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Victorian Belvidere 2015
Sep. 14th, 2015 01:38 pmSo, I should definitely spend my sewing time today uploading my pictures and doing a Belvidere writeup instead, right? Of course right!
Well, first off, I couldn't ask for more perfect weather yesterday! I don't believe it got above 70F the whole day, it was overcast with a lovely cool breeze most of the time, and at worst we got a few drops of rain. (Rain in costume doesn't bother me til you get to the all-day soggy-woggy downpours.)
I insisted we get up to Belvidere relatively early, for Cheap Silk Buying purposes, and we still weren't early enough to snag the biggest rolls. I mainly got a bunch of 1-2yd lengths (which works out to not nearly as good a deal as the big rolls, but still far better than the usual retail price of $20+/yd for taffeta), but also got a roll of quilted silk to use on my 1860s wrapper, which was worth the price of admission! The same silk in a different colorway online was $25/yd, and I paid...not $25/yd. ;)
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sewloud and hiraimi also got a nice little haul at the jewelry seller, but I'm not actually that much of a magpie, and really stocked up on the cheap costume jewelry when I worked at the jewelry store a couple of years back - so I didn't buy anything there.
Robin then introduced us to a gentleman with one of the most impressive setups I've ever seen - his kit and tent for Belvidere are done to be the setup of the British campaign in Egypt in 188mumblety (er, military history is clearly not something I retain), and is full of authentic pieces - he even makes his own labels to be repros of the ones from the period. And he also offered us period drinkies. Although Alice and I had to share a glass of gin and tonic, because he wasn't expecting a party-crashing group, and didn't have any more glasses. Our bad. :D So we sat and chatted with Mick and co. until the Coccgana-mobile remembered it had a two-hour drive back, and regretfully decided it probably ought to leave.
Someon posted us to the Belvidere FB page already, which is nice, because we didn't get a group picture on my camera, oops...
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So, to sum up - Belvidere was great fun this year, and I have no idea if I'm going to get the bird dress properly trimmed in time for Saturday! Have decided it's presentable, though, so don't care. And am so, so tired of gathering trim that it's hard to motivate myself to do it! We shall see.
Well, first off, I couldn't ask for more perfect weather yesterday! I don't believe it got above 70F the whole day, it was overcast with a lovely cool breeze most of the time, and at worst we got a few drops of rain. (Rain in costume doesn't bother me til you get to the all-day soggy-woggy downpours.)
I insisted we get up to Belvidere relatively early, for Cheap Silk Buying purposes, and we still weren't early enough to snag the biggest rolls. I mainly got a bunch of 1-2yd lengths (which works out to not nearly as good a deal as the big rolls, but still far better than the usual retail price of $20+/yd for taffeta), but also got a roll of quilted silk to use on my 1860s wrapper, which was worth the price of admission! The same silk in a different colorway online was $25/yd, and I paid...not $25/yd. ;)
sewloud and hiraimi also got a nice little haul at the jewelry seller, but I'm not actually that much of a magpie, and really stocked up on the cheap costume jewelry when I worked at the jewelry store a couple of years back - so I didn't buy anything there.Robin then introduced us to a gentleman with one of the most impressive setups I've ever seen - his kit and tent for Belvidere are done to be the setup of the British campaign in Egypt in 188mumblety (er, military history is clearly not something I retain), and is full of authentic pieces - he even makes his own labels to be repros of the ones from the period. And he also offered us period drinkies. Although Alice and I had to share a glass of gin and tonic, because he wasn't expecting a party-crashing group, and didn't have any more glasses. Our bad. :D So we sat and chatted with Mick and co. until the Coccgana-mobile remembered it had a two-hour drive back, and regretfully decided it probably ought to leave.
Someon posted us to the Belvidere FB page already, which is nice, because we didn't get a group picture on my camera, oops...
( Read more... )
So, to sum up - Belvidere was great fun this year, and I have no idea if I'm going to get the bird dress properly trimmed in time for Saturday! Have decided it's presentable, though, so don't care. And am so, so tired of gathering trim that it's hard to motivate myself to do it! We shall see.
