Girl-shaped

 First of all, an exciting story!

Last week I went to the dentist

with Hubby ,

because I can't drive

and I'm a little nervous of dentists

(I used to be terrified, 

I'm getting better.

He's a nice dentist)

 When we left the dentist

it was snowing and 

half an hour later

the roads were impassable,

the only route out of the city was closed

and we were stuck.

We walked three miles in the snow 

(Look,

 I know three miles isn't far,

 and the snow wasn't thick. 

but I wasn't dressed for this. 

I was wearing battered, leaky tennis shoes)

to Hubby's church

where the very nice priest 

opened the flat in the church hall

and let us stay overnight.

He's Indian.

(not Native American.

Indian, from India)

and fed us amazing chicken curry.

The End.

 Yes, indeed.

If you're going to wear a corset, 

you need something to put in a corset

 I tried Marie without her

enhancements,

but she did look a little...unbalanced.

So I made her a couple of

pillows to stuff down the front.

So, now she has a corset

and something for the corset to squash.

Here is Marie sitting nicely

being fitted for her corset.

I won't be using bright green ribbon,

but this neon colour did give me a chance 

to look at several different ways of lacing Marie.

The lacing at the bottom 

looks nice, but 

Marie will be wearing 

panniers on her hips.

So she'll be laced from bottom 

to top.

Now she has a corset, 

with embellishments being added,

and her anachronous knickers

and her lacy stockings.

She still needs;

 panniers,

gloves,

garters,

stuff in her wig

and shoes.

Marie's story starts here.