The Gathering of the Rebels progress...

Today I drafted and cut out my corset and my chemise. I also cut out my petticoat. I cut out Elaina's Carraco Jacket and skirt, as well as her little corset and then sleeves for her chemise. She has a Regency chemise she outgrew, so with some fiddling, I think I can get it to work, then I can just add the new sleeves. Tomorrow I will cut out Kalysta's dress.

And the winner is....Yellow!

I need to make different 18th Century stays to go with my outfit for The Gathering of Rebels. I looked at patterns and read reviews and just decided to draft my own. I am not sure yet if they are going to be fully, or half-boned stays, as I could do either with the particular design. All I know it that I will have them lace both in the back and the front and they MUST be in yellow. I have seen so many pictures of yellow corsets from the 18th Century, and was inspired by these two. What I have on hand is a bit more goldenrod, but it still should work.

Gathering supplies for The Gathering...

Still not sure what I am making but I DID buy some tartan material from Amazon. Do not have the funds right now to buy the real thing, but I thought this looked nice. Seems to have a bit of lavender going through it, so I will see once it arrives. The bottom one I ordered for my son Stephen's Great Kilt. I think it will look nice.

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.