2013 Sewing Plans

[elizabeth_mn]

I 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!

Comments

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, every time I have written this list, I forget about dance costumes until the end. It's still a lot, though almost everything in the modern list is for after coco, and I'm sure I will cut a few things from the list when time gets short.