Rule #1--do not sew when you are sick. I screwed up the shift and wasted 2 yards of linen.
Rule #2--do not try to fit yourself in a corset, assuming it will be okay because it fit before. It fit about a year and 10lbs ago. So now it is finally done and the back is all wrong. Do I pull all the binding off and re-do the back? Toss it in a corner? Start over? Who knows... Very irritated to say the least.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Saturday, April 23, 2016
18th Century Linen Shift
Linen was on sale at JoAnn's, and they actually had one that was not a blend. With the sale and my 20% off coupon, I was able to squeeze 2 yards (which I hope us enough) out of my budget. If I can just feel a bit better I will try and get this cut out today.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Venetian Courtesan
As usual, I have been MIA. I have been working, but not on anything for myself so I have not updated here. I have a HUGE LIST of things I need to sew for events, so I need to get busy and stopped messing around. Hopefully blogging will keep me on track? Hasn't worked in the past but I am determined to give it a try.
One of the things I have been wanting to make, for years, is a Venetian Courtesan. I had put it on the back burner because I had never decided how I wanted to go about it and was not motivated enough to figure it all out. Then I got my hands on this GORGEOUS fabric! 100% Silk Taffeta in the strangest gold, green, purple-shot colors you have seen. It changes constantly, and in person has a strange bronze quality to it. When I saw this a light went off in my head as to what I wanted to make. I don't want to say until it is finished, but this gown will do double duty as not only renaissance fare, but as a twist on a popular cosplay design. It makes me very excited.
One of the things I have been wanting to make, for years, is a Venetian Courtesan. I had put it on the back burner because I had never decided how I wanted to go about it and was not motivated enough to figure it all out. Then I got my hands on this GORGEOUS fabric! 100% Silk Taffeta in the strangest gold, green, purple-shot colors you have seen. It changes constantly, and in person has a strange bronze quality to it. When I saw this a light went off in my head as to what I wanted to make. I don't want to say until it is finished, but this gown will do double duty as not only renaissance fare, but as a twist on a popular cosplay design. It makes me very excited.
I only have 6.5 yards of this which really isn't enough to do what I am going to do. Thankfully I am very short (5') so that saves me some, but I am going to have to be very careful with the design I pick. I will have to put some other fabrics with it but as of yet have not decided on what. I am ordering the fabric for the camica Friday while I think about this.
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