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| Me in Cavalier |
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| My "Henrietta Maria" Dress |
This dress is a sort of copy of one that Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, wears in one of her many portraits.
The original was a green satin with pearls on the sleeves, front stomacher, skirt front and skirt hem. I made mine out
of grey taffeta and didn't pearl the hem (I was getting low on pearls). This dress was made entirely out of my "fabric
stash". I'd had the taffeta for about 10 years, the pearls I bought in bulk at the L.A. garment district at a shop going
out of business, the lace around the color is leftover from my wedding dress, and the ruffs on the sleeves were made from
silk organza that had been my wedding veil. The chemise, which you can't see, was made from a silk drapery scarf I bought
at TJ Maxx.
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| My Cavalier - full length |
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| This picture was taken the night I finished putting this dress together. |
I was so excited when I got this dress finished in time for the event I'd planned it for, I had my husband take a picture
of me in it that night.
| Cavalier in Action |
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| Me at the Black Rose Ball. |
This is a picture of me in the dress at the Black Rose Ball. This event was held in honor of the Right Noble Company of Clothiers
of Caid's 20th Anniversary.
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| My Harry Potter Robe |
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| This is my Hogwart's student's robe |
This is the robe I made for our annual Harry Potter party, hosted by my wonderful friends Rae and Renata. Since
all the guests are sorted into a Hogwart's house at their first party, I was sorted into Slytherin (a case of typecasting
by the Sorting Hat if I ever saw one). I first attended the party in 2003, so for last year's party (which is held
near Halloween of course) I made myself a new robe to replace the cheesy one I'd made the year before. This one is made
of a nice wool jersey. Rae had ordered House badges so I have one on the front of the robe. I didn't put the hood
on the robe, though (I thought it would be somewhat annoying). In 2004, we did the "Goblet of Fire" and tournament of
Champions - I was Slytherin's champion (we had the houses compete against each other since we didn't have any other wizardry
schools to compete against). In our Hogwart's, Slytherin won the Tournament of Champions (and I'm still amazed that
I beat my friend Bruce, who was Gryffindor's champion and IS Harry Potter).
| Back of the Robe |
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| The robe closure, showing homemade "frogs" |
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The homemade frogs are made from a black leather elbow patch bought at the fabric store, and covered buttons which are
covered in a black cotton.
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| Me and Don at Gasfitters, 1989 |
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| Myself and my husband at a local event. |
This is myself and my husband Don at a local historical event, the Gasfitter's Ball. This is from about 1999, because
I can't find more recent pictures of us on this computer. I'm wearing a late 1890s dress made in a shot blue silk dupioni,
Don is wearing a tux (rented then, he's since bought one).
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