Moar Polonaise
Jun. 28th, 2009 09:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mandie_rwSo, really, no one is more surprised than I am that I actually did finish the polonaise this weekend! I was actually going to put more froofy trim on, but after I finished sewing the flounce to the petticoat this afternoon, I realized I'd reached the point of oh my god I canNOT sew any more trim on this thing right now. And decided it is Good Enoughtm...unless, of course, I get an influx of comments saying it needs more trim...
If the skirt looks like it's inflating a bit...it's because it kind of is. Wind. I realized it looked to be about ten minutes from a downpour this afternoon, and quickly hauled Mabel outside for pictures, then ran to get my laundry in as well - of course the costume pictures come first! Of course, three drops was the extent of the downpour.
All of the trim is strips of either the petticoat fabric or the gown fabric, knife pleated to make ruching. One side of the ruching around the neck is folding up on itself, which is why it looks uneven at CF, but it really is even, I promise! I'll have to tack the edges down at CF. If I think of it.
Yeah, sewing the flounce round the 120" of the petticoat is what finally got me sick and tired of trimming this thing!
And the Hat. I feel like it needs a feather or three to be really complete...opinions? (Feathers, of course, depend upon whether I remember that I need feathers when I'm actually in the proximity of feathers...I mean, I think the hat looks okay as is, but feathers would put it over the top, into the Obnoxious in a Totally Awesome Way category. Plus big feathers in hats are actually good for keeping people out of one's personal space in crowds...)
And now I've got my busk for my Foy corset, yay...but I still haven't gotten any more cable ties yet. Hmm. Will have to work on that. Maybe next weekend...*sigh*
If the skirt looks like it's inflating a bit...it's because it kind of is. Wind. I realized it looked to be about ten minutes from a downpour this afternoon, and quickly hauled Mabel outside for pictures, then ran to get my laundry in as well - of course the costume pictures come first! Of course, three drops was the extent of the downpour.
All of the trim is strips of either the petticoat fabric or the gown fabric, knife pleated to make ruching. One side of the ruching around the neck is folding up on itself, which is why it looks uneven at CF, but it really is even, I promise! I'll have to tack the edges down at CF. If I think of it.
Yeah, sewing the flounce round the 120" of the petticoat is what finally got me sick and tired of trimming this thing!
And the Hat. I feel like it needs a feather or three to be really complete...opinions? (Feathers, of course, depend upon whether I remember that I need feathers when I'm actually in the proximity of feathers...I mean, I think the hat looks okay as is, but feathers would put it over the top, into the Obnoxious in a Totally Awesome Way category. Plus big feathers in hats are actually good for keeping people out of one's personal space in crowds...)
And now I've got my busk for my Foy corset, yay...but I still haven't gotten any more cable ties yet. Hmm. Will have to work on that. Maybe next weekend...*sigh*
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Date: 2009-06-29 02:20 am (UTC):)
The trim looks really great! I would vote for some faux flowers and some ribbon vs. feathers. Not a huge fan of feathers, especially in accidental rainstorms.
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Date: 2009-06-30 02:08 am (UTC)Ahh, yes, that is a good point about the potential of wet feathers! Droopy sad feathers are no good! I think I'll have to just wander around AC Moore or Joann's and see what calls to me.
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Date: 2009-06-30 02:31 am (UTC)It's made using the same basic concept as my 1870s hat (in fact, it's the same as all the hats I've made)... I take apart a cheap straw braid hat (or...actually, a placemat, silly as that sounds - I know Wal-mart has round straw braid placemats, in all different colors, even, and I'm thinking about snagging a few of them, while they're in season...ANYway), then I sew it back together in the shape I want. Usually I do it by hand, whether it'll be covered or not, just because I fail at sewing straw on the machine!
And for this particular hat, I steamed the brim with the iron to give it a bit of a shape before I covered it. The trim's a strip of the peach fabric, box pleated, and the stripe fabric, knife pleated.
I think next time I make a hat, I'll try to remember to take in-progress pics, since a few people on my f-list seem to be interested! (and it's a lot easier to explain with pictures!)
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Date: 2009-06-30 02:56 am (UTC)For the trim, I just cut out long straight strips of the fabric with plain old zig-zag pinking shears, then pleated it on. Not too hard, but fairly time-consuming!
Though...on further reflection, not as time-consuming as the flounce I made on the petticoat for my block-print polonaise, which I both pinked with the shears and cut out little triangles (http://pics.livejournal.com/mandie_rw/pic/00039ffa/g28)! That just about drove me insane! ;)
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Date: 2009-06-30 10:18 pm (UTC)I really love that hat too!
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