Project list - Work basket gusset

I split the seam and put a small gusset in the liner.  All better.

Here is the pocket in the front.  I have some small things, like needle threaders, that always end up at the bottom so, a pocket.

Fits rather nice now.

Yeah, I keep some stuff in here.

Here's the back.  The ribbon holds it tight.

Next is a pair of bloomers, then I start the Elizabethan Corset.  The heavy linen is currently being washed and shrunk.

Project List - Basket liner

This is the basket liner I'm replacing.  It's a perfectly good liner, but it's not what you would call "Period Correct" for either the SCA or a Renaissance Faire.  I'm using bits of muslin left over from another project.  I cut the pieces using this liner as a pattern, with the addition of a pocket on the front piece (I love pockets).  Got everything stitched up and...it didn't fit.  Grrrrr.

Really easy fix for it, all I have to do is slit the back side seam and put a gusset in there.  I just don't understand where I went wrong.  Oh well.  I stitched a thin yellow ribbon on the sides and the back so that it will tie around the handles on the sides and the hinges on the back.  I'll decorate it with the tags I've collected from various SCA and Renaissance events.

So, project list now looks like this:

1.   Finish two pair of pants for Scott.
2.   Perfect the pattern for an Elizabethan Corset.  Yes I know I've been talking about this one for a very long time but, it's time has come.
3.   Make Elizabethan Corset for Jenn..
4.   Make Purple 16th century gown with a non-boned bodice as the corset mentioned above is worn underneath it.  This will have set in sleeves that bell out and are lined in orange (silk if there is enough) and turned back.  It will also have a split skirt attached.
5.   Make Spiced Orange silk stomacher to go with above bodice.
6.   Make Spiced Orange gored underskirt. (Are you noticing the pattern yet)
7.   Make another pair of plain bloomers.
8.   Make a pair of pj pants.

The bloomers are next.  Then comes the Elizabethan Corset.  This is a project that I've been putting off for a while now.  Yes, Jenn, I know.

Project List - Corded Petticoat - Finished

It's done.  I sewed in the channels then sewed up the side seam.  Then came one of the things I don't like doing, I had to fish stuff.  I fished 8 lengths of sisel rope through the channels and two inch wide elastic through the waistband.  I wrapped the end of the rope in duct tape so it wouldn't unravel.

I'm straightening the rope in the hem over the backs of two chairs.

This is the rope I used.

OK, here is the new list.

1.   Finish two pair of pants for Scott.
2.   Perfect the pattern for an Elizabethan Corset.  Yes I know I've been talking about this one for a very long time but, it's time has come.
3.   Make Elizabethan Corset for Jenn..
4.   Make Purple 16th century gown with a non-boned as the corset mentioned above is worn underneath it.
5.   Make Spiced Orange silk stomacher to go with above bodice.
6.   Make Spiced Orange gored underskirt. (Are you noticing the pattern yet)
7.   Make Spiced Orange sleeves, if I have enough material left from skirt.
8.   Make another pair of plain bloomers.
9.   Make a pair of pj pants
10. Make a new liner for my work basket.

I'm probably going to make the liner for my work basket next.

Project List - Corded Petticoat

I have some soft, soft, soft cotton/linen blend that I had washed and shrunk in my fabric stash.  It was just enough for a petticoat with a bit left over.  I'm making this for two reasons.  The first is for those skirts/gowns that I don't want a lot of poof but I would like a bit of shape.  The second is to go over the crinoline for added poof.  So I had to make it large enough to go over the crinoline.  So I put the crinoline on and loosely draped the fabric around and cut. 

Back at the sewing machine I put a 2.5 inch waist band on it and an inch and a half hem.  A piece of rope will go through the hem.  Then, well, I cheated.  I took another length of the fabric and sewed it to the bottom half of the petticoat.  I did this in two pieces do there would be an opening so I could fish the rope through the channels.  I then marked of the rope channels, 1.5 inches for the channel and two inches between.  The rope I'm using is a heavy hemp rope used as a laundry line.

I'll sew up the channels and the seam tomorrow.  Then I'll fish the rope through.

This is the panel of fabric I'm using to sew channels instead of using something like bias tape.

Here is the opening.

The channel markings.  I find that the marking pens and pencils fade way too fast.

Pictures of the finished product tomorrow

Project list - Crinoline

While I was waiting for Scott to come for his final fitting on his pants, I decided to tackle my crinoline.  I decided to use a white cotton petticoat that I had tried to turn into a hope skirt but it just wasn't working.  In retrospect I should have cut open a seam and taken the elastic out of the waistband before beginning to put the netting on.  Ah well, lesson for the future.

I had 10 yards of very wide netting so I did 3 layers of double thickness.  First I hemmed the skirt up so that it was ankle length instead of floor length.  Then I started with the first layer.  I had to put a running stitch through the netting because I don't have a ruffle foot for my machine (yet).

This is me hand ruffling 10 yards of netting.

So, once the ruffling was done I sewed on the first layer.  This was the bottom layer that matched up to the bottom hem of the skirt.

Bottom layer.

The next layer went about three quarters of the way up.  At this point it looked like the petticoat that ate the sewing table.

Lastly came the last layer.  This one went from below the waistband to the hem.  This was actually the worst layer to put on.  Here is why I say I should have pulled the hem and the elastic before starting.  It's not the prettiest crinoline I've ever seen, but it will make my skirts more poofy, especially with a corded petticoat on top.

Looks like a weird ballet skirt.  But no one will see it and my skirts will have more shape.

So, there you go, my crinoline.

My project list now looks like this.

1.   Finish two pair of pants for Scott.
2.   Perfect the pattern for an Elizabethan Corset.  Yes I know I've been talking about this one for a very long time but, it's time has come.
3.   Make Elizabethan Corset for Jenn.
4.   Make corded petticoats.
5.   Make Purple 16th century gown with a non-boned as the corset mentioned above is worn underneath it.
6.   Make Spiced Orange silk stomacher to go with above bodice.
7.   Make Spiced Orange gored underskirt. (Are you noticing the pattern yet)
8.   Make Spiced Orange sleeves, if I have enough material left from skirt.
9.   Make another pair of plain bloomers.
10. Make a pair of pj pants
11. Make a new liner for my work basket.


I'm going to wash and shrink the material for the corded petticoat tomorrow.  I know I'm not doing them in order, but I'm picking the quick projects to do while waiting for the final fitting.

Stay tuned.

Nalebinding

Well, I finished it by putting earflaps on it.  It's cute and will fit a small child.

Nalebinding

I finally learned how to do this.  Thank you to the ever beautiful Miss Evy for showing me.  I've made a hat for a small baby out of a beautiful warm wool.  I really like this technique.  Must learn more.

I need to spiff it up a bit, but this is the basic hat.