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I made my new nightgown. I thought it'd be nice to put a stripe of trim across the front, trying to align it with the same trim on the short sleeves. Not only did I fail in that, it goes smack across the most prominent part of my chest. A big beige stripe across a deeply purple gown.

I sewed it on before finishing the side seams, which are French-seamed. Now I'm trying to decide if I really want to rip all of that out or just cut the danged trim off at the sides and leave the little bit of beige to show.

Darn it.

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Pennsic Prep continues. Bossman cut down the dowels (whatever they are called - the long poles at each corner of a bed frame which might support a canopy) so they are about waist-high now. They'll pack in the truck much easier this way and since I won't have a canopy on my bed, there is no need for the original height. Although I did feel a pang of regret that we were abusing a good Ethan Allen bed. He salvaged the knobs at the top of each pole, which were separate items fitted with a dowel, drilled holes in the new 'tops' and fitted the knobs into those. He did such a fine job staining the raw bits of wood that I couldn't tell in strong sunlight what the difference was between the new stain and the old finish.

Tomorrow I go searching for "bed lifts", as the bed was designed for a mattress and foundation but I'll only be using the mattress. The surface of the bed will be four inches shorter than normal but the bed lifts on each leg should take care of the difference. I'm going to miss my slates. Bossman is insisting that we use a solid board instead. Ugh. As we find in so many hotel rooms, it will be like sleeping on a lightly-padded rock. Especially since our regular bed has a nice comfy waterbed mattress (with a 2" foam top).

The horrible-looking stripe on my night gown has been removed. Yay. I am still picking out bits of the ends from the seams but truly I'll be the only one who notices them since the seams are right at the edge of the armhole. Next will be making the tunic. I'm still torn on the neck opening. Experiment, or stay safe?