{"id":1311,"date":"2007-01-25T23:44:37","date_gmt":"2007-01-26T07:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trystancraft.com\/costume\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2023-08-27T09:29:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T16:29:20","slug":"houston-we-have-a-farthingale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/2007\/01\/25\/houston-we-have-a-farthingale\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston, we have a farthingale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I did it! I finished my farthingale, despite having a nasty chest cold (*hack cough sputter*).<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s black and pink to match my black and pink renaissance corset. Screw accuracy, I want pretty undies \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Now I need a good lie-down. Whew.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1312\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/farthingale-done.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1312\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1312 size-full\" title=\"Completed farthingale\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/farthingale-done.jpg?resize=300%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Completed farthingale\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/farthingale-done.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.trystancraft.com\/costume\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/farthingale-done.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Completed farthingale<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did it! 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