Sewing weekend fun

My Duchess and I were having a conversation several days ago, and she mentioned that the March Imperial Estates Meeting is going to be held in our duchy. Aaaaack! Imperial higher-ups means new clothes and *fast*. SO I went over to Her Grace's house yesterday and we started on a 1520s Tudor in green linen. You know those famous "back views" of a woman in Tudor garb? Well, that was our inspiration. Like I said, the gown is in green linen (we didn't have any suitable wool or silk) and the sleeve turnbacks are this really plush and soft fake fur in black. Due to yardage/practicality issues, we edited out the train at teh back of the skirt.

We managed to get the bodice, skirt, and sleeves all cut out and finished yesterday, and today we're going to work on putting everything together and adding a stomacher at the front of the bodice a la Jane Seymour's portraits to hide the lacing holes.

I may also convince Her Grace to allow me to make her a gable hood -- for when she gets tired of wearing her crown, of course. She has a pearl rope or two for her bodice already, so we don't have to worry about that, and I will loan Her Grace my quasi-Tudor pendant (it looks really good -- all it needs is a pearl drop at the bottom -- but I picked it up at Dollar General for a buck. I love Dollar General.)

Then I'll start convincing His Grace that he is in desperate need of new clothing.

Then I'll finish Boe's garb, since he'll be coming with me if I have to drag him kicking and screaming. And then I'll work on a new outfit for myself, after I finish the Transitional Gown.

At least I have a couple of months.

Not as much time as I thought

You know how I was all happy because I had 2 months before the Imperial Estates Meeting? Wrong.

I have a month and a half.

And now I want to go to the Val Day Revel (SCA) up in Kalamazoo, MI (about 2 hours away) in early February.

New events mean new clothes, right? *Sigh* The good news is that Her Grace is willing to help me make a Tudor similar to hers, so we can both go and have a good time. It just means that I have to dig through the sadly-depleted stash and find something suitable. I need to pick up larger lengths of fabric instead of a couple yards here, a couple yards there -- this whole "sweating bullets wondering if there's enough yardage" thing does nothing for my frame of mind. :-)

Oh, and Marymont? I just got my severance check from my old job, and it was *considerably* larger than I had anticipated. So I will bring mucho dinero (well, in my world, anyway) to CA/The Dangerous Store when I visit.

Must go to bed -- I think I'm catching a cold.