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[totchipanda]

I was hoping my patterns would come before Christmas, but looking at the tracking, they left Virginia, and went to Puerto Rico, before arriving back in Florida where it's been lounging since Thursday. Alas. It gives me more time to plan what I want to make! :3


Sizable chunks of fabric:

10m blue wool blend (possibly an off-dye for the military) - Elizabethan gown; Riding coat

6m blue/white polyester plaid (I tried to iron it once on cotton and it melted onto my iron, a stain which is still there) - Lolita skirt and jacket and tie, kind of like a travelling outfit. Victorian shirt and skirt combo ala Gunless?

4m dark grey and brown plaid - Lolita?

6m? light brown and red plaid - lolita? Lining for red wool cape.

7m bronze silk-look polyester - Victorian or Regency

4m? pale green diamond-pattern poly - finish Elizabethan gown, then?

4m blue cotton - lolita

4m brown - Jedi or lolita

2m cream wool-look poly - no idea.

4m green almost-twill - Elizabethan

12m green/yellow two-tone taffeta - Victorian/Regency

7-8?m tangerine printed taffeta - no current plans

I think I can use the cream wool-look poly for a petticoat (helps sometimes to plan in winter), but then what do I make the dress out of? Should it match? It doesn't necessarily need to. Do I want an open-front gown with a visible petticoat, or a closed-front gown in which it wouldn't be visible? Ahhhh choices, choices.

The other issue I keep running into, after a fashion, is the historical accuracy part. Most of the blogs I've read about recreating dresses in this era have a strong focus on being historically accurate. This isn't a huge concern for me; I won't be wearing it to any "re-creation" events, and I've never been concerned about accuracy outside of certain parameters anyway (that used to extend into undergarments but I've learned the error of my ways since those dark days). But, I still don't want to look "out of place". Unless I'm going for a specific kind of look, I want to at least look reasonably "period". Then I start going into thoughts about how being period-accurate isn't a bad thing, because the structure and construction and materials all obviously WORKED for a reason... I can never decide :(

Undergarments first. Then I can worry about the dress. Yes.

Also need time/materials/money to start cosplays for the year! :D

Comments

[maeveth.livejournal.com]

I would love to have a period-accurate corset to go under my Kuroshitsuji cosplay. It would be so very nice, even though it wasn't constructed with the need for a corset in mind. Ah well.

[totchipanda.livejournal.com]

seriously dude, if I lived closer I would make you ALL the corsets. Victorian was when I figured out that the underwear was as important to the look of the outfit as the outer clothing was :( i still dont have a "proper" one, so to speak...