Sewing Frenzy 2007

Poststructural Pub
1

It’s that time of year again- only worse because our Christmas to-do will be the Sunday after Thanksgiving this year. :imp: which means less time to make the garb.

I only have myself to blame because I just couldn’t get inspired like last year with the Victorian era clothing. This year it’s colonial/pioneer dress and after floundering for months it finally came to me! Most of the pioneers to my area were from Scotland or were Scots-Irish around the mid-1700s sooooooo

here’s my inspiration-

According to the “experts” that I been able to research online, the lady’s clothing is historically accurate- (forget the boy- he’s all wrong)

I’ve gotten the petticoat(skirt) done, sark(chemise) and arisaid done over the weekend. I’m waiting now for the pattern for the “stays”-here we go again, shades of the Victorian corset from last year surface…

I’ll probably end up making one of these too for my friend from church.

I anticipate it being very time consuming. With only a few weeks to go, I’ll probably be absent from here a good bit of the time, instead sewing my fingers to the bone- and loving every minute of it. :smiley:

2

You’re not kidding anyone, you know. It’s the barefoot look you’re after, isn’t it? :slight_smile:

djm

3

And we expect step-by-step photos and of course the runway show.

4

Are there no bloomers with this one???

5

If I ever am inspired enough to make a RenFair dress, it will be along those lines.

6

The Scots and Irish were bold and practical people—they went commando.

7

At least this one won’t require an additional person’s assistance when I have to “go”. :laughing: like last year.

Em, you wouldn’t believe how easy this was to make. I couldn’t believe it. Keep in mind though, that I haven’t made the stays yet- waiting on the pattern. Let me know if you get a hankerin’ to make it and I’ll help you.If I was doing this for a Ren Faire I would have to get different material. Mine is cheapo-fake looking linnen stripe that is in no way authentic. But it is striped and for this thing it will be ok. (In the back of my mind is coming up to visit my daughter up there during your ren faire next year, in which case I’ll have to find some accurate material and make another.)

I’m at a standstill, the calm before the storm right now, waiting on the stays pattern, caneing, and bone stilleto-

used to poke the lacing holes in stays, cuffs, hat ties, etc.) I bet that gal in the McIan painting had something like that handy at all times.

You’re not kidding anyone, you know. It’s the barefoot look you’re after, isn’t it? smile

How did you guess :confused: :stuck_out_tongue:

I may just make myself another “petticoat” while I’m waiting on this stuff I’ve ordered to arrive. An 18th century gal can’t have too many petticoats.

If you want to know how the typical lady of the day got dressed here’s a step by step pictoral-

http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/howto/frauen/18anziehen.shtml

8

Let every lad link with his lass
Blue jacket and white trousers
Let every lass link with her lad
Blue petticoats and white flounces

djm

9

Good tune! I know that a lot of our area’s pioneers did

“go down from Philadelph-ie” to our mountains where they decided to stay.

10

I just had a terrible thought! People wear big fancy dresses with poofy full skirts to the RenFest, then they have to use the Porta Potty! Ay yi yi.

11

But guys get to wear a codpieces. Consider the convenience.

12

Head, tail, or just the fins?

13

How, oh how, can I get you to make me some ol’ Calaforny duds??? I’ll pay and everything…

14

Same with Civil War reenactment events… and even if you manage to ccontrol all the skirts, there are those pesky bow or apron strings. :blush:

15

And just what are “ol’ Calaforny duds?” :confused:

16

Hmmm, yeah, I can see where those Porta Potties would be a problem that they didn’t have to deal with in the “olden days”. Of course, considering the lack of certain garments, they really didn’t have a problem I don’t think…