peasanty accessories
Aug. 23rd, 2017 11:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwStupidly boring to look at so I didn't bother taking any picture proof, but...
Yesterday I finished my Boring Apron - midweight unbleached linen, and tried on the petticoat, bedgown, and apron all together, just to see. And woooooow it's unflattering. It may actually surpass my 1920s "servant outfit" as the ugliest thing I've ever made. Not that I anticipated a wool tent being especially flattering anyway, but...it's ugly. Just saying.
(And that was kind of the point so I'm not complaining! Just stating facts, haha.)
Long-sleeved shift is finished except for buttonholes in the cuffs. I thought about buying a nice set of linked buttons from Wm Booth Draper...and then realized I could get a card of buttons from work for $1.50, so, eh. I'll upgrade that someday... I also made one of the caps from the "Caps for the Working Poor" pattern today; the one that's basically an Unfortunate Biggins. It's entertainingly frump-tastic. But very simple to make, so extremely gratifying!
Yesterday I finished my Boring Apron - midweight unbleached linen, and tried on the petticoat, bedgown, and apron all together, just to see. And woooooow it's unflattering. It may actually surpass my 1920s "servant outfit" as the ugliest thing I've ever made. Not that I anticipated a wool tent being especially flattering anyway, but...it's ugly. Just saying.
(And that was kind of the point so I'm not complaining! Just stating facts, haha.)
Long-sleeved shift is finished except for buttonholes in the cuffs. I thought about buying a nice set of linked buttons from Wm Booth Draper...and then realized I could get a card of buttons from work for $1.50, so, eh. I'll upgrade that someday... I also made one of the caps from the "Caps for the Working Poor" pattern today; the one that's basically an Unfortunate Biggins. It's entertainingly frump-tastic. But very simple to make, so extremely gratifying!
