Yesterday, I started...

• A new partlet for me, which will have an added collar and ruff. It's one layer of linen, and at this point I've felled all the inner seams, and hemmed the bottom and arms. Still need to starch the ruff strip and pleat it in. The collar will be 2 layers, to hide the bottom of the ruff. Outer layer of collar will be machined on, inner layer hand done. Might use ribbons to tie it on, as it's a snug fit and will stretch. Ties might make it less susceptible to stretch. I need to make a few of these.
• A boy shirt. Pieces cut out. I've take a little out of the body, but added more in the underarm gussets and neck pieces. The back neck is a very small curve, and the front is average. So far, the gussets have been added to body and sleeves, and the neck slit has been finished. Instead of a spider web, I've put two buttonhole stitch bars across, a bit like a ladder. Looks cute.
• Fixing the early period shirt I was making, to make it more tudor. The neckline's been recut, the sleeves shortened, and the side seam machined. It needs felling in the side seam, neck/cuff/hem hemmed. The sleeves are a little big at the upper arm, but it will suffice as an extra festy shirt.
• Steaming a boy hat. It was almost sodden, and I put it in the oven over an IKEA pot. It shrunk a little, which is good, and I got a good round shape out of it. It's had its sides trimmed, the back turned up. He can now play with it as he sees fit. It needs a feather, I think.
• Making grossgrain ribbon into little puckers. I'm not convinced that this will work as coif trim...it is a little bulky at the crossover points. There's not much space at the back of your head there, and I'd hate it to be all just too bulky. I'll do a few more, and get the linen ready for a test. It could work. Or I might need a thinner ribbon. This stuff's 1.5cm. Thinner could be great.