Only 29 sewing days left before I leave for Costume College. *flails* Aaaand, I'm stuck at work waffling about what I want to be working on, instead of at home working on it. So I'm going to do a bit of an accountability post here to try to wrap my head around what's left to do.
Cavalcade of Costumes Exhibit:
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| 1920s Poison Ivy: totally done |
- This is one of those costumes that I can't wear myself, which is sad, because I am hella proud of how she turned out. Since she packs small and has fiddly bits that just love to be appreciated up close, I'll hopefully be bringing Poison Ivy to go on display in the Cavalcade of Costumes exhibit, should there be space left.
Thursday Night Pool Party: Journey to Atlantis (the Booze Fairies group)
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| Chambord Fairy: about half done |
- I've always had a problem with having a concrete plan of attack when doing a totally original project and this has been one of those projects that morphs as it goes along. I've somehow ended up with a Wild West Steampunk sort of theme going on. Very stylized saloon girl with the ruffly skirt and corset on the outside. Skirt and blouse are done. Still needs a corset to wear on the outside (something that's both reminiscent of that CHAMBORD label strip, yet also kinda steampunky. Yeah, I know. Don't make it easy or anything). I also need to make some spats to wear with my boots and some sort of leather crown topper hat 'thing' since the tiara I'd originally picked out doesn't gel with the Steampunk direction the costume took.
Friday Day: hall costume
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| 1882 Tea Gown: 95% done |
- The tea gown was one of those projects that I've worn a couple of times, but not yet had any really nice photos taken in it. Looking forward to having the opportunity to stop by the Photo Studio and get those done this year. The dress is done, I just need to make an adjustment to the waistband of the underskirt to make it lay right over the petticoat. Will take all of 20 minutes once I actually get around to it. Should also figure out something to do with my hair, as it not grown out enough to do much in the way of historical styling with.
Friday Night Social: Around the World in 80 Days
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| Hanbok (Korean) Totally done. This is my Historical Masquerade entry from Costume-Con 31. |
- I will find an excuse to wear this costume at least once to probably every con I'll ever go to. Wicked comfortable and such pretty colors. The outfit is done, but I need to pick a new pair of shoes to wear with it, as the old ones had to be tossed. As the skirts are floor length, any nondescript pair of flats should do. If I'm lucky, my hair might be JUST long enough to pull back into a tiny little pony tail that I can hook the bun onto.
Saturday Day: hall costume
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| 1950s Avengers Dress: done (enough) |
- Yay for comfy and fun hall costumes. If I have time, I'd like to sort out some accessories themed after individual Avengers, but that's pretty low on the priority list.
Saturday Night Gala: Characters
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| Clayr from the Abhorsen series by Garth Nix: done. |
- I'll admit, I've been waffling on what to wear to the Gala this year. The big group of 18th century court gowns picked back up and is really happening this year, so I kinda wanted to participate in that. But I wore that last year and won't have the added luggage space from the spousal unit this year and was trying to pack conservatively. So I'm like 90% certain that I'm going to partner up with one of my costuming besties and wear the dress from her big masquerade entry at this year's Costume-Con (that I haven't posted about yet because I'm waiting for pictures better than the ones taken on our cell phones). It's another comfy costume that packs down well, doesn't have a corset and is worn with flats. It's a character from a book and it should be fairly easy to sit at the dinner table in it.
Sunday day: Breakfast with the Bennets
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My Regency day dress is going to be entirely built around getting
to show off the bib-front smocked apron that I made last year,
when I didn't have anything to wear with it.
Total outfit progress: about 30% done. |
- The nice thing about Sunday this year is that I'm not doing the afternoon Tea and won't have to negotiate a costume change between meals. I'm teaching a workshop on handkerchief hemming that afternoon, so a downplayed Regency day gown seems about right. I only had a Regency ballgown and I'd worn with a pair of short stays that I didn't really like the fit of. So, other than the apron, this project was essentially starting from scratch. The aforementioned bestie helped me drape a set of full length stays when she came out for Halloween like a two years ago, so I pulled those out of the drawer and set to work. The stays are now done except the boning and binding. I've also made up a cap of ridiculousness to cover my hair. I've got the petticoat from the ballgown that I can use, and the apron is done. All that's really left to start on is the dress. The boning is on order. Once that arrives, I can finish up the stays and start draping on the dress. I think I've settled on using the striped yellow cotton blend in the picture below that was acquired from the "scrap" table at Figments & Filaments. I don't know who out there considers six yards of fabric a scrap, but I'm certainly not complaining.
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| bib-front Regency day dress |
This dress will be long-sleeved and relatively simple. At least minimalist on the embellishments. And the front closure should be somewhat adjustable, limiting some of the stress from fittings. I'll also need to make up a chemisette, but I ought to be able to bang out a simple tucker or even reuse one of the late 18th century fichus if time becomes a constraint.
So yeah. Lots to do, but lots of it is little projects and finishings that I should be able to bang out relatively quickly once I set to them. It feel better just putting it all together like this. Now to print out a to-do list to hang above the desk with these guys and I'll be good to go.
