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So, Queen's birthday weekend (gosh she has a lot of birthdays) and what did we do?
Sat: Afternoon, I got cantakerous over a doublet, Z continued on bellows. Solution: relax... Hot bubble bath, oxytocin, comfortable bubble bath continued, blob in front of extended edition Return of the King (which Z hadn't gotten round to seeing previously). Much better.
Sun: Took LJ advice (thanks guys) and while didn't have the period patterning books, checked the sleeve patterns for the other 2 Sture doublets (the murdered sons Nils and Erik) (PoF) and decided part of the wierd shapes and piecing of the Svante one was trying to make the most of fabric and having to extend things when he gained weight. Therefore could use a more straight forward sleeve shape from the other doublets. Used preexisting bodyblock, adjusted the sleeve and made a mockup in white cotton. Body fit well :) Sleeves - decided to attach them to the body first, then sew up the sides - this may be blindingly obvious to some or just wrong. Last time I did things the other way around and got grumpy when the sleeves wouldn't fit. Doh. Much easier this time. Can move arms. Converted mock up pieces into pattern pieces - with explicit labeling like piece name, inside/outside and no seam allowance. Giggled at how different looking the sleeves are off, though they both work well on and don't appear to sit differently. During this time Z worked on bellows during the day and his Viking collared jacket in the evening. Various caftan discussions.
Mon: Z debated going into work, but decided to play setting up forge instead. So, now there is a functioning forge in the back yard under cover between the house and the garage. He has photos. And is currently working out the improvements needed. I dug out the blue moleskin (old Puriri St flatmates may remember the free moleskin) cause I wanted to really make sure that the doublet pattern was ok and mucking up with the nice shiny velvet and silk would just be bad ok. So, part way into making a dark blue moleskin doublet. Debating over whether to line it or further decorate it. Does this count as a new project? Still working out how to avoid pluderhosen. Any of those out there who Bob, have any recommendations?
There were also the mundane things of laundry and backing up the laptop to separate hard drive (last done just before Festival...yes, naughty, probably not frequent enough.)
Dinner and an evening of sewing still to go.
Sat: Afternoon, I got cantakerous over a doublet, Z continued on bellows. Solution: relax... Hot bubble bath, oxytocin, comfortable bubble bath continued, blob in front of extended edition Return of the King (which Z hadn't gotten round to seeing previously). Much better.
Sun: Took LJ advice (thanks guys) and while didn't have the period patterning books, checked the sleeve patterns for the other 2 Sture doublets (the murdered sons Nils and Erik) (PoF) and decided part of the wierd shapes and piecing of the Svante one was trying to make the most of fabric and having to extend things when he gained weight. Therefore could use a more straight forward sleeve shape from the other doublets. Used preexisting bodyblock, adjusted the sleeve and made a mockup in white cotton. Body fit well :) Sleeves - decided to attach them to the body first, then sew up the sides - this may be blindingly obvious to some or just wrong. Last time I did things the other way around and got grumpy when the sleeves wouldn't fit. Doh. Much easier this time. Can move arms. Converted mock up pieces into pattern pieces - with explicit labeling like piece name, inside/outside and no seam allowance. Giggled at how different looking the sleeves are off, though they both work well on and don't appear to sit differently. During this time Z worked on bellows during the day and his Viking collared jacket in the evening. Various caftan discussions.
Mon: Z debated going into work, but decided to play setting up forge instead. So, now there is a functioning forge in the back yard under cover between the house and the garage. He has photos. And is currently working out the improvements needed. I dug out the blue moleskin (old Puriri St flatmates may remember the free moleskin) cause I wanted to really make sure that the doublet pattern was ok and mucking up with the nice shiny velvet and silk would just be bad ok. So, part way into making a dark blue moleskin doublet. Debating over whether to line it or further decorate it. Does this count as a new project? Still working out how to avoid pluderhosen. Any of those out there who Bob, have any recommendations?
There were also the mundane things of laundry and backing up the laptop to separate hard drive (last done just before Festival...yes, naughty, probably not frequent enough.)
Dinner and an evening of sewing still to go.
