For some odd reason, I decided to finish the corset instead.

I have now broken two needles and lost one piece of boning. How the hell I can lose a twelve inch long piece of white metal, I truly do not know. But I can’t finish the ruddy thing without it.

Apart from that, it’s going relatively well, and it will be nice and functional. I need a metal saw to cut down two of the pieces of boning, because of the same problem I originally ran into with the busks, and I’ll have to do something about the missing one first too. Trust me, I’ve torn this place apart already – I had all of them when I started putting the boning in, I know I did, because I had each and everyone of them laid out on top of the fabric. It must be in Kitty Wonderland, along with a few odd earrings, a heavy pewter necklace, a nice pair of boots, and several pens. You know Kitty Wonderland if you’ve ever lived with a cat: Cat sees object she desires, cat takes object, cat deposits it in pocket dimension available only to those of the feline persuasion, human never sees said object again. Ever. (Although what Maggie-cat could possibly want with a piece of metal, I don’t – oh wait, yes, I do know. I need it. Therefore, she must have it. Cat-logic. Sigh.)

I’m going for a walk, and when I come back the missing piece of boning will magically be lying right in front of the sewing machine. And if it’s not, I will go work on the Great Canadian Novel. See if I don’t.