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mlsdesigns) wrote2011-11-13 10:09 pm
mlsdesigns) wrote2011-11-13 10:09 pm
Photos from Bath
I've not got as much done on my demo outfit as I'd like, I'm stupidly busy at work at the moment, and I've been so exhausted all week. Then yesterday we were helping Gemma at a village event she organises, and today we went to a re-enacting market and then dancing, so I'm even more tired and have had hardly any time to sew!
Anyway, in lieu of progress pictures, I bring you Bath pictures instead, not me nekid having a wash, but
Our costumes for the grand parade, I don't have any really good ones from the parade, it was so busy and rather wet!
We're standing in front of one of the windows in the Pump Room, just the most perfect back drop!
I wore my white figured muslin gown I made for my Birthday party, with a new pink silk spencer and bonnet.
I've wanted a pink silk spencer since I was 12 when I saw Pride and Prejudice for the first time and fell in love with the Regency period :)
Mummy had a new frock, black and ivory sprigged cotton, with her old cream spencer.
She really needs a new cap I think, I'm getting tired of seeing the same lace peeping out from her hats :)
I love the Pump Room, if you get tired walking around, (or too wet, after all, it always rains in Bath!!) all you have to do is go in through the group entrance to the Roman Baths, turn right as if you're heading for the toilets, and go straight through to the back, where you find benches in a lovely lobby looking out over the baths, by the door into the pump rooms, just perfect to rest feet weary from carrying too many shopping bags (filled with our supper!)
Mummy's new frock is a drop front so she can dress herself much more easily, and it has a higher neck than her other frocks, to keep her a little warmer.
And my frock without the spencer :)
That evening we went out to a cocktail bar with the friends we were staying with.
They were very delicious!
Perhaps a little too delicious :)
The next day it was raining in Bath, so we went to Lacock Abbey instead of our planned picnic in front of the Royal Crescent!
We were very glad we did, it's a beautiful old building, filled with prettiness :)
I wore one of Mummy's hats, but I don't think it suited me, it's too small. I added my false ringlets to try to balance it out a bit, the way Mummy's cap and ringlets do, but I still think it didn't work so well.
Mummy borrowed one of my bonnets, which was a much more successful exercise!
I just have to include this picture, I fell in love with a cabinet full of doll's china - not just tea sets, but the most enchanting dinner service, compete with gravy boats on stands!
Look, we didn't need the umbrella!!
Our friend Virginia doesn't have much in the way of Regency kit, she's a costumer, so has no time to make anything for herself because of all her commissions! luckily she's a similar size to Mummy, so she was able to wear some of her things during the weekend.
The next day, Mummy and I finally had the chance to join one of the Lord Mayor's free walking tours of Bath, we had a wonderful tour guide and it was a fascinating experience, highly recommended! Unfortunately, I only have one photo from that day, and it's not exactly the best :D
I have made the skirt for my demo outfit, and I did manage to cut out a toile for my bodice last night in between getting home from Gemma's and going to bed, so once I've fit that tomorrow morning, hopefully I should get quite a bit done - I get the day off, hooray!
Anyway, in lieu of progress pictures, I bring you Bath pictures instead, not me nekid having a wash, but
Our costumes for the grand parade, I don't have any really good ones from the parade, it was so busy and rather wet!
We're standing in front of one of the windows in the Pump Room, just the most perfect back drop!
I wore my white figured muslin gown I made for my Birthday party, with a new pink silk spencer and bonnet.
I've wanted a pink silk spencer since I was 12 when I saw Pride and Prejudice for the first time and fell in love with the Regency period :)
Mummy had a new frock, black and ivory sprigged cotton, with her old cream spencer.
She really needs a new cap I think, I'm getting tired of seeing the same lace peeping out from her hats :)
I love the Pump Room, if you get tired walking around, (or too wet, after all, it always rains in Bath!!) all you have to do is go in through the group entrance to the Roman Baths, turn right as if you're heading for the toilets, and go straight through to the back, where you find benches in a lovely lobby looking out over the baths, by the door into the pump rooms, just perfect to rest feet weary from carrying too many shopping bags (filled with our supper!)
Mummy's new frock is a drop front so she can dress herself much more easily, and it has a higher neck than her other frocks, to keep her a little warmer.
And my frock without the spencer :)
That evening we went out to a cocktail bar with the friends we were staying with.
They were very delicious!
Perhaps a little too delicious :)
The next day it was raining in Bath, so we went to Lacock Abbey instead of our planned picnic in front of the Royal Crescent!
We were very glad we did, it's a beautiful old building, filled with prettiness :)
I wore one of Mummy's hats, but I don't think it suited me, it's too small. I added my false ringlets to try to balance it out a bit, the way Mummy's cap and ringlets do, but I still think it didn't work so well.
Mummy borrowed one of my bonnets, which was a much more successful exercise!
I just have to include this picture, I fell in love with a cabinet full of doll's china - not just tea sets, but the most enchanting dinner service, compete with gravy boats on stands!
Look, we didn't need the umbrella!!
Our friend Virginia doesn't have much in the way of Regency kit, she's a costumer, so has no time to make anything for herself because of all her commissions! luckily she's a similar size to Mummy, so she was able to wear some of her things during the weekend.
The next day, Mummy and I finally had the chance to join one of the Lord Mayor's free walking tours of Bath, we had a wonderful tour guide and it was a fascinating experience, highly recommended! Unfortunately, I only have one photo from that day, and it's not exactly the best :D
I have made the skirt for my demo outfit, and I did manage to cut out a toile for my bodice last night in between getting home from Gemma's and going to bed, so once I've fit that tomorrow morning, hopefully I should get quite a bit done - I get the day off, hooray!