still in the 18thc
May. 27th, 2015 11:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwAlthough I got my linens in the mail yesterday, so I can start thinking about spencer ideas. Or, should.
The plaid linen for the fichu was in that order, and I regret to have to report it is much more red than it is orange, which took it down a few points in my estimation. BUT it is still a lovely lightweight linen plaid, and still delightfully obnoxious. The fabrics-store people overestimate their yard by a lot, too, so I have enough for an obnoxious apron as well, should I want it. I think I might. Though I'm not convinced matching my apron and my fichu in the same outfit would be a Good Thing. Hmmm.
Well, anyway, I hemmed said plaid fichu today, and now I really have to finish those sleeve ruffles, which I keep putting off for things that are more fun. Because gathering stitches are not fun.
I should probably stop thinking up new little accessories to go with my middling-class 18thc outfit, but that is fun. I want an apron! And mitts! And a pinball! Not a knitted one!
And need to find out if the town was still primarily Quaker in the 1770s, so I know whether I should wear jewelry or not. (And, I guess, my sleeve ruffles. And, well, my entire brightly colored wardrobe. But I need to do more digging on that subject. I don't know how strictly this area adhered to plain dress. I'm not vastly interested in a Poop Brown wardrobe for volunteering, is all I'm saying...)
The plaid linen for the fichu was in that order, and I regret to have to report it is much more red than it is orange, which took it down a few points in my estimation. BUT it is still a lovely lightweight linen plaid, and still delightfully obnoxious. The fabrics-store people overestimate their yard by a lot, too, so I have enough for an obnoxious apron as well, should I want it. I think I might. Though I'm not convinced matching my apron and my fichu in the same outfit would be a Good Thing. Hmmm.
Well, anyway, I hemmed said plaid fichu today, and now I really have to finish those sleeve ruffles, which I keep putting off for things that are more fun. Because gathering stitches are not fun.
I should probably stop thinking up new little accessories to go with my middling-class 18thc outfit, but that is fun. I want an apron! And mitts! And a pinball! Not a knitted one!
And need to find out if the town was still primarily Quaker in the 1770s, so I know whether I should wear jewelry or not. (And, I guess, my sleeve ruffles. And, well, my entire brightly colored wardrobe. But I need to do more digging on that subject. I don't know how strictly this area adhered to plain dress. I'm not vastly interested in a Poop Brown wardrobe for volunteering, is all I'm saying...)