I have notes.

[mandie_rw]

"I'm going to level the skirt and attach it on my day off." YEAH, OKAY.

Except that nothing is playing nice and I am DISGRUNTLED. (I've been using it all night. Such a great word, that is.)

First off, pro tip: don't store your reed farthingale on its side if you live in a remotely humid climate. It'll warp all out of shape and frustrate you to no end. I don't know who would be dumb enough to do that... *cough* (dragoneyes19 has suggested letting it get steamed during a hot shower, which sounds very effective to me...you know, in theory, if I had been that dumb. Ahem.)

I also made the waistband too big - made it to my normal waist measurement, which is apparently almost 3" larger than my kirtle-d measurement. O.o That makes the overlap way too big, which makes the whole farthingale hang weird.

Also, the whole thing is too short. It makes the kirtle skirt "kick back" under the hoop, which is such a farby thing to do. I know better than that!!!

In short, the farthingale needs some fixin's. I'm not in a place any more where I can just shrug and leave them, if I do know how to fix the problems. They're all very do-able (steam the whole thing, take off the waistband, add a piece to the top, and repleat to waistband), but not today. Today I just needed to take a step back from it!

So I proceeded to take it all off, sulk, sulk a bit more, and then finish sewing the pockets and keep spangling the foresleeves while marathoning Outlander, which made me feel quite a bit better about everything, because it's a fun story, because it's got costumes (plaid! yummy cozy wool!), and because that guy is hot. *nods* (I must give credit to hiraimi for continuing to nag me to watch it!)

Comments

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, my farthingale/hoop has a drawstring and the hoops are somewhat adjustable. I bought it for $50 way back in the day. It's not the least bit accurate but it does work better in the long run for my different gowns as my waist isn't a constant measurement thanks to kirtles/stays/corsets. You might want to just try a drawstring unless you want a completely accurate farthingale.


...and if someone is disgruntled, then can someone also be just gruntled?

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

LOL. I suppose you can be gruntled if you like!

Well...I did hand sew the whole thing and use reed and the Alcega pattern and reasonable substitutions for period materials...and I've never trusted drawstrings not to suddenly untie themselves halfway through the day...so I think I'll stick with the ties! :D

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

AAAARRRGGHHH! GRRRRRRR!!! BLLAARRGGH!!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Basically my reaction, hahaha!

[hiraimi.livejournal.com]

I AM sorry about your farthingale. It's the sort of thing that happens to me on a regular basis.

But OMG cozy wool now you understand!!!!! So much cozy wool. And fur. And YUUUUM.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

I want to make a pile of all those costumes and nap in them! Maybe *after* they get a wash...can't imagine they smelled too nice after all that trekking about in the mud, hehe.

(I may or may not want a plaid wool petticoat now, too...*shifty eyes*)