d's renfaire costume for slo faire 2010

so here is d's sketch:

she has an all black gown of silk shantung, with slashes and puffs of white cotton and a white cotton partlet. I have decided not to make her a corset, but bone her bodice (she's still pretty small waisted and has about 2 oz. of fat on her entire body) and i don't think will cinch in any. the contrast on the bodice is black, and so is the overskirt, with a silver underskirt and bodice. ( i may reverse these two, so she doesn't match me too much). and a less decorated version of the attifet and net that i will have.

J's high class renfaire costume for slo 2010

So here is J's sketch:

On the doublet, hose, and detachable sleeves are decoration in this style:it's a pretty big undertaking, but D has promised to help with beading in exchange for her costume. BWAHAHAAA slave labor!

his is all done in black silk shantung twisted over silver iridescent taffeta with probably pearls or silver pearls (not sure which yet).

and i am going to torture him with a ruff, and a 'gay hat' as he put it, as well as puffy slops and breeches. but hey, i conceded the pirate boots.

and he will get a rapier, so beware the angry armed man in the gay hat!

so here is the sketch for my high-class costume for Slo Faire in july, 2010.

i have a bodice and detachable long sleeves, with a woven detail that will be black silk shantung woven with silver (either shantung or taffeta), and silver pearls. still not sure if the overskirt and rest of the bodice will be a brocade or a solid color. brocades are pushing the budget, but we'll see. I am also working on an attifet that i saw in the newest season of tudors, which i wish i had a copy of, with a net to cover the back, and a braided hairpiece to be at the bottom with a long tail. Then of course a new set of period undies, with a silk corset, white cotton chemise with silver lace trim, a silk partlet (probably in white), my butt-enhancer (bumroll) and a corded petticoat made from a stiff black taffeta that i got today. My last bit will be the standing elizabethan collar, which i haven't really a set idea for how to attach to the bodice, but it is the last thing to make, and may get left off if i run out of time.

funny notes: when i drew the sketch and showed hubby, he said "boobs too small" so i added in the boob lines. he said he was satisfied.

-still curious how i will get in and out of a car with the collar. i know it will be detachable, but not sure yet how.

The proposed Renfaire 2010 Costume project

so this is going to be my log for our (me, hubby and D) renfaire costumes for the 2010 season. I am pretty sure that i am being a little adventurous, and hope that i can get it all done in time! here's the prelim sketches, went and got the fabrics today, and a few trims. overall, there are three high class costumes, one peasant (d's) and two pirate costumes.

heh. we shall see!

the beginning of the end

so everyone has a blog, and this one will probably fall a little to the left of the center of the ocean of them.

but hey, maybe all the time i spend on the net and sewing can come together and make a beautiful spawn of a project.

so if that hasn't scared you off, then stay tuned for articles about custom clothing, corsetry, costuming and my newly unpakaged Lutterloh system and vintage patterns.