Sew Fortnightly

I've decided to join in on the Historical Sew Fortnightly hosted by the Dreamstress.  It's going to be a great way to get some historical stuff done, which I usually sideline for cosplay stuff.

Anyway, here is the first set of challenges and my ideas:

Challenge 0: Sew Something Simple

Monday, December 31, 2012

I  plan on sewing a petticoat for my 18th century stuff.  I don't have any!

Challenge 1: Bi/Tri/Quadri/Quint/Sext/Septi/Octo/Nona Centennial

Monday, January 14, 2013

I need a regency chemise!  So many undergarments I've skipped!

Challenge 2: UFO

Sunday, January 27, 2013

So many to choose from!  I really need to finish my candy stripey dress, so I'll choose that.

Challenge 3: Under it All

Monday, February 11, 2013

 I also need a chemise for 18th century, so that's what goes here!

Challenge 4: Embellish

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Sounds like a good thing for my 1870's Bustle Dress!

Challenge 5: Peasants and Pioneers

Sunday, March 10, 2013

I want an apron for the 1860's - Civil War.

Challenge 6: Stripes

Sunday, March 24, 2013

My candy stripey dress needs a petticoat to match!
  

Challenge 7: Accessorize

Monday, April 8, 2013

I have an unfinished 18th ct. Muff that really should get done before Dress U.

Monday Progress Update: July 9

I finished two more rows on the piping-of-doom bodice!  Only two more and the bottom to go!

Here's my big project for the week:  I made pocket hoops and a regency shift.  I need to make an 18th century shift, I'm going to use the same pattern and just make the sleeves longer.

Here's last week's stripey dress (a houseguest said it looked like candy so in my head it's now the candy dress) over the pocket hoops.

And the front over the pocket hoops.  I did reset the skirt so that the front ended at the sides where it should.


This week I hope to:

• make an 18th ct. chemise
• make a petticoat to go over my pocket hoops
• at least start on the pink underskirt for the candy dress
• make a mock up of the bodice of the wedding dress
• get at least another row done on piping

Monday Progress Update: July 2

I got a few more of those blasted piping seam allowances sewn:

Only four more of them to go, then I can finish the waist!  The only thing I have left on this costume is to either buy boots or make spats to look like boots.


I did a bit of work on the Lake Dress, cutting the lining and interlining, but I didn't take pictures because it's a quite boring stage of work.


So boring, in fact, that I quit partway through to make a new dress.  I got this lovely stripey silk taffeta from puresilks.us that's been dying to be a Robe a l'Anglaise.  Unfortunately I had to work around this huge pen mark on the fabric:

At least I caught it before I cut anything so I could work around it, and I ordered an extra 2 yards in hope of making an Anglaise and a jacket out of the same fabric, so I had some stuff to play with (although I don't know if I can do the jacket now :(  ).  I used the JP Ryan pattern and mocked it up in cotton, but for the actual dress I cut the interlining in linen and flatlined it to the silk before sewing the dress.

I'm really proud of my pattern matching with the stripes!  Looking at it now I think I sewed the skirt on wrong (it shouldn't meet in the center) so I need to go back and re-set it.  I also have to finish all the inside seams and then turn and sew the edges and it needs sleeve ruffles cut and attached, but I haven't decided if those should be linen or silk yet.  Of course the skirt looks a bit wonky over my Lake Dress instead of pocket hoops, but I really didn't want to change the dummy for the pictures  : P