Elizabethan photos now :)
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mlsdesignsPhew, two posts in quick succession!! Now for the photos from last night's trip to Tolethorp open air theatre! We were incredibly late leaving, so only managed to eat our picnic before the play started, so no photos or dancing :( I did manage to take a few pics, although most of them during the interval when it was getting very dark!
Finding out that the play was last night instead of tonight really threw me, I've been sewing non stop since we got back from the demo, and am so exhausted now it's not true! I did the millinery first, (and sorted out some jewellery) knowing I could wear just my kirtle if necessary, but what ever happened I'd want all the accessories!
Then I moved onto the loose gown. I'm so glad I had time to finish it, as I love it so! Photos and more details
In between the frantic dressmaking, I even found time to squeeze in time to cook some pies for out picnic, and turn the garage upside down looking for suitable crockery and cutlery! I had a pewter plate, wooden bowl, and pottery cup (made by my lovely Granny, I miss her so much sometimes, it's really nice to have things she made to remember her by!) and a 2 pronged fork, pointed, wooden handled knife and a small wooden spoon that was my great grandmother's cake mixing spoon, so suitably thin and aged :)
The theatre is only open air for the actors, the audience are completely covered! It was lovely to have the breeze and hear the birds, and see the bugs and bats flying about once it got dark!!
I'm sure my loose gown is a figment of my imagination - the only originals I came across in my research were one piece from neck to hem, and mine has a yoke, but I was working with VERY limited fabric that was a skirt once upon a time! I had to guard the hem to make it long enough to sweep the ground, and I'm very pleased with the length I got (I'm very cross I forgot to get a back view to show you) I also used the black velvet to line the bodice and the tabs, and used a narrow black velvet ribbon to hide the join between skirt and yoke.
The only thing I didn't have time for was sleeves. I wanted pink ones to tie into my kirtle, they would have looked nice I think, with the brown puffed sleeves over the top, but the shirt sleeves looked OK, they may not be accurate, but they were very comfy (it was pretty warm yesterday!)
Speaking of the shirt, once I'd got the loose gown finished except for hemming down the binding of the sleeve bands, I had just enough time to make a ruff for the collar! It's linen selvedge bound with cotton lawn, just tacked to the under side of the collar, so I can remove it when Mummy needs to wear her 18thC shirt again! (I ended up hemming down the sleeve bands while sat on the foot of the stairs waiting till it was time to go for the bus!)
The loose gown has three pairs of ties made from black silk satin ribbon and gold aiglets. The hat is cotton velvet trimmed with peacock feathers and a huge earring, and the caul is made from the scraps of sari left over from one of my Regency ball gowns.
All in all it was a wonderful evening, and I'm super pleased with my outfit, but boy am I glad it's finished and I can stop sewing and have a rest!!!
Finding out that the play was last night instead of tonight really threw me, I've been sewing non stop since we got back from the demo, and am so exhausted now it's not true! I did the millinery first, (and sorted out some jewellery) knowing I could wear just my kirtle if necessary, but what ever happened I'd want all the accessories!
Then I moved onto the loose gown. I'm so glad I had time to finish it, as I love it so! Photos and more details
In between the frantic dressmaking, I even found time to squeeze in time to cook some pies for out picnic, and turn the garage upside down looking for suitable crockery and cutlery! I had a pewter plate, wooden bowl, and pottery cup (made by my lovely Granny, I miss her so much sometimes, it's really nice to have things she made to remember her by!) and a 2 pronged fork, pointed, wooden handled knife and a small wooden spoon that was my great grandmother's cake mixing spoon, so suitably thin and aged :)
The theatre is only open air for the actors, the audience are completely covered! It was lovely to have the breeze and hear the birds, and see the bugs and bats flying about once it got dark!!
I'm sure my loose gown is a figment of my imagination - the only originals I came across in my research were one piece from neck to hem, and mine has a yoke, but I was working with VERY limited fabric that was a skirt once upon a time! I had to guard the hem to make it long enough to sweep the ground, and I'm very pleased with the length I got (I'm very cross I forgot to get a back view to show you) I also used the black velvet to line the bodice and the tabs, and used a narrow black velvet ribbon to hide the join between skirt and yoke.
The only thing I didn't have time for was sleeves. I wanted pink ones to tie into my kirtle, they would have looked nice I think, with the brown puffed sleeves over the top, but the shirt sleeves looked OK, they may not be accurate, but they were very comfy (it was pretty warm yesterday!)
Speaking of the shirt, once I'd got the loose gown finished except for hemming down the binding of the sleeve bands, I had just enough time to make a ruff for the collar! It's linen selvedge bound with cotton lawn, just tacked to the under side of the collar, so I can remove it when Mummy needs to wear her 18thC shirt again! (I ended up hemming down the sleeve bands while sat on the foot of the stairs waiting till it was time to go for the bus!)
The loose gown has three pairs of ties made from black silk satin ribbon and gold aiglets. The hat is cotton velvet trimmed with peacock feathers and a huge earring, and the caul is made from the scraps of sari left over from one of my Regency ball gowns.
All in all it was a wonderful evening, and I'm super pleased with my outfit, but boy am I glad it's finished and I can stop sewing and have a rest!!!
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