l_ciceronis

Okay, so as I'll be finishing my finals in just over two weeks (and have only had two nervous breakdowns in the last twelve hours), I'm asking for some help on making a reading list. Basically give me some book titles and their authors and perhaps a reason why I should read them. Feel free to update at any time -- such as if you read a good book in a week or two. I'll then make a long list ( here ).

Poll #1237738 Offensive menus?
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If you saw a menu item entitled 'Mississippi Burning' on an Austrian menu, how offended would you be?

I have some cream silk and I have some red velvet with which I want to make a quick-and-easy corset for a dinner on Thursday (and matching gloves!).

Anyway, I want to make a simple overbust with the cream silk and use the red velvet to make a ruched top, rather like this Vollers corset. The thing is, I'm not quite sure about the best way of going about this.

Normally I finish my corset with bias binding, and occasionally add some lace underneath that when stitching for some extra ornamentation. However, with the ruched part, I don't want biased binding over the top of it so what would be the best way of attaching it and at the same time finishing the top of the corset underneath? Making the corset normally and then attaching the ruched top by hand when the corset is done, or is there another method I'm not aware of?

Thanks in advance, I'll post pictures when it's done!