Blue wedding dress: finally! photos!

Last weekend I finally managed to find the time and got out my wedding dress. I was quite concerned that it would no longer fit as I've lost just over 2 stone since last year. Also, I needed to check its state. It was always intended to be a re-enactment dress after it was a wedding dress, but there is some minor damage that needs fixing (namely lost buttons). Also, as it was very much rush-finished (I sewed the eyelets and hem the day before the wedding!), there are bits that need re-doing or that were skipped which need doing now.

But, seeing as I had it all on, I thought I'd get Himself to take some photos so you could finally see it properly.

Historical Sew Fortnightly: #3 Under It All

Like many others, I have been caught up in The Dreamstress' Historical Sew Fortnightly Challenge.

So, today is the deadline for challenge #3: Under it All. Having failed miserably at challenge #2 (Unfinished Objects), I decided that since my UFOs were shifts that I could promote them to challenge #3 and try to get them finished anyway...

Unfortunately, my camera finally died today so I can't give you any photos of the finished garments. However, I do have some 'before' photos that I hope will suffice for now.

14th Century Upperclass: A Sneak-Peak

Well, the deadline passed and thus I should probably show you the outfits. However, I have to say: this is not my work. Real Life decided to take over during the time I had planned to sew and -amazingly, incredibly- Himself took up the gauntlet and nearly single-handedly sewed both outfits. The doublet was mostly sewn by his mother.

So, let me present to you the fruit of their labours:

Re-creating this image, which we had adapted for invitations, etc.
(Note: this dog is much heavier!)
Photo (c) G. Roissetter Brown.

More details to follow...

14th Century Upperclass: the fabrics

So, having finally been at home when the light is good enough for photographs, I thought I would show you the fabrics we have thus far managed to amass for this project.

14th Century upperclass: clothing musings

So, this is mostly the products of my current musing on the basis for the wedding clothes. Namely, trying to get things more specific. We're aiming for the 14th Century ... but then things get a little more complicated. We're rather used to peasant clothing which has the handy attribute of being pretty unchangeable for centuries at a time. Now we're attempting upper class (and trying for high authenticity standards, so we can wear these clothes again and again) things become rather more difficult.