Well, thinking about getting back to work on my Pavilion has gotten me back to poking about the Internet to see what I can find...
And the second site I looked at has the most wonderful tent walls!
http://lazygalquilting.blogspot.com/2006/06/real-appliqued-tent.html
I don't know how old these are, and I don't really care at this point. Just...oooooh!
And here is the interior of a 17th century Egyptian tent
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/islamicart&CISOPTR=119
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/islamicart&CISOPTR=120&CISOBOX=1&REC=1
Blurry, but how a want a fancy liner!
And the there's this lovely Pinterest board:
http://pinterest.com/jennybowker1/tentmakers-of-cairo/
And another blog with Egyptian tent makers:
http://multicoloredpieces.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-weekend-in-cairo-part-2-tentmakers-of.html
It all rather gets my tent-making energy flowing again!
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Friday, December 7, 2012
Hmm...this blog is almost 2 years old and I haven't finished my Pavillion
Maybe I should get back to work on it!?!
The new apartment is far more condusive to sewing than the one we rented for our first year in Indiana. And with winter about to settle in I think I will have plenty of time to sew.
Best of all, I've discovered we have a local tent company. I've been thinking that a professional machine that was accustomed to canvas might be able to handle the harder seams I have coming up in my assembly plan. I haven't contacted them yet ('cause I don't want a potentially negative answer!) but they say they do custom work so I am hopeful that if I get my parts ready they will put them together for a fee.
Hmmm...
I know where the bin with this project is living. I guess I'll go pull it out!
The new apartment is far more condusive to sewing than the one we rented for our first year in Indiana. And with winter about to settle in I think I will have plenty of time to sew.
Best of all, I've discovered we have a local tent company. I've been thinking that a professional machine that was accustomed to canvas might be able to handle the harder seams I have coming up in my assembly plan. I haven't contacted them yet ('cause I don't want a potentially negative answer!) but they say they do custom work so I am hopeful that if I get my parts ready they will put them together for a fee.
Hmmm...
I know where the bin with this project is living. I guess I'll go pull it out!
Monday, December 3, 2012
OK. Back to the clothes!
I managed to get both bodices close enough to finished that they could actually be worn so both the brown linen and the plaid silk made the rounds at TeslaCon 3.
When you consider the fact that I only *finally* found my corsets on the morning we left it's pretty amazing that they fit at all, let alone the fact that they looked pretty good! The brown linen was fully sewn and lined but it will need to be taken apart to have the seam line boning added now that I have more time. I'll also be raising the shoulder line and taking in the bodice above the fullness of my bust.
The surprising twist on this outfit is that although I arrived with a bodice I had to be sewed into. (And only halfway, at that.) I walked into the vendors area and lucked into a booth selling corset-making supplies and scored a length of brass hooks and eyes on black twill tape.
I've loved this stuff since I first saw it but it never hit my brain as 'period' enough to use...until Steampunk!
I stitched to the outside of the front opening of my brown bodice and it works/looks smashingly! (Insert happy dance here.) It gives just the edge the outfit needed.
The plaid silk bodice hadn't gotten nearly as far when we left the house so I dragged along my sewing machine and the fabric and pattern to make sleeves. (And the pattern to mark the neckline, and lace and ribbon for trim, and so on.) Luckily I had already sewn on the main bodice lining so when I finally realized that I could either *be* at Teslacon or *sew* at Teslacon I was able to make a wearable bodice out of what I had. I really like the simplicity of this one so I think I will finish it (boning and shoulder adjustments, maybe a placket under the center front...or a zipper...) and then make the 3/4 sleeved dinner bodice with lace flounces I had envisioned. I think I may have enough fabric for a day bodice and additional overskirt or train pieces too. I guess we'll see!
When you consider the fact that I only *finally* found my corsets on the morning we left it's pretty amazing that they fit at all, let alone the fact that they looked pretty good! The brown linen was fully sewn and lined but it will need to be taken apart to have the seam line boning added now that I have more time. I'll also be raising the shoulder line and taking in the bodice above the fullness of my bust.
The surprising twist on this outfit is that although I arrived with a bodice I had to be sewed into. (And only halfway, at that.) I walked into the vendors area and lucked into a booth selling corset-making supplies and scored a length of brass hooks and eyes on black twill tape.
I've loved this stuff since I first saw it but it never hit my brain as 'period' enough to use...until Steampunk!
I stitched to the outside of the front opening of my brown bodice and it works/looks smashingly! (Insert happy dance here.) It gives just the edge the outfit needed.
The plaid silk bodice hadn't gotten nearly as far when we left the house so I dragged along my sewing machine and the fabric and pattern to make sleeves. (And the pattern to mark the neckline, and lace and ribbon for trim, and so on.) Luckily I had already sewn on the main bodice lining so when I finally realized that I could either *be* at Teslacon or *sew* at Teslacon I was able to make a wearable bodice out of what I had. I really like the simplicity of this one so I think I will finish it (boning and shoulder adjustments, maybe a placket under the center front...or a zipper...) and then make the 3/4 sleeved dinner bodice with lace flounces I had envisioned. I think I may have enough fabric for a day bodice and additional overskirt or train pieces too. I guess we'll see!
What is Steampunk?
Many of the people whom I told about TeslaCon asked me that question, which I wouldn't presume to attempt to answer 'for real.' My favorite quote had been: "Steampunk is what happens when Goths discover the color brown" but now that I've gotten my feet wet I'm starting to think that at least *some* of Steampunk is what happens when renassiance costumers take a holiday!
I have a sneaking suspicion there were more than a few of us about...
I have a sneaking suspicion there were more than a few of us about...
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Oh my, but TeslaCon is fun!
More about the costume progress later, but I thought you'd like to see the plaid dress in action!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Sunday, November 25, 2012
What was I thinking? Or was I even thinking AT ALL?!
Having cut out all my linings, interlinings, and the fashion fabric for my day bodice I am now confronted with the fashion fabric for the dinner bodice. Can anyone remind me why I thought it would be a good idea to make my first bustle dress in an UNEVEN PLAID?
(Pounds head on table)
Worse, an uneven plaid with a strong HORIZONTAL STRIPE?
(Pound)
(Pound)
(Pound)
What's that you say? It'll be pretty?!
Argh!
(Pounds head on table)
Worse, an uneven plaid with a strong HORIZONTAL STRIPE?
(Pound)
(Pound)
(Pound)
What's that you say? It'll be pretty?!
Argh!
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