I'm hard at work on my Kingdom A&S project, but it's going r e a l l y s l o w l y so I don't have much to show for myself on part 2 just yet. The wool material that I bought for it turned out to be much thicker than I was expecting, which is making sewing it much more difficult and lots slower than usual. I wish I had a lighter weight fabric, but it's paid for, so I'm pushing forward with what I've got. Slowly.
Meanwhile, I took a break to go to Queen's Champion this past weekend to help my friend Cris in the kitchen (he was in charge of doing the luncheon for the event). I was craving an SCA event to go to, so I threw on my new blue tunic dress and hopped in the car to go help. It was a lot of hard work, but it was fun, and the food was awesome.
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| That’s me in the front/right slicing bread (photo by Mistress Osanna van der Linden) |
Because I'm somehow not busy enough with my current A&S project, and because I'm a crazy person, I went ahead and started something new just for fun; a new 1520s Florentine gown to wear to the next Italian shindig that happens. I had a huge box of aqua-blue cotton velveteen Ikea curtains in my closet, and I decided to use it for this project - all I would need is a couple of yards of contrast fabric for some parts, and a selection of laces and trims and stuff that I could get for cheap from Etsy. So far I've got a mock-up made and a new pattern drafted to my satisfaction, but I haven't started the actual dress yet. More on that soon…
I did already make the jewelry for it, because I was excited about the project and couldn't wait. I do this a lot with jewelry - usually because while I'm waiting for costume parts to come in the mail, I just happen to already have the jewelry supplies on hand. This time I made some new mother-of-pearl earrings, and a pearl chain necklace with freshwater pearls and a blue stone (I think it's just dyed calcite) in the center pendant:
Hopefully I'll have more about that Italian gown and my A&S project for you in the next couple of weeks. Ta!
