2013 Sewing Plans
Jan. 8th, 2013 03:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elizabeth_mnI have a lot going on for 2013, including Costume College, so I really want to make this a year of costumes. I love doing the modern stuff, but too often it prevents me from making any costumes, and I really want to create a nice costume wardrobe that will double for coco as well as all the other events I have planned in MN. I plan to be lame and wear my pink cupcake ballgown for the coco gala, and I want most of what I make to get worn for more than one event, too. And I still have some modern stuff on my list, but I'm not making it my focus.
Undies & Accesories:
I really need a new set of 18th c stays (and of course I also use them for 16th c).
I would also love to have a new Victorian corset for bustle era.
Some kind of bumroll for 18th c would be useful.
A Regency corset nd related undies for a couple events in autumn.
Bags and hats are things I often overlook, so I at least need one of each for the picnic.
Costumes for me:
First, the Curtain-Along dress; I plan to make the little 1780s jacket from Costume Close-Up and a matching petticoat. I want to hand-sew as much of this as I can.
A printed bustle dress is a must. I am thinking 1880s but only if I can find a variation on the ubiquitous high, choking collar. Otherwise 70s.
I know I need a Regency ensemble for autumn.
I would love to do a striped silk anglaise, but I think this may be the first one to get cut if I am short on time.
For a display for work this spring, I need to make a 16th c bodice & skirt.
Costumes for the fam:
Regency suit for the HB
An 18th c suit for the HB for our spring picnic
If neither of those works for him to wear for a coco gala suit, I'll make something else, I know not what.
F needs a 18th c picnic dress (I have a madder-red block printed cotton set aside for this) and a new ren fest costume.
Modern:
Cotton dresses for summer - will I ever feel I have enough of these? Probably not.
Skirts, as always.
A wool coat for winter - I have a lovely piece of Melton just waiting for this.
A couple vests for my man.
Jammies, as usual. This will never end.
And then there's:
A whole new set of dresses for my dance group. Omg, I am seriously considering backing out of this one, or delaying it for a while. I was really excited for us to have new costumes, but I just can't face adding 13 dresses to this list. I really don't care if I get the work or not; even though the group pays me for sewing, I don't really need the money desperately, I just wanted the group to look better. So maybe I will work it out so I don't start them until September, so we have them for St. Patrick's Day 2014. That's a long way off, but I don't want to make myself go crazy.
I am sure other little things will come up, but I am trying to stay focused. Finishing the pink cupcake dress and having it turn out okay was a huge boost for me, so I feel motivated for some new challenges!
Undies & Accesories:
I really need a new set of 18th c stays (and of course I also use them for 16th c).
I would also love to have a new Victorian corset for bustle era.
Some kind of bumroll for 18th c would be useful.
A Regency corset nd related undies for a couple events in autumn.
Bags and hats are things I often overlook, so I at least need one of each for the picnic.
Costumes for me:
First, the Curtain-Along dress; I plan to make the little 1780s jacket from Costume Close-Up and a matching petticoat. I want to hand-sew as much of this as I can.
A printed bustle dress is a must. I am thinking 1880s but only if I can find a variation on the ubiquitous high, choking collar. Otherwise 70s.
I know I need a Regency ensemble for autumn.
I would love to do a striped silk anglaise, but I think this may be the first one to get cut if I am short on time.
For a display for work this spring, I need to make a 16th c bodice & skirt.
Costumes for the fam:
Regency suit for the HB
An 18th c suit for the HB for our spring picnic
If neither of those works for him to wear for a coco gala suit, I'll make something else, I know not what.
F needs a 18th c picnic dress (I have a madder-red block printed cotton set aside for this) and a new ren fest costume.
Modern:
Cotton dresses for summer - will I ever feel I have enough of these? Probably not.
Skirts, as always.
A wool coat for winter - I have a lovely piece of Melton just waiting for this.
A couple vests for my man.
Jammies, as usual. This will never end.
And then there's:
A whole new set of dresses for my dance group. Omg, I am seriously considering backing out of this one, or delaying it for a while. I was really excited for us to have new costumes, but I just can't face adding 13 dresses to this list. I really don't care if I get the work or not; even though the group pays me for sewing, I don't really need the money desperately, I just wanted the group to look better. So maybe I will work it out so I don't start them until September, so we have them for St. Patrick's Day 2014. That's a long way off, but I don't want to make myself go crazy.
I am sure other little things will come up, but I am trying to stay focused. Finishing the pink cupcake dress and having it turn out okay was a huge boost for me, so I feel motivated for some new challenges!
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Date: 2013-01-08 09:27 pm (UTC)But wow, that's an ambitious list, even before the 13 dance dresses. I like the idea of waiting until September, at least for now. Sometime between now and then you'll have a better feel for if it's feasible, too.
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Date: 2013-01-10 01:04 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-01-10 01:02 pm (UTC)Yep, me, the girl, and the man are all flying out. My HB has family there to babysit on gala night and the rest of the time the two of them plan to run around town and have fun.
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Date: 2013-01-08 10:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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