Elizabethan sewing mojo!
Sep. 25th, 2023 11:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
m_of_disguiseNow that the craziness of sewing on an insane deadline is over, I think I'm going to go back and make a real, proper shift for my Elizabethan stuff. I know I have a length of linen somewhere that I bought for that express purpose sometime last year, I just have to find it. And once I take some pics of the outfit as it is now, I'm going to take the kirtle apart so I can finish the construction the right way.
Some garb things from this weekend - I do not have nearly enough hair to fill out a coif. It may be down to my waist, but it's baby fine and there's just not enough bulk. So, I'm going to need to get a false braid I can pin to the back of my head to help fill things out. I also think my forehead cloth was too small, even though I used measurements from an extant to make it. And checking other extant forehead cloths, the one I made is on the bigger side. Hmm. This may be modern sensibilities making it seem to small, and it probably is the right size. Either that or everyone in the 16th/17th century had tiny heads.
It was really fun working on the coif during slow work hours, so I think I'm going to pattern out an embroidered one that I can work on next. It's a small, portable project and will help me re-hone my embroidery skills, since I do want to make that blackwork waistcoat at some point.
Other Elizabethan stuff I want/ need to make -
- finish the red damask pair of bodies - they're half finished at this point, so I need to put in the boning channels and boning on the second half, bind everything, and put in the eyelets
- make the red damask petticoat that matches the stays. The petticoat will lace onto the stays, so do I need a kirtle, too? Might add a red kirtle to the list
- pre-embroidered redwork waistcoat - will be using Margo's waistcoat pattern for this, so needs a mockup, but otherwise should go quickly
- Dandelion Waistcoat - a project for sometime next year, but I'm feeling the mojo right now so might attempt to pattern it out so I can start drawing the embroidery design. I might hold off until after the birth, though, because I know I have lost a good amount of weigh during this pregnancy and my pre-pregnancy measurements may not be correct anymore.
Some garb things from this weekend - I do not have nearly enough hair to fill out a coif. It may be down to my waist, but it's baby fine and there's just not enough bulk. So, I'm going to need to get a false braid I can pin to the back of my head to help fill things out. I also think my forehead cloth was too small, even though I used measurements from an extant to make it. And checking other extant forehead cloths, the one I made is on the bigger side. Hmm. This may be modern sensibilities making it seem to small, and it probably is the right size. Either that or everyone in the 16th/17th century had tiny heads.
It was really fun working on the coif during slow work hours, so I think I'm going to pattern out an embroidered one that I can work on next. It's a small, portable project and will help me re-hone my embroidery skills, since I do want to make that blackwork waistcoat at some point.
Other Elizabethan stuff I want/ need to make -
- finish the red damask pair of bodies - they're half finished at this point, so I need to put in the boning channels and boning on the second half, bind everything, and put in the eyelets
- make the red damask petticoat that matches the stays. The petticoat will lace onto the stays, so do I need a kirtle, too? Might add a red kirtle to the list
- pre-embroidered redwork waistcoat - will be using Margo's waistcoat pattern for this, so needs a mockup, but otherwise should go quickly
- Dandelion Waistcoat - a project for sometime next year, but I'm feeling the mojo right now so might attempt to pattern it out so I can start drawing the embroidery design. I might hold off until after the birth, though, because I know I have lost a good amount of weigh during this pregnancy and my pre-pregnancy measurements may not be correct anymore.
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Salazar's Book I (more historical)
https://kbsalazar.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/ensamplario-vol1-new-1.pdf
Salazar's Book II (more silly)
https://kbsalazar.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/ensamplario-atlantio-ii-1.pdf
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https://www.etsy.com/listing/679977647/star-wars-blackwork-embroidery-pattern
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