2015 year in review
Jan. 1st, 2016 11:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwOr, what the f did I make this year. Good thing I have a costume journal...
I think the natural form Gainsborough princesse dress (and hat, and pimp coat) was first.
A shell print summer 1770s jacket (and a couple of accessories) to wear at the Indian King Tavern.
Then the 18-teens Regency for Tall Ships. I think the bonnet's my favorite part of that!
Finished my 1780s blue linen turque so I could wear it to a fashion show at Allaire.
Made a reasonably ugly 1920s maid outfit to volunteer at a Jazz Age Party in August.
Made (and did not quite finish trimming) a 1770s bird-print-polonaise for a tea demonstration at the Indian King Tavern.
And then, the Gettysburg sewing...
Marquee dress!
The poor manhandled satin ballgown that I still haven't done a photoshoot or blog post on...
The still-not-entirely-finished-but-a-lot-closer striped paletot. With bonus furry hood!
And a couple other odds and ends, like nightcaps, and the also-not-quite-finished wrapper, that I didn't get pictures of. Also, shoes! Rabbit lined slippers for the cabin, and red satin slippers for dancing. I could see me making more of those kinds of shoes...
Then I squeezed in a late 1830s cream poplin dress for Allaire post-Gettysburg.
And then I got a nice bit of trim on my striped taffeta 1770s anglaise for the Trenton ball. Also still not quite done, but close!
So...let's see last year's list.
Things I Want to Sew in the New Year But Probably Won't (2015 edition)
- UFOs. This just stays on the list, for general objects. Ditto. Did get a couple out of the bin, including the blue linen turque, but this pretty much just stays on the to-sew list forever!
- Really really should finish that brocade 1760s sack. I need to know final costs on the francaise dinner before definitely being positive I'm going, though, and those aren't up yet. If I don't go to the dinner I make no promises about finishing this! But it is a UFO... Nope. I was stuck on the trim, but with the fly fringe I may have figured it out. We'll see.
- Katherine Parr. Have done a lot, still so much left to do! Nope! I don't have an event for this any more, so who knows when in the distant future I'll finish it. I'm taking it off the 2016 list.
- Game of Thrones Winterfell dress...possibly. No event for it, but must be done in season to get a shoot of it in outside winter setting! (Where is my SNOW) Hah. I enjoy that I was bitching about snow at this point last year too. There was a GoT dinner, but I had other sewing priorities at the time. Eh. Still like the idea, but also coming off the list.
- Sooper seekrit 1890s group project...also possibly. Depends what else comes up (and if I manage to snag the third fabric!) Got the third fabric! Depends on how busy our summer is.
- Revamped Neoclassical gown. Opposite of Winterfell dress, must wait for warm weather to get pics of it! I had a spate of working on this, but wandered off again. I still do intend to finish it though!
-Things for Gettysburg 2015, and we'll just leave it at that. Hey, I'll be staying with Famously Fabulous People, and have to dress to impress! :D Yes! This one I actually did!
-And I forgot about my Costume Roulette project that just kept getting back-burnered this year! I still want to make a c1828 day outfit, bonnet, pelerine and all! I didn't actually make a late 1820s dress, but I used the fabric for it for my late 1830s dress for Allaire! I think 1837 is outside of my costume roulette dates, but I'm counting it enough to take it off the list. Still intend to do that 1828 someday!
That's pretty terrible as regards the list, but I'm happy with what I made this year, so it's alright!
Let's see what I can dream up and then not do this year! (I just like making lists, even if I fail miserably at completing them!)
Things I Want to Sew in the New Year But Probably Won't (2016 edition)
- UFOs. This just stays on the list!
- At least one new outfit for Williamsburg. Details on this still need to be worked out, so I'm not completely certain I'll be able to do it, just money-wise, but if I possibly can I will! Also probably a nice capelet, mitts, and sundry other things I'll inevitably decide I need.
- The brocade 1760s sack! If I go to the Francaise dinner it'll be for that; if not it can go to Williamsburg.
- A snuggly pelisse. I was very inspired by the recent War and Peace trailer! I want it for my birthday (because I can always bully Robin into ice skating with me even if no one else will) and for the Washington's Birthday celebration at Allaire later in Feb.
- A Pre-Raphaelite gown for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miss_philomena's birthday outing. I wanted to make one of those regardless, and this is a nice reason to! (I was going to wait another year to let my hair get longer, but ah well.)
- Sooper seekrit 1890s group project...still possibly!
- Finish the slightly scandalous Neoclassical gown.
And I think that's it to go on the list! I know I'll come up with more as the year goes on, but I think that's quite enough to be getting on with.
I think the natural form Gainsborough princesse dress (and hat, and pimp coat) was first.
A shell print summer 1770s jacket (and a couple of accessories) to wear at the Indian King Tavern.
Then the 18-teens Regency for Tall Ships. I think the bonnet's my favorite part of that!
Finished my 1780s blue linen turque so I could wear it to a fashion show at Allaire.
Made a reasonably ugly 1920s maid outfit to volunteer at a Jazz Age Party in August.
Made (and did not quite finish trimming) a 1770s bird-print-polonaise for a tea demonstration at the Indian King Tavern.
And then, the Gettysburg sewing...
Marquee dress!
The poor manhandled satin ballgown that I still haven't done a photoshoot or blog post on...
The still-not-entirely-finished-but-a-lot-closer striped paletot. With bonus furry hood!
And a couple other odds and ends, like nightcaps, and the also-not-quite-finished wrapper, that I didn't get pictures of. Also, shoes! Rabbit lined slippers for the cabin, and red satin slippers for dancing. I could see me making more of those kinds of shoes...
Then I squeezed in a late 1830s cream poplin dress for Allaire post-Gettysburg.
And then I got a nice bit of trim on my striped taffeta 1770s anglaise for the Trenton ball. Also still not quite done, but close!
So...let's see last year's list.
Things I Want to Sew in the New Year But Probably Won't (2015 edition)
- UFOs. This just stays on the list, for general objects. Ditto. Did get a couple out of the bin, including the blue linen turque, but this pretty much just stays on the to-sew list forever!
- Really really should finish that brocade 1760s sack. I need to know final costs on the francaise dinner before definitely being positive I'm going, though, and those aren't up yet. If I don't go to the dinner I make no promises about finishing this! But it is a UFO... Nope. I was stuck on the trim, but with the fly fringe I may have figured it out. We'll see.
- Katherine Parr. Have done a lot, still so much left to do! Nope! I don't have an event for this any more, so who knows when in the distant future I'll finish it. I'm taking it off the 2016 list.
- Game of Thrones Winterfell dress...possibly. No event for it, but must be done in season to get a shoot of it in outside winter setting! (Where is my SNOW) Hah. I enjoy that I was bitching about snow at this point last year too. There was a GoT dinner, but I had other sewing priorities at the time. Eh. Still like the idea, but also coming off the list.
- Sooper seekrit 1890s group project...also possibly. Depends what else comes up (and if I manage to snag the third fabric!) Got the third fabric! Depends on how busy our summer is.
- Revamped Neoclassical gown. Opposite of Winterfell dress, must wait for warm weather to get pics of it! I had a spate of working on this, but wandered off again. I still do intend to finish it though!
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That's pretty terrible as regards the list, but I'm happy with what I made this year, so it's alright!
Let's see what I can dream up and then not do this year! (I just like making lists, even if I fail miserably at completing them!)
Things I Want to Sew in the New Year But Probably Won't (2016 edition)
- UFOs. This just stays on the list!
- At least one new outfit for Williamsburg. Details on this still need to be worked out, so I'm not completely certain I'll be able to do it, just money-wise, but if I possibly can I will! Also probably a nice capelet, mitts, and sundry other things I'll inevitably decide I need.
- The brocade 1760s sack! If I go to the Francaise dinner it'll be for that; if not it can go to Williamsburg.
- A snuggly pelisse. I was very inspired by the recent War and Peace trailer! I want it for my birthday (because I can always bully Robin into ice skating with me even if no one else will) and for the Washington's Birthday celebration at Allaire later in Feb.
- A Pre-Raphaelite gown for
miss_philomena's birthday outing. I wanted to make one of those regardless, and this is a nice reason to! (I was going to wait another year to let my hair get longer, but ah well.)- Sooper seekrit 1890s group project...still possibly!
- Finish the slightly scandalous Neoclassical gown.
And I think that's it to go on the list! I know I'll come up with more as the year goes on, but I think that's quite enough to be getting on with.
