front had to be cut off so I could take it in more at the front. This did put the rest of the armholes and neckline into shape, so that was a very big win. I've shaped the sleeves and here you can see the little linen re-inforcing strip where the button holes will go.

I'm really pleased, but since I've had limit vision for a week, I'm now a solid week behind in life generally and this needs to be worn in 9 days time.

The race is on.