The Brown Dress, Part Two

...continued from part one.

You remember that lovely kirtle I was making in a ridiculously wrong sort of fashion that was going to look fantastic under my brown doublet? The one with all the amazing boning?

Yeah. Starting with a bodice pattern that fit would have been AWESOME.

I ripped the bastard apart, cannibalized the "bones" for a new corset and had it done in three hours. Well, except for that hand stitching part where I have to cover up the openings for the boning. But other than that.

So, now I have a good pattern off of which to make a new bodice for the black skirt. (it's just going to be black because neither of the doublets can be worn open anymore.) Neither doublet? Yes. I made another one, which is far more labor intensive, and requires a good amount of hand stitching.

But, the brown one is done, minus buttons, and I have pictures. ( Click here, mom. )

To-Do List #3

I've been sewing like a fiend lately. I have been bitten by a bug and that bug's name is "Make New Stuff NOW."

So , just to keep track:

Finished:

• Silver Hood.


• Muslin Smock.


• My Purple Cotte. Turned into a purple sideless surcoat.


• Scarlett Cotte.


• Green wool doublet.

In Progress:

• Prize Play Cotte Re-set the collar to be slightly off-center to account for the buttons.



• Roger's Purple Houppelande. (Is cut out. Need lining fabric.)



• The Brown Dress (which is now a brown doublet and a red doublet.)

Still to begin:

• Test gambeson for the Thayne Gambeson



• The Magdalen Dress for Amanda

And I have a list of projects for Maria:

• Black linen cotte (is cut out and partially assembled.)


• Black/green reversible fighting doublet w/attached skirt (is partially assembled)


• Camicia (Is cut out by someone else, I just need to sew it together.)


• Kirtle (needs hem and hand stitching finished.)



• Reversible sleeves for the wool doublet


• Red wool kirtle


• Blue velvet dress - need dye


• Yellow and black dress - need to pattern


• Dupio - need fabric