Snoqualmie Railroad Days
Saturday was the Snoqualmie Railroad Days event that I was making the new teens-era dress for. I did finish my dress, though I wound up staying up to 2am the night before in order to finish it! Luckily, I was aiming to be at the event at 11, and it was only 35 mins away, so I still got some sleep. When I arrived there, I wound up being pulled into the fashion show that some of my friends were participating in, because one of their teens-era models had cancelled. So I'm glad I wore the new dress!
Because we participated in the show, the event organizers gave us free tickets for the train ride, and that was neat. We got to ride in a restored car from 1912, which was very fitting, and it was lovely inside. The train ride also included a stop at their train shed, where you can look at other engines and cars that are being restored - I found the most interesting one to be a baptist church on rails, since I had never seen anything like that before.
After the train ride, we had ice cream at an old ice cream parlour, and checked out a couple history booths. Then we attempted to head to the car, and got stopped by two different photographers asking if we could take a couple pictures with them - of course, the first one didn't tell us he was going to take 20 minutes! Hopefully they'll at least email me the pictures they took.
Anyway, it was mostly a town festival, and the only people dressed up were those of us in the fashion show, plus 2-3 people working the history booths, but at least riding the train in costume was fun. I've been wanting to do that for a while. My dress turned out to be very comfortable, era-appropriate, and easy to wear, though I do wish I had had time to procure non-poly lace, since I don't love the look. But after all the alterations I mentioned in my previous post, it was quite an easy dress to make, even though I added extra embellishments.
Here's some pictures! The rest of them are on Facebook.
(We were recreating the picture above us.)
That was my last historical event this month, though next Saturday, I'll be participating in the Geeks Who Drink Disney quiz, and I plan to wear my Jane bustle outfit. I hope to start sewing tomorrow, but next up will be a present for someone, and doing lots of mending of costumes that I've been putting off for quite a while. Then probably a dapper dress out of the awesome villains fabric I found at Joanns, and then I should probably figure out what I'm making for Halloween. And or start new 18th c stays or put together the s-bend corset whose mockup I had forgotten that I already cut out!
Because we participated in the show, the event organizers gave us free tickets for the train ride, and that was neat. We got to ride in a restored car from 1912, which was very fitting, and it was lovely inside. The train ride also included a stop at their train shed, where you can look at other engines and cars that are being restored - I found the most interesting one to be a baptist church on rails, since I had never seen anything like that before.
After the train ride, we had ice cream at an old ice cream parlour, and checked out a couple history booths. Then we attempted to head to the car, and got stopped by two different photographers asking if we could take a couple pictures with them - of course, the first one didn't tell us he was going to take 20 minutes! Hopefully they'll at least email me the pictures they took.
Anyway, it was mostly a town festival, and the only people dressed up were those of us in the fashion show, plus 2-3 people working the history booths, but at least riding the train in costume was fun. I've been wanting to do that for a while. My dress turned out to be very comfortable, era-appropriate, and easy to wear, though I do wish I had had time to procure non-poly lace, since I don't love the look. But after all the alterations I mentioned in my previous post, it was quite an easy dress to make, even though I added extra embellishments.
Here's some pictures! The rest of them are on Facebook.
(We were recreating the picture above us.)
That was my last historical event this month, though next Saturday, I'll be participating in the Geeks Who Drink Disney quiz, and I plan to wear my Jane bustle outfit. I hope to start sewing tomorrow, but next up will be a present for someone, and doing lots of mending of costumes that I've been putting off for quite a while. Then probably a dapper dress out of the awesome villains fabric I found at Joanns, and then I should probably figure out what I'm making for Halloween. And or start new 18th c stays or put together the s-bend corset whose mockup I had forgotten that I already cut out!