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Ok, I've finished one dress for myself, which really ought to tide me over for a couple weeks while I wok on things for other people. Here's what I've got cooking now:
HB Tudor: I mulled over this while I was sewing the dress, and decided to scrap the current doublet and re-cut it from what I have left of the silk. Then I'll piece the lining to make it work. I was not ever going to do anything useful with that extra 3/4 yd of silk anyway, so I might as well use it up.*
Dress for L: I don't even have the fabrics yet, but she's going to come by Treadle tomorrow I think to pick them out. We already have a tentative plan involving a silk noil petticoat bodies and a linen gown. I realize textured silks were so not the thing in the 1500s, but it's cheap, it's pretty, it's exactly the color she wants, and it's for wearing to the ren faire, where people think hanging a fox tail from your belt, over your gypsy skirt, is historically accurate. So.
Jammies: It has turned unseasonably hot here and I really need some new ones for summer. Making jammies is like washing dishes; it is the task that does not end.
There are about 5 more projects that I need/want to be doing, but these should probably get done first. Sometimes I really wish I could mono-task.
* Tangent: when I first started sewing, I cherished every random scrap of silk and saved it like a precious gem, even when it was too tiny to ever do anything but miniature crazy patchwork with. Why? Because it was silk. Fancy-schmancy luxury! I am glad I no longer feel the need to do this.
HB Tudor: I mulled over this while I was sewing the dress, and decided to scrap the current doublet and re-cut it from what I have left of the silk. Then I'll piece the lining to make it work. I was not ever going to do anything useful with that extra 3/4 yd of silk anyway, so I might as well use it up.*
Dress for L: I don't even have the fabrics yet, but she's going to come by Treadle tomorrow I think to pick them out. We already have a tentative plan involving a silk noil petticoat bodies and a linen gown. I realize textured silks were so not the thing in the 1500s, but it's cheap, it's pretty, it's exactly the color she wants, and it's for wearing to the ren faire, where people think hanging a fox tail from your belt, over your gypsy skirt, is historically accurate. So.
Jammies: It has turned unseasonably hot here and I really need some new ones for summer. Making jammies is like washing dishes; it is the task that does not end.
There are about 5 more projects that I need/want to be doing, but these should probably get done first. Sometimes I really wish I could mono-task.
* Tangent: when I first started sewing, I cherished every random scrap of silk and saved it like a precious gem, even when it was too tiny to ever do anything but miniature crazy patchwork with. Why? Because it was silk. Fancy-schmancy luxury! I am glad I no longer feel the need to do this.
