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September 16th: I have my dress nearly done. I was up until 2:00
AM the night before attending the Fevstival. I'll do an up date with detail photos in the near future.
July 15, 2005: I've been busy cutting out the pattern
and fabric of my dress. So far so good. The underskirt is nearly completed. I followed the pattern but I
made a waistband for the underskirt so it can be interchangable with the overskirt. I used 4 sets of hook and eyes to
close the waist of the underskirt. It fits very nicely over the hoopskirt and bumroll. I still need to hem the
bottom. Enjoy the photo of the kits playing inside of the hoop skirt.
July 4, 2005: I spent too much time redoing James the Elder's
slopes that I didn't get much done. I did get the underskirt sewn completely but not fitted into the waist band.
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| Completed & Stuffed Bumroll |
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July 2, 2005: I cut the bumroll pattern using the Simplicity
patern less the girdle thing. To save a little money, I used an old broadcloth dress shirt that James the Elder had
decided to retire from his wardrobe. It worked great! I had some old red grossgrain ribbon laying around that
I used for the waist tie. The pattern fit my waist great and it fits over the hoop skirt that I purchased on Ebay
from Angel's Bridal Shop (keyword hoop skirt). The hoop skirt looks good and fits good and the bumroll sits nicely on
top of it.
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| Cutting the Underskirt Forepart |
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| The Underskirt Pieces |
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| Reinforced Stitching |
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May 9, 2005: And so it begins!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I purchased
the bulk of the material for my Elizabethan yesterday!!! I'm so excited to finally get started on this phase of the
project. So check back often as I enter into the true maddness of this project. One important note: for
starters, I will be purchasing a hoop skirt because I don't want to take the time to make a farthingale Perhaps I will
at a later date, but I will be starting with a wedding variety hoop skirt. In my mind, this will allow me more time
to handsew eyelets for the bodice, sew on pearls, etc.
A Quick Costume for the Virginia Ren Fest.
We are planning on attending the VA Ren Fest the last weekend in May. One slight problem...there is
no way I'm going to have my Elizabethan dress done by then. So, I'm going to make a "get by" dress for this fest.
I remembered that I have a green velvet dress in my closet that I wore years ago (10) to a wedding rehersal dinner.
I kept the dress because it has a great cut, great fabric and on occasion, we actually go to formal events in the DC area.
The biggest problem with the dress is that it is a size 2. Um, not getting my post 2 baby body into a size 2!
So with some alteration, paneling, trim, etc...I can probably make it look somewhat like a German gown but without the
heavely pleated skirt. My goal is to completely transform the dress from its current design to resemble something that
could possibaly be worn in 1565 by the end of May 2005. Wish me luck!
Well I did not get this dress done by the VA Ren Fest. We went in shorts and t-shirts instead....which
was a good thing considering it turned out to be 85 degrees that day. The faire was fun and has a lot of potential as
it re-establishes itself in the new location. The could have used a few more musical acts and some more tents to provide
shaded seating.
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May 11, 2005: The green velvet dress above is the basis for this quick
German gown. The dress has a nice cut and has almost an Italian look to it. My plan is to actually wear the dress
backwards so the back of the dress becomes the laced up front of the dress. I've already detached the sleeves and cut
them into three pieces each. I'll sew trim around the pieces and connect them with ribbon. The bust
painting above is a good example of the color scheme I'm going to use. Hopefully I can get everything done by the
end of the month!
May 4, 2005: I purchased some golden rod colored shantung fabric for the "German"
quick dress along with some navy blue ribbon for trimming. This thing should be an interesting experiement.
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