Comments | etaine_pommier: There is no such thing as too many dresses.

etaine_pommier

There is no such thing as too many dresses.

Oct 14, 2010 11:18

I have too many ideas and fabrics in my head to keep them all straight. ( Sixteenth-century German gowns galore... )

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etaine_pommier October 14 2010, 19:12:16 UTC

ya think?

Now that I've written it all down, even I'm scared.

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Has sheep, will travel... etaine_pommier October 14 2010, 19:13:20 UTC

I'll need to get a leash, but the stuffed sheep? That I actually have.

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Re: Has sheep, will travel... etaine_pommier October 14 2010, 19:19:36 UTC

I also have a set of stuffed flying monkeys...

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heike October 14 2010, 19:23:27 UTC

I'm putting this entry into my memories so that when my dress list looks too ambitious I can just compare it to yours. :)

So many lovely dresses.

aureellia October 14 2010, 19:27:20 UTC

How long does it usually take you from beginning cutting out until the time you are doing handwork on one of those types of dresses?

etaine_pommier October 14 2010, 19:32:30 UTC

Hmmm - well, most of the work on these types of dresses *is* handwork for me, so that's a tricky question. I did a round-neck trossfrau in three days once, but I averaged more than ten hours of work a day to do it. For the Saxons, since they're fiddly, I usually figure about seven full days of work - more if the sleeves are particularly complicated.

aureellia October 14 2010, 19:55:59 UTC

Are you finishing all the seams by hand too? I am a slow sewer. I figure it takes me 2 hours to cut out and do the long seams on Normans or Norse tunics, and then several hours of handwork. My hour estimate on handwork depends on the color of the fabric. A white dress can be hemmed (less than 3 hours) and seams turned in 2 weeks at about 2 and a half hours a day. White is so hard to keep working on. Blues and greens only take a few hours and warm colors like orange take about a day and a half.

I barely count handwork as work. It is very relaxing to me. The hard part for me is the machine work.

the_cheese_lady October 15 2010, 00:36:04 UTC

So if you find your closet getting a little crowded let me know. The two dresses I purchased from you earlier fit me perfectly, we could practically be twins. :)

etaine_pommier October 15 2010, 12:47:11 UTC

I will!

I love the idea of you swanning around in my clothes :-) It makes me feel a little like you are still here.