New red petticoat
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liadethorneggeThis week, Ed's been away on a work conference and then Gothenburg Street Photo Festival, so I've been left to my own devices since Tuesday.
Fortunately before he left he had cooked a delicious chicken stew thing which kept me fed. As usual, I can barely get to bed at a reasonable hour, and I definitely do not fall asleep at a reasonable hour whenever he's away from home. But I wake up 1 minute before my usual alarm no matter what, so, I've been a little sleep deprived.
But I have managed to get something done for my new red petticoat. I basted the side seams on the seam lines, tried it on and realized, before even attempting to lace it closed, that that extra 1 cm I marked on the side seams needed to be put into practice.
The new side seams are now properly stitched and I could put the bodice on finally.
The test fit showed I needed to lower the armscye under the arm by about 1 cm, but otherwise it fit pretty well. I also lengthened the shoulder straps by about 5mm. Lowering the armscye fixed some wierd tension issues I was having and I'm now ready to move on to the skirt.
My plan was to have the kirtle finished before Drachenwald Kingdom University (nov 7-9) but now I want to finish it before the Costume parade put on by Old Uppsala Museum which is October 11th. So far I haven't repeted an outfit for when I've been part of their historical costume parade. Last year I wore the mi-parti heraldic gown of bling. The year before I was in my Pisa Kirtle. This year I'm going in my black wool 1575 gown for which I used one particular portrait as a close inspiration. Check out my pinterest inspo board. I want to wear it over my new red kirtle - if I finish it in time.
I do have to pull the gown out of my closet to check if the necklines are compatible, though. I thought I had it stored in my hallway closet, and went to pull it out when I laced the new red bodice on the other day, but it wasn't there, and I didn't want to pull down my clothes bins. I also need to find my velvet veil, and starch a suit of ruffs.
Fortunately before he left he had cooked a delicious chicken stew thing which kept me fed. As usual, I can barely get to bed at a reasonable hour, and I definitely do not fall asleep at a reasonable hour whenever he's away from home. But I wake up 1 minute before my usual alarm no matter what, so, I've been a little sleep deprived.
But I have managed to get something done for my new red petticoat. I basted the side seams on the seam lines, tried it on and realized, before even attempting to lace it closed, that that extra 1 cm I marked on the side seams needed to be put into practice.
The new side seams are now properly stitched and I could put the bodice on finally.
The test fit showed I needed to lower the armscye under the arm by about 1 cm, but otherwise it fit pretty well. I also lengthened the shoulder straps by about 5mm. Lowering the armscye fixed some wierd tension issues I was having and I'm now ready to move on to the skirt.
My plan was to have the kirtle finished before Drachenwald Kingdom University (nov 7-9) but now I want to finish it before the Costume parade put on by Old Uppsala Museum which is October 11th. So far I haven't repeted an outfit for when I've been part of their historical costume parade. Last year I wore the mi-parti heraldic gown of bling. The year before I was in my Pisa Kirtle. This year I'm going in my black wool 1575 gown for which I used one particular portrait as a close inspiration. Check out my pinterest inspo board. I want to wear it over my new red kirtle - if I finish it in time.
I do have to pull the gown out of my closet to check if the necklines are compatible, though. I thought I had it stored in my hallway closet, and went to pull it out when I laced the new red bodice on the other day, but it wasn't there, and I didn't want to pull down my clothes bins. I also need to find my velvet veil, and starch a suit of ruffs.
