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dragonlady7I need to find some ribbon. Is grosgrain plausible? I need a whole lot of it. I have to think this over.
Cut out the lining/mockup for the caraco jacket tonight, from fabrics-store linen. Not sure what came over me; I got a 20-yd bolt of the bleached but not softened midweight stuff, 6 yards of the blue, and 4 yards of the yellow. The blue faded, as advertised, to a gorgeous color. The yellow... what was I thinking? It's blinding. I've washed it twice on hot, and there's no fading whatsoever. It's called "Taxicab". I'm a blonde; I can't wear yellow. I've never worn yellow. And there were reviews and photos on the page, showing garments people had made, and the fabric was obviously the color it was described. I don't know why I assumed it would fade too. I guess I was blinded by my knowledge that very bright yellows were easily achieved using medieval dyes. I don't know why I thought I'd want to wear one.
I have enough of the blue that I could just use the yellow for trim or something. Or I could scrap the idea of using the yellow, for now, and just make the whole thing out of blue. I also happen to have about 2 yards of a paler blue perhaps-linen that I could use instead; I'd planned on a tunic for Z out of it, but hell, he doesn't care, he could wear yellow instead.
Meanwhile I'll make up the lining tomorrow night, and see if it remotely fits. I am rather-to-quite bad at pattern drafting, and just straight-up drew a copy of the Janet Arnold pattern directly onto my fabric, with a few measured spots to work from, and made the shapes look about right, and that was my idea of drafting this thing to my shape. I'm an idiot and know that, and fully expect tomorrow's first try-on to be a disaster. But I don't really know how else to do it; I've been told, and read directions, and just don't absorb them.
At least I was smart enough to get Z to lace me into my farbilicious corset before I took my measurements. I caught myself double-checking the measurement, as I sat there on the basement floor in a chemise and no bra and no corset, and laughed-- why on earth would i think I'd even be close to the same size??
So we'll see.
I'm also re-washing an extra piece of the linen-- I want to make myself a supportive "shift" for Pennsic. I'm going to take the fitted dress pattern I have, sew the front seam together, and make it side-lacing, so the lacings won't show under other garments, which I can then wear without a bra. I've been planning this for years, and started making one, but I had such pathetically tiny scraps I was working with that it wasn't really even worth doing. Now that I have a reasonable amount of resources to hand, I can make another, more sincere attempt. The idea is that I can wear it under choli tops or under kirtles or under V-neck gowns or under whatever. It'll be white linen lined with... eh, probably the bamboo/cotton blend I have, since that stuff is more tightly woven and thus a bit more opaque... I'll probably make it sleeveless, and damn the consequences. I could wear that under the Turkish stuff I've... uh, barely started. Hah. We'll see about that as well.
I do wish I'd taken a picture of myself, though-- I put on the chemise I made, and the corset, and the skirt support and petticoat. My ass looks enormous and obviously fake, even though I made the tiniest false rump ever. I may have to omit it, or try to make an even tinier one. We'll see.
There's a lot of we'll-seeing going on. Hopefully we'll see soon.
Cut out the lining/mockup for the caraco jacket tonight, from fabrics-store linen. Not sure what came over me; I got a 20-yd bolt of the bleached but not softened midweight stuff, 6 yards of the blue, and 4 yards of the yellow. The blue faded, as advertised, to a gorgeous color. The yellow... what was I thinking? It's blinding. I've washed it twice on hot, and there's no fading whatsoever. It's called "Taxicab". I'm a blonde; I can't wear yellow. I've never worn yellow. And there were reviews and photos on the page, showing garments people had made, and the fabric was obviously the color it was described. I don't know why I assumed it would fade too. I guess I was blinded by my knowledge that very bright yellows were easily achieved using medieval dyes. I don't know why I thought I'd want to wear one.
I have enough of the blue that I could just use the yellow for trim or something. Or I could scrap the idea of using the yellow, for now, and just make the whole thing out of blue. I also happen to have about 2 yards of a paler blue perhaps-linen that I could use instead; I'd planned on a tunic for Z out of it, but hell, he doesn't care, he could wear yellow instead.
Meanwhile I'll make up the lining tomorrow night, and see if it remotely fits. I am rather-to-quite bad at pattern drafting, and just straight-up drew a copy of the Janet Arnold pattern directly onto my fabric, with a few measured spots to work from, and made the shapes look about right, and that was my idea of drafting this thing to my shape. I'm an idiot and know that, and fully expect tomorrow's first try-on to be a disaster. But I don't really know how else to do it; I've been told, and read directions, and just don't absorb them.
At least I was smart enough to get Z to lace me into my farbilicious corset before I took my measurements. I caught myself double-checking the measurement, as I sat there on the basement floor in a chemise and no bra and no corset, and laughed-- why on earth would i think I'd even be close to the same size??
So we'll see.
I'm also re-washing an extra piece of the linen-- I want to make myself a supportive "shift" for Pennsic. I'm going to take the fitted dress pattern I have, sew the front seam together, and make it side-lacing, so the lacings won't show under other garments, which I can then wear without a bra. I've been planning this for years, and started making one, but I had such pathetically tiny scraps I was working with that it wasn't really even worth doing. Now that I have a reasonable amount of resources to hand, I can make another, more sincere attempt. The idea is that I can wear it under choli tops or under kirtles or under V-neck gowns or under whatever. It'll be white linen lined with... eh, probably the bamboo/cotton blend I have, since that stuff is more tightly woven and thus a bit more opaque... I'll probably make it sleeveless, and damn the consequences. I could wear that under the Turkish stuff I've... uh, barely started. Hah. We'll see about that as well.
I do wish I'd taken a picture of myself, though-- I put on the chemise I made, and the corset, and the skirt support and petticoat. My ass looks enormous and obviously fake, even though I made the tiniest false rump ever. I may have to omit it, or try to make an even tinier one. We'll see.
There's a lot of we'll-seeing going on. Hopefully we'll see soon.
