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Good thing, bad thing
Apr. 6th, 2016 10:34 pmGood thing: I got called out of work tonight (apparently way over hours for the week; hope you had fun with no one on the CC tonight) so I had more time to sew! I also got my Fun Things In the Mail (Lil' Sis: You have like eighteen packages out on the step. Me: WOOOOOO), including my Grecian sandals and my ribbon to lace the Windflowers undergown.
And I took a couple of terrible pictures of the undergown...inside out. ;) I really wanted to show off the crappy hem facing!
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And I cut out, sewed the main pieces, and started the neckline gathering on the voile overgown. And then I looked at the weather forecast.
Which brings us to the bad thing: IT IS SUPPOSED TO SNOW ON SATURDAY. Well, snow and rain. Believe it or not, I wouldn't even be fussed at that happening on a costume event day for practically any other time period...as we know I'm a big fan of cold-weather costume pieces! This particular outfit was, uh, not really intended for that kind of weather. The voile overdress, primarily...I'm not even that worried about the silk. The silk's considerably sturdier than the voile!
Commence somewhat frenzied digging through scrap bins and brainstorming as to what else I could stick over this dress. I wasn't keen on using up a whole 'nother dress length for a second overgown, so I decided maybe a vesty sort of thing would be nice instead. Sort of a cross between Katherine's Eowyn Shieldmaiden dress and Merja's marabou-trimmed bolero vest over her natural form gown. Still seems fairly pre-Raphaelit-y, right? Right?
Whatever, I cut it all out tonight, so don't tell me no. ;) Hunter green wool crepe (yes, crepe, shut up, it's from the scrap bin) interlined with flannel and trimmed with brown marabou sounded alright to me. I didn't fit it at all, so fingers crossed it fits at all! It'll lace at the sides so that's a nice bit of leeway there. But more eyelets. Groooooooaaaaaaaan.
And I took a couple of terrible pictures of the undergown...inside out. ;) I really wanted to show off the crappy hem facing!
( Read more... )
And I cut out, sewed the main pieces, and started the neckline gathering on the voile overgown. And then I looked at the weather forecast.
Which brings us to the bad thing: IT IS SUPPOSED TO SNOW ON SATURDAY. Well, snow and rain. Believe it or not, I wouldn't even be fussed at that happening on a costume event day for practically any other time period...as we know I'm a big fan of cold-weather costume pieces! This particular outfit was, uh, not really intended for that kind of weather. The voile overdress, primarily...I'm not even that worried about the silk. The silk's considerably sturdier than the voile!
Commence somewhat frenzied digging through scrap bins and brainstorming as to what else I could stick over this dress. I wasn't keen on using up a whole 'nother dress length for a second overgown, so I decided maybe a vesty sort of thing would be nice instead. Sort of a cross between Katherine's Eowyn Shieldmaiden dress and Merja's marabou-trimmed bolero vest over her natural form gown. Still seems fairly pre-Raphaelit-y, right? Right?
Whatever, I cut it all out tonight, so don't tell me no. ;) Hunter green wool crepe (yes, crepe, shut up, it's from the scrap bin) interlined with flannel and trimmed with brown marabou sounded alright to me. I didn't fit it at all, so fingers crossed it fits at all! It'll lace at the sides so that's a nice bit of leeway there. But more eyelets. Groooooooaaaaaaaan.
