K Parr mumble grumble grump

[mandie_rw]

Yaaaaawn. Two weeks. It would be easier if Every. Single. Thing. on this dress didn't fight me every step of the way! It's extremely tiring. I'm already quite sure it won't be finished-finished for ren faire, and now I'm frankly not sure if it'll even be wearable-finished! If it's not, I'm really not that torn up about it; I've been kicking around the idea of entering it in the YWU competition, just to have a deadline to finish up all the bits and pieces. It does fit the "Stepped Out of A Portrait" theme. ;) I'm not usually all that into competitions, but, like I said...another deadline.

What's the problem now? Sleeves. Big surprise, eh what? I can get the mockups to fit fine, but it's the problem inherent in having two nearly-off-the-shoulder garments on top of each other - the gown sleeve moves out past the edge of the kirtle strap, and you can see white shift. Not a problem if I stand still and don't move my arms...which I guess isn't an issue when just posing for a portrait. :P

Anyway, here's some kirtle pictures, which were taken after a lot of YANKING and PINNING and SWEARING at the gown bodice and sleeves, so.


I almost had a fit when I tried it on without shoes and it was too long...but then I remembered, and put on shoes. Yeah, that helped. Crisis averted. The straps are a little too squarely on my shoulders here, but my shift sleeves fell down, and yanking them back up made the straps travel. One more rubbishy fiddly thing about this outfit!



Just Say No to side-back lacing. Seriously.

I think I'm going to check and see if my Venetian gown still fits. Y'know...just in case...