Costuming and SCA folks! Can you point me in the direction of anybody who's made crispinettes before? I was given the middle lady in this picture as an example for desired headwear this year, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that's not just a circlet with a snood attached, but crispinettes. I see here that they can be made out of plastic boning ( Read more... )

While I still haven't heard back on the Jacobite weekend issue (actually, I have been told that what will happen is nobles must switch garb, and peasants can wear Elizabethan peasant garb if they have it and if not they can stick with Medieval, but I'm not sure that was ever announced, so I'm sort of waiting to hear an official "This is what we ( Read more... )

After staying up till 2am, my chemise fits me marginally better than before and the surcoat isn't even halfway finished. Guess who isn't camping on site tonight? Yeah, that'd be me.

(Also, I just remembered I have no feast gear. Swell. Now would be an excellent time to start panicking.)

Sewing tonight. My mother has been downright hostile about it actually, like she's pissed off that I'm even attempting to do it myself. Maybe she's afraid I'll break her sewing machine (which she hasn't used in years). Not that I'm promising I won't ( Read more... )

As if my garb situation could not get any worse....my chemises came in today, and they are HUGE. Like I could probably fit another regular sized person in there with me and then it would fit like it should.

Ladies and gentlemen, faire starts in about a week and a half, and all my clothing options have gone bust. *cries*