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mandie_rwAnd now, a post that's actually about sewing! OMGZ! *falls over* I was off work today, and actually sat myself down and made me work on ONE thing, so there's a chance something might actually get FINISHED for Costume Con!
(And I'm basing it on this dress...just so anybody who wasn't around for the original post over a year ago doesn't think I'm completely bonkers for making a blue and orange dress and thinking a pink hat would look TOTALLY AWESOME with that!)
Last night, I was messing around with the original sleeves from Bodice No. 1, hoping they'd fit this one as well, because I hate hate hate draping sleeves. They do fit, although they're rather excessively wrinkly; with 18thc sleeves, it's always a compromise between more attractive sleeves and having some range of arm mobility! For me, anyway...it's entirely possible I just suck at making sleeves. Anyway, I seem to have thought I needed lots of arm motion in this dress, so the sleeves are wrinkly. And I weighed the pros and cons of draping a new set of sleeves vs. using the already-finished ones...I think we all know which won out!
No fastenings on the bodice yet, and see, Wrinkly Sleeves! Lalalala, don't care.
Then I took a bit of time out to think about what I'm actually going to be doing with my hair at CosCon (this is an improvement, because usually I think about it the day before, which is why it always looks crappy!)...I've got the wig to go with this outfit, and if I finish the 1798 dress I'll just curl it and wrap a bit of fabric round it for a "neoclassical" look. But I need more hair for the look I want for my yellow gaulle, so I bought another hairpiece, just a ponytail, so I can rat the hell out of my own hair and look like a 1780s beachball. (So pleased I thought of this NOW, and had to get faster shipping to be sure it gets here in time...more money. Derp.)
And I'll need 1770s-style hair for at least one outfit. Again, depending on what gets finished, but I'll definitely wearing either the block print gown or the sack jacket, and I want 1770s hair for that. So, being Creative, I decided to see if I could use the red hairpiece I got for Halloween. I have no plans to dye my hair back to that color, but it seemed stupid not to use it if no one can see it anyway...like a bit of padding for a pouf. Small pouf, but '70s enough.
Trial run verdict: not bad. Obviously many things need work (like...spending more than five minutes on doing my hair...), and next time I won't put the fake hair quite as far back on my head. Also, needs moar Aqua-Net. Really, I just wanted to make sure I could cover the red hair completely, and I can, so that's good!
(Also, yes, I wore my stays around ALLL DAY.)
After Fun With Hair, it was back to the dress...I cut the ruffly bits for the sleeves from some cotton/silk voile I still have pieces of. And then spent hours and hours sewing the ruffles for one sleeve and putting them on. And then I couldn't take it any more, and decided to pleat the skirt to the bodice. Because getting small puncture wounds from a thousand pins is SO much better.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where we are at the moment.
(Pay no attention to the falling-out 1770s hair with the 1780s dress! Horrors!) Still no fastenings on the bodice, yes, those will be done last! Wrinkly silk is wrinkly.
(And I'm basing it on this dress...just so anybody who wasn't around for the original post over a year ago doesn't think I'm completely bonkers for making a blue and orange dress and thinking a pink hat would look TOTALLY AWESOME with that!)
Last night, I was messing around with the original sleeves from Bodice No. 1, hoping they'd fit this one as well, because I hate hate hate draping sleeves. They do fit, although they're rather excessively wrinkly; with 18thc sleeves, it's always a compromise between more attractive sleeves and having some range of arm mobility! For me, anyway...it's entirely possible I just suck at making sleeves. Anyway, I seem to have thought I needed lots of arm motion in this dress, so the sleeves are wrinkly. And I weighed the pros and cons of draping a new set of sleeves vs. using the already-finished ones...I think we all know which won out!
No fastenings on the bodice yet, and see, Wrinkly Sleeves! Lalalala, don't care.
Then I took a bit of time out to think about what I'm actually going to be doing with my hair at CosCon (this is an improvement, because usually I think about it the day before, which is why it always looks crappy!)...I've got the wig to go with this outfit, and if I finish the 1798 dress I'll just curl it and wrap a bit of fabric round it for a "neoclassical" look. But I need more hair for the look I want for my yellow gaulle, so I bought another hairpiece, just a ponytail, so I can rat the hell out of my own hair and look like a 1780s beachball. (So pleased I thought of this NOW, and had to get faster shipping to be sure it gets here in time...more money. Derp.)
And I'll need 1770s-style hair for at least one outfit. Again, depending on what gets finished, but I'll definitely wearing either the block print gown or the sack jacket, and I want 1770s hair for that. So, being Creative, I decided to see if I could use the red hairpiece I got for Halloween. I have no plans to dye my hair back to that color, but it seemed stupid not to use it if no one can see it anyway...like a bit of padding for a pouf. Small pouf, but '70s enough.
Trial run verdict: not bad. Obviously many things need work (like...spending more than five minutes on doing my hair...), and next time I won't put the fake hair quite as far back on my head. Also, needs moar Aqua-Net. Really, I just wanted to make sure I could cover the red hair completely, and I can, so that's good!
(Also, yes, I wore my stays around ALLL DAY.)
After Fun With Hair, it was back to the dress...I cut the ruffly bits for the sleeves from some cotton/silk voile I still have pieces of. And then spent hours and hours sewing the ruffles for one sleeve and putting them on. And then I couldn't take it any more, and decided to pleat the skirt to the bodice. Because getting small puncture wounds from a thousand pins is SO much better.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where we are at the moment.
(Pay no attention to the falling-out 1770s hair with the 1780s dress! Horrors!) Still no fastenings on the bodice, yes, those will be done last! Wrinkly silk is wrinkly.
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Date: 2011-04-22 08:19 am (UTC)Yea for thinking ahead and working on hair. I always seem to forget hair, make-up and shoes. I need to work on that....
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Date: 2011-04-23 04:56 am (UTC)I know, I tend to forget about those little things, too, until the day of the event, when I'm late leaving, running around and swearing because my hair sucks! I feel waaay better about it even after just one trial!
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Date: 2011-04-22 09:56 am (UTC)It's odd seeing you in that dress with a Tommy poster behind you! There's a bit of a time warp going on there!
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Date: 2011-04-23 04:59 am (UTC)I know, it does make me laugh, the Tommy poster with the 18thc dress! Anything but the 21st century, please, no! ;)