NHRF wrap up and pictures of garb

New Hampshire Renaissance Faire was amazing.  I did very well.  I was thrilled watching all the little girls running around with my Princess hats and playing with my Ribbon Wands.  Here are some pictures of these.

My display table

Items I usually Carry

Fans

Tatted chokers, soap bags, wash cloths and pot holders

My booth

A happy customer and her Daddy who is a really good sport (no, he didn't buy the circlet).

Me on opening day

As promised here are pictures of the Bride in her skirted bodice.

This is the Bride and her handsome Groom

Here is me in my 15th Century Merchant attire, minus the sleeves.  The mini top hat is courtesy of Kate from Antika Nueva.

Not bad for a first try.  No sleeves, but it was way too hot for any additional clothing that day.

So, there you have it.  This coming weekend I'll be at Beltaine at A Sacred Place.  Tomorrow I'll start making small "medicine" bags.  Today I rest.

Princess Hats and something new

So, there is no way I am going to finish the sleeves for my 15th Century Merchant garb for Saturday.  That's OK.  The rest of the outfit is ready and, according to the weather report, I'm not going to need them.

So, more princess hats.  I got 20 decorated today.  That leaves five more for tomorrow.  I also will need to veil them tomorrow.  Here they are.

I found some "My Little Pony" stickers and some "Disney Princess" stickers and ribbon.  So cool.

The something new is I'm making ribbon toys.  I bought four yard long dowels and cut two today.  I cut them a foot long then, after I sanded the ends down, glued a good length of satin ribbon to the end.  I got six done today in Green and purple.

I have six more to create tomorrow.  Then I'll be all set for the last weekend of the New Hampshire Renaissance Faire.  Come on down and say HI.  I'm up on the hill to the right.

YAY - The Princess Hats are done

Seriously, the 24 Princess hats are all decorated, veiled and packed in a box ready for NHRF.  Here are the white ones veiled.

Today was also Grommet Bashing day.  I don't particularly like putting in grommets, mostly because I can't seem to avoid hitting my thumb.  Sure enough, while bashing the grommets into the my 15th century Merchant bodice I slammed the hammer into my thumb knuckle.  Here is the finished bodice.

This picture is blurry but you get the shape of the bodice

I also did the grommets for the Bride's bodice.  She came over for a fitting to see if I had to make any more adjustments so on went the ugly fitting straps again.

I did the front closure ones and the front and back of where she wants the removable shoulder straps.  Tomorrow I will start on the skirted portion of the bodice.

So, that is how I spent my day.  Thankfully, no more Princess hats to work on.  I do need to start some "Pirate" head wraps for the boys.

What I did today

or...More Princess Hats and sewing the stomacher.

We'll start with the Princess hats.  The red ones have their veils and the yellow ones are decorated.

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Now on to the stomacher.  Here is where the spiced orange silk comes in.  The purple brocade is on the back and the silk is on the front.

I'm stiffening it with a heavy fusable interlining. 

Stuffing the stomacher 

I set the iron on the cotton setting and ironed the stomacher brocade side up.  There is a bit of hand sewing left to do then it is complete.  I'm going to fasten it on with pearl headed pins.

I need to put the grommets in the bodice then put the whole outfit on.  There is plenty of brocade and silk to make sleeves, so if I have time between the Bride's bodice and NHRF prep I will make those.  Look for a picture of me in the whole outfit soon.

15th century bodice - Done except the grommets

Today I put the shoulder caps on.  I put lightweight interface on both sides of the cap.  This gives it good stability without it being too stiff.

This is the inside of the shoulder cap.

Here it is right side out.

After sewing the shoulder caps together I pinned them to the inside of the armhole at the top.  I used the narrow end of my ironing board to do this as it flattened the top of the armhole so I could position the cap properly.

I was able to sew it on with the machine.  I was afraid that I would have to hand sew them on, and you all know how much I LOVE hand sewing.  Here is the finished product.  All I have to do now put in the grommets and sew over them.

Next is the Stomacher.

15th Century Bodice

The first thing I did today was pin and sew the armholes.  I had to pull out some of the side seam to make it fit a bit better.

I then sewed the bottom hem and pinned and sewed the neckline.   I had to fudge it a bit at the top as I had already sewed up the shoulder seam.  I may have to hand sew it to neaten it up.

Hemmed bottom

Pinned neckline

This may have to be neatened up a bit.

 Lastly, I sewed the front edges.  The last thing I have to do with this is put on the shoulder caps and put in the grommets.  As I don't have any boning in this bodice, it is going over the Elizabethan corset, I am planning on over sewing the grommets to give added strength and to prevent pulling on the fabric.

Tomorrow shoulder caps.