The Gathering of Rebels.

Looking through all sorts of pictures and Pinterest trying to decide what to make. So far the only absolute decision that has been made as far as style goes is this one for my son's girlfriend. She got to pick out something, and has never done anything like this before so I wanted her to have something she felt she would be comfortable in. I am not sure what I am doing for fabrics yet, I just know this is the style. Kali is this cute, tiny little thing, so I think this will be a good style for her.

 

 

 

For my daughter, I am thinking of making her a more age appropriate version of the above design. For myself...there are too many possibilities. Still looking, but am leaning towards a sort of Redingote. But not the style that buttons way up. I have to have my neck and upper chest bare or I feel claustrophobic. Oh and I really liked this.

 

 

 



Whoops...

Well as per the norm, going to the Regency Tea did not work out. Now we are setting out sights on The Gathering of Rebels on October 26th. Loads of costume stuff to do for that one, and I have yet to get started. The fabrics I need have been alluding me! I thought I was set with my Stays, but they did not work either. I had adjusted the length from the waist but they are STILL way shorter than I wanted them, so it sits in a pile where I threw it, with about 2 feet of binding left to go. I will finish it later but right now I am too mad. So I need an outfit for me, my son, my daughter, and my son's girlfriend. Yikes!

More Regency Costuming.

I have what is now my "jumper dress" all sewn, with the exception of the hem. I am going to wait and do that last as I really need to try and make a pair of stays so that may very well change the length. Should have made the stays first I know, but I do not have the material at the moment. Next I need to cut out the blouse. I am not really sure of the style for that yet though so I will work on Elaina's instead. Will be sewing/fitting her dress after dinner.

Corset and Regency sewing...

I finally have the Baroque Corset completely boned and sewn together, and I have the decorative ribbon sewn down the front seams. This is really to hide where the pieces were attached. I found JUST ENOUGH vintage blue silk velvet ribbon for this. I have all the binging cut and sewn together but just haven't been able to bring myself to sew it on the darn thing. Maybe tomorrow...

The last few days I have been working on pieces for a Regency Tea that I am attending on September 20th, with my daughter. So far I have made her a bonnet and a ruticle. I really like the later, and the hat is ok. I wish I had made it fuller in the back as I just don't think it is as poufy as it should be. I will fix it later if I have time, but it will work for now and overall it is very attractive.

For myself I have cut the dress and jacket. The dress is something of an experiment in the lacing department as I have it lacing/closing in the front. We will see how it turns out. I did not cut the sleeves large enough and I was not liking how they fit so I decided to make it more of a jumper style. I think this will look nice. The only fabric I have for a blouse though that I really like is probably not very period, and it IS synthetic, but I really like the look so I am using it anyway. I will make another more appropriate blouse for it later when I can find the right material.

I must fix it, its BAROQUE...

Yeah I know, bad joke. I am going to parlay my very much unfinished Baroque corset into the #16 challenge somehow. I will have to look through the terminology later, as right now I need to be sewing. There is a lot of it left to do (especially since a piece went missing and had to be recut/boned), and I am not completely sold on the actual shape of it. I am worried that the straps may end up being a bit too wide, and possibly the back too high. I will need to do a fitting and then decide, which would have been MUCH easier had I made it close in the front AND back, but I didn't want to hassle with re-working the boning placement. That was probably a mistake.

Challenge #16: Terminology

Yep, I did it again--which means I did nothing. Seems like life is always getting in the way of sewing for pleasure, but I am going to TRY and get something finished up for the Challenge #16: Terminology. I have till Monday so am off to sew...

Update...

It has been forever since I have been able to update. We have been very busy, and a simple move from one location to another that was only about an hour and fifteen minutes away, turned into a major undertaking that took weeks to recover from. We have been decently settled, I would say, since sometime in June, but there are still things that need to be done. My youngest son's sports took up much of the summer, and now we are into the football season and school starts next week (you can't see it, but I am so doing my happy dance). I am looking forward to a bit of quiet during the day and a chance to get into a routine again. Maybe this will give me time to actually sew.

It is almost the end of the Historical Sewfortnightly 2014, but I am going to make an attempt to get in on a few of the challenges before it is over. We will see what happens...