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Feb. 17th, 2020 10:10 pmTwo weekends away in a row has really ensured that 1/ I have no idea what day it is anymore, and 2/ actually working five days this past week suuuucked. I got spoiled!
Our Emma movie/tea that was supposed to be on the 22nd ended up getting pushed back because the movie's not going wide release til the weekend of the 7th March. Annoying as I was looking forward to it, but since the hand sewn short stays are still only about half finished...that's not necessarily a bad thing! (I didn't throw out the bodiced petticoat with cording yet, because I am Smrt and will not do that til I know the short stays are finished and wearable! but that thing is old and grody and I really would rather not wear it again...) It's been so long since we did Regency that I'm moderately tempted to try and make something new since I've now got two more weeks...but it would be smart to take stock of accessories instead since I rather think the chemisettes tend towards the old and nasty as well. We shall see how smart I feel like being...
Had an open house at the Indian King Tavern on Saturday (we had a presenter doing a first-person impression of Oney Judge, and she was fantastic), and the mercury didn't get above freezing, so I got to break out my winter gear, very happily. I volunteered to sit outside with the clicker to count people, and was treated to a new variation on the "aren't you hot in that?" theme... Nope, I am not cold, thank you for asking, Person #37 to ask that question!
I started listing my layers and showing them off after the first few people...shift, stays, wool/cotton twill petticoat, silk stockings, wool stockings, quilted velvet petticoat lined in wool, wool petticoat, wool gown, two linen neckerchiefs, and wool knitted mitts over silk mitts. And a cap. Seriously guys...not cold! Ask the poor teenage volunteer sitting with me, in her ripped-knees jeans if she's cold! (She was. We had a nice chat though; she's new and thinks history is cool. Is also exactly half my age.)
Also got called Mary Poppins by a family passing by, made up of mostly under-5's in strollers. I'm adding them to my list of people who have called me Mary Poppins (which includes a bunch of kids I subbed for at HTHS, my 8th graders from Cinnaminson MS, and apparently my manager at Joanns. I still am pretty sure it's meant as a backhanded compliment but...I'm starting to think maybe I should embrace it and make a Mary Poppins costume someday LOL).
Our Emma movie/tea that was supposed to be on the 22nd ended up getting pushed back because the movie's not going wide release til the weekend of the 7th March. Annoying as I was looking forward to it, but since the hand sewn short stays are still only about half finished...that's not necessarily a bad thing! (I didn't throw out the bodiced petticoat with cording yet, because I am Smrt and will not do that til I know the short stays are finished and wearable! but that thing is old and grody and I really would rather not wear it again...) It's been so long since we did Regency that I'm moderately tempted to try and make something new since I've now got two more weeks...but it would be smart to take stock of accessories instead since I rather think the chemisettes tend towards the old and nasty as well. We shall see how smart I feel like being...
Had an open house at the Indian King Tavern on Saturday (we had a presenter doing a first-person impression of Oney Judge, and she was fantastic), and the mercury didn't get above freezing, so I got to break out my winter gear, very happily. I volunteered to sit outside with the clicker to count people, and was treated to a new variation on the "aren't you hot in that?" theme... Nope, I am not cold, thank you for asking, Person #37 to ask that question!
I started listing my layers and showing them off after the first few people...shift, stays, wool/cotton twill petticoat, silk stockings, wool stockings, quilted velvet petticoat lined in wool, wool petticoat, wool gown, two linen neckerchiefs, and wool knitted mitts over silk mitts. And a cap. Seriously guys...not cold! Ask the poor teenage volunteer sitting with me, in her ripped-knees jeans if she's cold! (She was. We had a nice chat though; she's new and thinks history is cool. Is also exactly half my age.)
Also got called Mary Poppins by a family passing by, made up of mostly under-5's in strollers. I'm adding them to my list of people who have called me Mary Poppins (which includes a bunch of kids I subbed for at HTHS, my 8th graders from Cinnaminson MS, and apparently my manager at Joanns. I still am pretty sure it's meant as a backhanded compliment but...I'm starting to think maybe I should embrace it and make a Mary Poppins costume someday LOL).
