First day of unemployment
Aug. 27th, 2012 08:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotNot much to say in detail - the patterning was trickier than I expected. The mourning dress's lining was cut on the bias, which made it a bit more annoying, and the sleeve was a nightmare for the same reason. I brought PoF with me because sometimes I find it helpful to look at a similar pattern (which I did for that lining a couple of times), but there were no 1840s long sleeves with pleats at the elbow to look at to try to figure out what I might be doing wrong. CoWC has one but I didn't bring it with me. It took me I don't know how long to get the angles of the bottom corners right. MAN. But I am happy with the end result.
The pink dress ... first off, I need to figure out the right word for the fabric. It's a very open weave, and quite stiff but not starched. ??? The lining was much easier than on the previous dress, but the outer fabric is all pleated and a PAIN IN THE ASS. I didn't even get to the skirt because it's covered in tucks and since they're graduated in size they kind of need to each be measured. On the other hand, I was correct that the bodice is 9" high, and that's awesome.
I'm not sure they realize how many things I want to take patterns of, but I plan to keep going back a couple of times a week for a while. Although it's more important that I find 18th century clothing - I'm going to call a few museums that focus on that time period tomorrow to see if they have anything, but I'm not optimistic. Williamsburg really cleared the area out, and it's a damned shame. Ugh ugh ugh now I'm thinking about it again and getting pissed off.
The pink dress ... first off, I need to figure out the right word for the fabric. It's a very open weave, and quite stiff but not starched. ??? The lining was much easier than on the previous dress, but the outer fabric is all pleated and a PAIN IN THE ASS. I didn't even get to the skirt because it's covered in tucks and since they're graduated in size they kind of need to each be measured. On the other hand, I was correct that the bodice is 9" high, and that's awesome.
I'm not sure they realize how many things I want to take patterns of, but I plan to keep going back a couple of times a week for a while. Although it's more important that I find 18th century clothing - I'm going to call a few museums that focus on that time period tomorrow to see if they have anything, but I'm not optimistic. Williamsburg really cleared the area out, and it's a damned shame. Ugh ugh ugh now I'm thinking about it again and getting pissed off.
