Hello again!
Since my last update at 3am, Kat and I have been very very busy working on our costumes. A few nights ago we settled in with season one of the Tudors and the massive project that was cutting out all of Kat's pieces. We got all of the black gown fabric cut and found that we had a lot left over due to the fact that the bolt was 68'' wide... oops. I told her to make a nice cloak or bag or something with the extra. We also cut into the olive/ gold sleeve contrast fabric.
Kat discovered the rolls and rolls of black made for an excellent sleeping bag.
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| Laying out the fabric. |
It took us the entire length of my living room to lay this stuff out to begin cutting.
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| Finished corset! |
Meanwhile, I finished up my corset and cut into the sheer lavender fabric that makes up the bodice and sleeves of my dress. This under bodice project is still unsolidified in my mind. When I put my muslin of the straps under the bodice pieces, I decided it looked too awkward. My material is a little more see through the the original gown (either that or my strap fabric is a little more bright) but they look dreadfully obvious on mine. So for now I'm toying with the idea of scrapping them in favor of believable ascetics rather then accuracy. Which would of course mean redrafting again. Kat's and my adventures today took us back to Sew Low where I picked up some better fabric for the cream colored bits so maybe that will look less distracting anyway. I also got the purples for the two upper sashes. My plans for the rest of the week are to get this gosh darned bodice figured out!
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| Working on the sleeves |
This evening Kathryn and I finished up the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings (Frodo and Sam are such an adorable couple!) while making leaps and bounds in the construction of Anne Boleyn's clothing. Our trip to Sew Low this afternoon was to get the lining and canvas fabric needed to begin construction of the bodice. Kat also picked up a lovely olive colored chiffon for the veil of her French hood which will pick up the color of the sleeves nicely. Anne's bodice actually came along quite quickly and painlessly. Kat put on her stays and we were able to do a few fittings as the bodice became more and more of a reality. We must have been quite a sight sewing away in out period underwear! We got the back finished as well and decided to modify the pattern's suggestion of doing grommets for the laces in favor of very tiny button holes. The fabric is so heavy and grommets so shiny, I think the button holes will just be better in the long run. They'll be a bitch and a half to get laces through at first however. In addition to the bodice construction, we began work on the outer sleeves. They're all construed (with the contrast lining!) and ready to be put onto the bodice in the morning.
I'm totally psyched at how swiftly things are moving. Especially since once school starts homework vs. sewing never ends in me producing a paper and this semester I'm striving to actually do well(ish).
That's all for tonight folks!
Cheers,
Thera
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| Bodice! |
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| Gandalf! |
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| Emily attempting to be helpful...Either that or trying to sabotage. |
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