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cleaning up is for overachievers
Nov. 25th, 2015 12:49 amWell, I brought the stuff in from my car (mainly because the kettle was rattling in the back seat very annoyingly) and unpacked most of it. Just have to sort through the housewares and decide what's going back up in the attic (most of it). Hung the paletot in the coat closet because I'm running out of room for costume outerwear!
And then I mocked up and fitted an 1830s bodice. Uhhhh...somehow that seemed the most appealing out of all the things I need to do. Somehow. See,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sewloud and I have wanted to go to Allaire for one of their Christmas Things for a while, but, I mean, how can we not do it dressed?? (I mean, we could. But it hurts my soul.) So Robin and I are going to try and bang out 1830s dresses in the next 3 weeks. (Maybe hiraimi too, but she's a little saner than we are, and is allowed to come in civvies because we like her.)
On that note, anybody local is welcome to join us! (blackcat452, I'd love to see your 1830s dress in person!) We're planning on going Sunday Dec 13. (I'm also thinking of doing 1860s and invading Smithville Mansion the day before for one of their teas or tours, but that's not a definite yet.)
Robin's doing early 1830s out of her Belvidere monstrosity fabric, but I'm going with the last few years of the decade, mostly because I have an 1844 corset, but not long Regency stays (that would work for c1830). I like the sleeve on this 1837-38 dress from Bradfield's Costume in Detail:
and have a cream pin-dot cotton poplin that has a nice weight to it, that I think will both work for the sleeve puff and to be almost substantial enough for a December dress. I'm leaning toward a red wool contrast piping - am very doubtful about the use of contrast piping in the 1830s (the one in the book is sort of a contrast, as the fabric's a print and the piping is solid...but as the background of the print's white and the piping's white, it doesn't really count!), but I'm leaning towards the "it'd look spiff so I don't think I care" option. Also, since I'm going to do at least basic construction on the machine, I'm not going for total accuracy on this one anyway.
And then I mocked up and fitted an 1830s bodice. Uhhhh...somehow that seemed the most appealing out of all the things I need to do. Somehow. See,
sewloud and I have wanted to go to Allaire for one of their Christmas Things for a while, but, I mean, how can we not do it dressed?? (I mean, we could. But it hurts my soul.) So Robin and I are going to try and bang out 1830s dresses in the next 3 weeks. (Maybe hiraimi too, but she's a little saner than we are, and is allowed to come in civvies because we like her.)On that note, anybody local is welcome to join us! (
blackcat452, I'd love to see your 1830s dress in person!) We're planning on going Sunday Dec 13. (I'm also thinking of doing 1860s and invading Smithville Mansion the day before for one of their teas or tours, but that's not a definite yet.)Robin's doing early 1830s out of her Belvidere monstrosity fabric, but I'm going with the last few years of the decade, mostly because I have an 1844 corset, but not long Regency stays (that would work for c1830). I like the sleeve on this 1837-38 dress from Bradfield's Costume in Detail:
and have a cream pin-dot cotton poplin that has a nice weight to it, that I think will both work for the sleeve puff and to be almost substantial enough for a December dress. I'm leaning toward a red wool contrast piping - am very doubtful about the use of contrast piping in the 1830s (the one in the book is sort of a contrast, as the fabric's a print and the piping is solid...but as the background of the print's white and the piping's white, it doesn't really count!), but I'm leaning towards the "it'd look spiff so I don't think I care" option. Also, since I'm going to do at least basic construction on the machine, I'm not going for total accuracy on this one anyway.
