New Project!

Actually it's more of a continuation of one big project. The chemise and corset were made to go with a gown that I have FINALLY started working on. I found some beautiful kingfisher blue wool flannel at my local fabric store......can I just say that I love a good coupon! The gown will be here-after known as the kingfisher gown because of the blue fabric and the gold/orange/rust colored fabric that I am using for the the forepart and sleeves. I've had this gown bouncing around in my brain all year and I am so excited to be making it a reality.
The gown is going to be a low necked Elizabethan gown from the Margo Anderson pattern line. To date I have sort of finished the over skirt, the waistband needs to be re-done as the pattern called for construction methods that resulted in the waistband being ridiculously thick and bulky. Need to figure out how to reduce that bulk so that I don't begin to resemble an Umpa Loompa while wearing it. It's the curse of being short. *insert shoulder shrug here* I cheated a little by using a skirt I made last year as an underskirt and I am currently attaching the forepart to that skirt. I'm a big fan of not making more work for myself if I don't have to.

Project pictures will be coming soon, I have to admit that I get so wrapped up in the work that I forget to take pictures until I'm done. One of my goals is to document what happens in between the start and finish. Wish me luck, I think this is one of the more challenging projects I have done in a while!