acroyoga, aerial silks, and my jester costume in progress
My photographer friend returned to Phire practice on Friday, which inspired us to get back on the aerial silks and do lots of acroyoga. He has posted lots of his photos from that evening here and here.
Here is one from a new trick we are learning (you can tell, we actually have a spotter):
This one is just elegant:
The evening was also a great excuse to give a test run to my jester costume, now that I have the under tunic done. Sadly, the linen of that tunic is a bit see-through, so I borrowed C's vest to cover up, since I had no idea how much things would show in the photos, so you can't really see how it came out.
When I decided to make this, it was with the acrobatic performances in mind. Therefore, I needed something fitted and supportive without a bra, yet, very, very comfortable with lots of range of motion for the arms. Therefore I tried adapting the Finnish Eura dress pattern, using techniques from later period fitted patterns (e.g. Greenland finds) for the torso, but sleeves that go from the neck to the wrists for the arms, mostly like the Eura dress interpretation.
However, I opted to do the sleeves so that one edge is the fabric selvage, the other bias cut, and the under arm triangle gores are also one edge straight cut, the other bias cut, so that I could always sew a bias to a straight. I finished the under layer the other day and wore it to practice (along with my Thorsberg trousers)and was really pleased with how much movement and flexibility I have with it. The fabric doesn't mind if I stand on my hands or do any other extreme movement with my arms.
Here is one photo he got that kinda shows the outfit. I look forward to getting the wool over-layer done too. It was cut in the same pattern.
Here is one from a new trick we are learning (you can tell, we actually have a spotter):
This one is just elegant:
The evening was also a great excuse to give a test run to my jester costume, now that I have the under tunic done. Sadly, the linen of that tunic is a bit see-through, so I borrowed C's vest to cover up, since I had no idea how much things would show in the photos, so you can't really see how it came out.
When I decided to make this, it was with the acrobatic performances in mind. Therefore, I needed something fitted and supportive without a bra, yet, very, very comfortable with lots of range of motion for the arms. Therefore I tried adapting the Finnish Eura dress pattern, using techniques from later period fitted patterns (e.g. Greenland finds) for the torso, but sleeves that go from the neck to the wrists for the arms, mostly like the Eura dress interpretation.
However, I opted to do the sleeves so that one edge is the fabric selvage, the other bias cut, and the under arm triangle gores are also one edge straight cut, the other bias cut, so that I could always sew a bias to a straight. I finished the under layer the other day and wore it to practice (along with my Thorsberg trousers)and was really pleased with how much movement and flexibility I have with it. The fabric doesn't mind if I stand on my hands or do any other extreme movement with my arms.
Here is one photo he got that kinda shows the outfit. I look forward to getting the wool over-layer done too. It was cut in the same pattern.