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I kept forgetting to post the link to the photos of the apprenticing ceremony last week. Master Danr and/or Mistress Isabele took a nice set of pictures, didn't they?
I finally got some sewing done yesterday. Lately I feel like I've been wading through molasses to try to get anything done, but I got two tunics cut out and one about half sewed together. I have fabric for seven more lightweight dresses-- well, four really lightweight, and three moderately light. I plan to make them all pretty simple, so I should be able to get them done in time for Pennsic. If I'd been moving at regular speed instead of half speed yesterday, I would have both of them nearly done. Sigh... I figure a couple of Italian Ren out of linen, some tunics, and some.... eh, I don't know the correct name for the "bog dresses." Anyway, I have solid colors for a couple of simple tunics that can be underdresses, and plaid for the bog dresses to wear over the tunics. They won't be exactly true to history, but they shouldn't send most people screaming for the hills, either. I've got the big brooches for pinning the little thin straps to the front of the apron dresses, but I don't think the big ones are used to hold the shoulders of the bog dresses. I'll have to figure out what to do about that.
I need to get with Livia, too, so we can work on garb for her. I'm thinking a similar approach ref the styles-- they are simple to make, and if we do the lacing right, even the Italian Ren can be donned without assistance.
Yesterday I was remembering some of my first ideas about garb. My first event was Pennsic 24, aka "The Hot One." I immdiately fell in love with the SCA and therefore went shopping for fabric. The woman who had convinced us to come to Pennsic (she'd be a garb Laurel if she decided to go for it,) was my mentor in this endeavor. I had earlier had some awfully negative run-ins with attitude-brandishing sticklers for authenticity, (didn't 'I put that politely?) so I was really reluctant for years. She had finally convinced me that if we were even relatively accurate, no one would fault us. (After all that, Pennsic was an eye-opener!) Anyway, I had this fairly free-wheeling attitude in my head when I hit the fabric stores. I bought so many yards of inappropriate stuff, you can't imagine. Well, maybe you can, if you've seen the fabrics available there. My choices were all rayon, poly, or a blend thereof. Goin' for the glitz, baby! (Read, "cheesy.") "Oooh, shiny!" was literal, in this case. I don't think I've ever used any of that fabric. At first I didn't want to start out trying to make anything too fancy, then I learned enough to not to want to use it. I think I still have some of it, tucked away, taking up space. One of the pieces I really wanted was a plaid taffeta; I think I wanted to make Italian Ren with it. Heh. It took Brenda some serious talking to convince me that "plaid" and "Italian Ren" do not belong in the same sentence. I get the giggles every time I remember that. I think Brenda was relieved when I focused on C&I instead of garb.
Off to sew my reasonably appropriate garb!
I finally got some sewing done yesterday. Lately I feel like I've been wading through molasses to try to get anything done, but I got two tunics cut out and one about half sewed together. I have fabric for seven more lightweight dresses-- well, four really lightweight, and three moderately light. I plan to make them all pretty simple, so I should be able to get them done in time for Pennsic. If I'd been moving at regular speed instead of half speed yesterday, I would have both of them nearly done. Sigh... I figure a couple of Italian Ren out of linen, some tunics, and some.... eh, I don't know the correct name for the "bog dresses." Anyway, I have solid colors for a couple of simple tunics that can be underdresses, and plaid for the bog dresses to wear over the tunics. They won't be exactly true to history, but they shouldn't send most people screaming for the hills, either. I've got the big brooches for pinning the little thin straps to the front of the apron dresses, but I don't think the big ones are used to hold the shoulders of the bog dresses. I'll have to figure out what to do about that.
I need to get with Livia, too, so we can work on garb for her. I'm thinking a similar approach ref the styles-- they are simple to make, and if we do the lacing right, even the Italian Ren can be donned without assistance.
Yesterday I was remembering some of my first ideas about garb. My first event was Pennsic 24, aka "The Hot One." I immdiately fell in love with the SCA and therefore went shopping for fabric. The woman who had convinced us to come to Pennsic (she'd be a garb Laurel if she decided to go for it,) was my mentor in this endeavor. I had earlier had some awfully negative run-ins with attitude-brandishing sticklers for authenticity, (didn't 'I put that politely?) so I was really reluctant for years. She had finally convinced me that if we were even relatively accurate, no one would fault us. (After all that, Pennsic was an eye-opener!) Anyway, I had this fairly free-wheeling attitude in my head when I hit the fabric stores. I bought so many yards of inappropriate stuff, you can't imagine. Well, maybe you can, if you've seen the fabrics available there. My choices were all rayon, poly, or a blend thereof. Goin' for the glitz, baby! (Read, "cheesy.") "Oooh, shiny!" was literal, in this case. I don't think I've ever used any of that fabric. At first I didn't want to start out trying to make anything too fancy, then I learned enough to not to want to use it. I think I still have some of it, tucked away, taking up space. One of the pieces I really wanted was a plaid taffeta; I think I wanted to make Italian Ren with it. Heh. It took Brenda some serious talking to convince me that "plaid" and "Italian Ren" do not belong in the same sentence. I get the giggles every time I remember that. I think Brenda was relieved when I focused on C&I instead of garb.
Off to sew my reasonably appropriate garb!
