Some Progress

I've made a little progress on the Killer Craft List (of DOOOOOM) and I thought I'd share what happened.

The kid got her Spanish Gown from the underthings out on time. It wasn't exactly what I wanted, but it worked out. I made a chemise with the giant hanging Spanish sleeves and a square neck. I learned the weight of the sleeves will pull that neck right off the shoulders no matter what and I'm going back to the portraits to see if there's something I can do to fix that.

The corset was a gift from a friend and I wound up buying a hoop skirt from a bridal store because I was out of time to mess with it. That changed the shape of the skirt in a way I hadn't wanted and pushed the time period from 1490's to 1560's. So instead of making the skirt and bodice all one and pretty unique, I just whipped up a regular separate Elizabethan over-skirt and turned an old dance vest into a square-necked bodice. The over-skirt had been most of a velvet Norman bliaunt that a friend had given me last year and the dance vest had been a gift from a few years back. I used leftover trim from another project for the neck and made the under-skirt out of some terrifying black stretch velvet that had been a gift also. The hat was one I had bought for myself years ago and never liked how it fit me. It fits the shape of her head much better. I'm rather proud of the fact that the only money I spent on this project was the hoops. Everything else came out of the stash and that makes the room just that much cleaner.

The kid and I have put in our money and gotten onto the list. We'll be going to Gulf Wars this year with one of my girlfriends from the acting troupe. Lots of estrogen on this excursion. We'll spend a week living in a tent together with no contact with the outside world. It's going to be very interesting, possibly in the Chinese sense of the word.

That being said, we don't have enough washable (and mud-able) period clothing to get us both through the week at the moment. I'm going to keep working away on the craft list and I'll probably see what of my old stuff I can make over for her as well. Emergency clothing always seems to come up when I least expect it.

If I can find a good looking photo of the new stuff I'll put it up here for you at some point. Right now I think the ones I have don't show the clothing well.