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Yesterday, the shire of Aros had a potluck get together. We started at 1 pm with crafts and then we ate potluck dinner together. I brought the red petticoat and stitched all the godets onto the big pieces. I also discovered that one part of a hem had some jagged cutouts, which I disguised with another small piecing.
I opted to wear my ancient Roman garb for the day, because it's an easy outfit to wear, and I rarely pull it out. I remembered a set of earrings and other jewelry pieces from Pennsic.
At the potluck I also took delivery of my new handmade shoes! I wanted a pair of shoes to fit my 14th/15th Century wardrobe and I had previously commissioned a pair in exchange for medieval pillowcase fabric. I finished the yardage in February 2024 and finally, at the beginning of this year, the person admitted they would not be able to finish a pair of shoes for me. At that point I asked Erik Dalekarl if he had space to make me shoes in exchange for some handweaving and he said he did.
They fit me, and they are an appropriate style. I am super happy with the exchange.
Check out the insta-post with pics
Today I continued on the skirt for my petticoat, stitching the panels together along the side seams. As I was finishing the first one I realized I had forgotten to add pockets. I did not rip out my stitching, instead I marked out the other side seam for a pocket there. So, I will only have one pocket on this kirtle, just like the first red petticoat.
The skirt now has two panels in the back and one panel in the front, I have not yet stitched the centre back seam because I can't make up my mind what to do.
I could turn the skirt around - put the seam in the centre front. Holding it up around me makes this a very tempting option.
I could attach the skirt as is, stitching up the back seam and cutting a slit at centre front so I can lace it on.
Both of these options means that I have to attach the skirt on fully flat - because I do not have enough width in the waist to add any pleats.
The third option is to add in a rectangular panel in the centre back seam - because I have a small piece of cloth left. In order to fill in the centre panel I would have to cut that remnant which is basically 70 x 50 cm in half and make one long skinny piece 25 x 140 cm which would expand the waistline by those 25-ish cm.
I'm not sure how to proceed, so I've laid it down again to ponder the issue.
I opted to wear my ancient Roman garb for the day, because it's an easy outfit to wear, and I rarely pull it out. I remembered a set of earrings and other jewelry pieces from Pennsic.
At the potluck I also took delivery of my new handmade shoes! I wanted a pair of shoes to fit my 14th/15th Century wardrobe and I had previously commissioned a pair in exchange for medieval pillowcase fabric. I finished the yardage in February 2024 and finally, at the beginning of this year, the person admitted they would not be able to finish a pair of shoes for me. At that point I asked Erik Dalekarl if he had space to make me shoes in exchange for some handweaving and he said he did.
They fit me, and they are an appropriate style. I am super happy with the exchange.
Check out the insta-post with pics
Today I continued on the skirt for my petticoat, stitching the panels together along the side seams. As I was finishing the first one I realized I had forgotten to add pockets. I did not rip out my stitching, instead I marked out the other side seam for a pocket there. So, I will only have one pocket on this kirtle, just like the first red petticoat.
The skirt now has two panels in the back and one panel in the front, I have not yet stitched the centre back seam because I can't make up my mind what to do.
I could turn the skirt around - put the seam in the centre front. Holding it up around me makes this a very tempting option.
I could attach the skirt as is, stitching up the back seam and cutting a slit at centre front so I can lace it on.
Both of these options means that I have to attach the skirt on fully flat - because I do not have enough width in the waist to add any pleats.
The third option is to add in a rectangular panel in the centre back seam - because I have a small piece of cloth left. In order to fill in the centre panel I would have to cut that remnant which is basically 70 x 50 cm in half and make one long skinny piece 25 x 140 cm which would expand the waistline by those 25-ish cm.
I'm not sure how to proceed, so I've laid it down again to ponder the issue.
