How mad am I?

[stellar_muddle]

Looking at the weather in Canterbury today, and looking at the La Nina forecast, and starting to think that a Roman outfit might be a really good idea for CF... and have been chasing links* and thinking about the fabric stash and other fabric round the place.

Now given ~3 weeks to CF, normally not completely mad. Lots of rectangles. Easily sewn. Probably even have the fabric. It is more the other projects with somewhat higher priority such as a tent cover**, wax tablets etc... And a slight lack of free weekends. And a daytime job.

* Including the ones linked to in mrsbrown's post... Though I managed to miss the Introduction to Roman clothing at CF last year...

** For the Viking a-frame...

Complete aside: Internet like bloody yoyo all night and not the most stable for the past few days. Reboot router has no effect. Mutter mutter mutter...

Comments

[doushkasmum.livejournal.com]

I made a basic Roman thing in 2 evenings, I had 150 wide fabric which I cut with the selvedge top and bottom. I then only had to sew the side seams, hand finish the "arm hole" bit and sew some buttons onto the top edge. (How much you engage with the "they are not buttons" debate is up to you, I may re-visit this later) The other evening was spent hand hemming a strip for a breast band (given it will never be seen I am not sure why ...). I figured if I needed another layer one of my existing linen under tunics would do fine, but Rowany Yule did not require another layer. I suspect this will see quite a bit of wear at Festival.