Did a lot more work the past two days. Foresleeves are now done, although I cannibalized the ouches from the ones I removed from my kirtle, since I will be wearing my partlet all weekend (highs in the upper 60s), so that part of my outfit will not be seen. I will make a replacement later ( Read more... )

Well, I was not so productive last night (Heroes then CSI Miami while I was noodling on the net), but made up for it this afternoon. I have now finished fixing my French hood upper billiment and the hood, so both are secured onto place. I also evened out the beads, but trying to find the exact center of the hood so that the billiments drape evenly ( Read more... )

You know, pad stitching a canvas (or in this case drill) interlining is a lot more time consuming when the partlet is already made up, than it would be if I had done this *before* I made up the partlet last winter. Oh well, live and learn to trust my sewing instincts when the directions I was following made no mention of an interlining ( Read more... )

I've been reading the great progress madwomansattic has been making in her prep for Kearney Faire. This has inspired me (thank you), as I've been lollygagging around doing squat on the sewing end, although I have been filling some of my time with computer stuff like scanning images ( Read more... )

,,, from my attachment of the jewels and beads, to make the edge of the Tudor kirtle. It looks great, and I will definitely have enough of the ouches to make the complete neckline. I am just not sure how far back to set the ouches and pearls (plastic), since part of the gown covers up the back area. I may just run the rest of the back as pearls. So ( Read more... )

I uploaded the photos that I took on my digital camera to my flickr account. The set can be found here, which include what photos I had before.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/41633059@N00/sets/72157600027344164/

The suite was based on this image of Henry ( Read more... )

Ok, I figured I could at least upload one photo, so you can see a taste of what it looks like. Remember, its on a woman's full figured dress dummy, which is too short for my tall client, as the stand is broken. It is also too big for me, let alone my client who is in good shape, so I wasn't able to close the front all the way ( Read more... )

I finally got word from my client on the outfit. This is his words exactly.

"Was out of the office yesterday so didn't see the costume until this morning. It is fantastic. Worth the effort. I can see the amount of love you put into your work."Happy, happy, joy, joy!! I got rather nervous wondering if he would like it or not ( Read more... )

Done, done, DONE!!

and photographs will be forthcoming. I took both digital and film photos, so I will upload the digital ones later, when I have a bit of time to do them right.

Now, it is time to rest a bit (it is HOT outside) then pack up the box so I can ship them to my client.

I am almost done. I will be finished, completely done, by tonight. I've only to hand sew the doublet lining at the sleeve ( Read more... )