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starting the next project
Nov. 7th, 2011 06:20 pmAfter taking the last 2 weeks off, staying out of my sewing room completely! I'm about to start on my next project, a dress for our winter dance demos.
This year we're doing 19thC Russian dances, so I'm making Mummy a Cossack outfit! With a warm woolen tunic, trimmed with braid and an asymetric fastening. I'm going to use the bloomers from my first, 1860s, bathing dress, for her trousers. They're incredibly voluminous, ankle length red wool, and when tucked into my new knee high boots very much look the part! The best bit is she can wear as many pairs of long-johns underneath as she likes ;)
Today I'm going to start on my outfit. I've got rather bored of the 1860s, and am having a bit of a love affair with bustle :) So bustle it is! I'm trying to limit myself to stash fabric this year, or at least, use as much as possible, to save for CosCol, so I hunted through to see what I've got. I found some blue and gold plaid, left over from the Regency things I made for the ball we went to in Scotland last year, and some powder blue cotton velvet I bought last year to make an Elizabethan jacket. Trimmed with some white 'swansdown' I think it should look very wintery, and will hopefully be nice and warm! I only have a vague plan for the bodice, so will be starting with the skirt.
I will be posting more photos soon, I promise ;)
This year we're doing 19thC Russian dances, so I'm making Mummy a Cossack outfit! With a warm woolen tunic, trimmed with braid and an asymetric fastening. I'm going to use the bloomers from my first, 1860s, bathing dress, for her trousers. They're incredibly voluminous, ankle length red wool, and when tucked into my new knee high boots very much look the part! The best bit is she can wear as many pairs of long-johns underneath as she likes ;)
Today I'm going to start on my outfit. I've got rather bored of the 1860s, and am having a bit of a love affair with bustle :) So bustle it is! I'm trying to limit myself to stash fabric this year, or at least, use as much as possible, to save for CosCol, so I hunted through to see what I've got. I found some blue and gold plaid, left over from the Regency things I made for the ball we went to in Scotland last year, and some powder blue cotton velvet I bought last year to make an Elizabethan jacket. Trimmed with some white 'swansdown' I think it should look very wintery, and will hopefully be nice and warm! I only have a vague plan for the bodice, so will be starting with the skirt.
I will be posting more photos soon, I promise ;)
