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In case you need to recognise me at CF, this is what I will be wearing most of the time, along with my existing wardrobe of chemises, hats, shoes, aprons etc. Sometimes I might dag about in chemise and sideless. All the items in this picture are new sewn for this event.
-The frock because nothing else really fits.
-The coat because my old coat weighs 3 tonne (actually only 2kg, and only half a kilo heavier than the new one, but hey) and is rather moth eaten.
-The scrip bag because apparently that is what one uses at CF, and that mention in the event booking blurb was a good reminder that I usually wander about festival with a small basket.
-the underskirt because the one I had that would have looked good is rather heavy.
There is a somewhat silly amount of recycling in this outfit:
-The underskirt was once a dress* that I concluded was ill conceived and thus had put aside for remaking. It makes a rather nice underskirt and looks good with the new frock. The upper part of the underskirt is from the original green underskirt made to go with the orange dress. When I stopped wearing the dress, I stopped wearing the underskirt, so that has been cut up too.
-The main coat fabric used to be an underskirt that I never wore much, too warm and too boring. Makes a nice mid weight coat though
-The lacing string for the dress is from the most recent frock iteration of the old "button frock" that I more recently cut down and made a skirt out of.
I've had a go at packing. I can get all garb, including coat, plus sleep gear, toiletries and a wodge of linen for M, into my suitcase. My bathroom scales of unknown accuracy say the lot weighs 23kg- which is the limit on my ticket. Win! I figure I go with that and if they kick up a stink at check-in, I just extract the coat. Street clothes etc fit in a backpack and there is still handbag room to go. I'm pleased and rather less stressed to have got to this point.
*dress from which the underskirt was constructed. I did have to replace a motheaten section of the purple trim.
-The frock because nothing else really fits.
-The coat because my old coat weighs 3 tonne (actually only 2kg, and only half a kilo heavier than the new one, but hey) and is rather moth eaten.
-The scrip bag because apparently that is what one uses at CF, and that mention in the event booking blurb was a good reminder that I usually wander about festival with a small basket.
-the underskirt because the one I had that would have looked good is rather heavy.
There is a somewhat silly amount of recycling in this outfit:
-The underskirt was once a dress* that I concluded was ill conceived and thus had put aside for remaking. It makes a rather nice underskirt and looks good with the new frock. The upper part of the underskirt is from the original green underskirt made to go with the orange dress. When I stopped wearing the dress, I stopped wearing the underskirt, so that has been cut up too.
-The main coat fabric used to be an underskirt that I never wore much, too warm and too boring. Makes a nice mid weight coat though
-The lacing string for the dress is from the most recent frock iteration of the old "button frock" that I more recently cut down and made a skirt out of.
I've had a go at packing. I can get all garb, including coat, plus sleep gear, toiletries and a wodge of linen for M, into my suitcase. My bathroom scales of unknown accuracy say the lot weighs 23kg- which is the limit on my ticket. Win! I figure I go with that and if they kick up a stink at check-in, I just extract the coat. Street clothes etc fit in a backpack and there is still handbag room to go. I'm pleased and rather less stressed to have got to this point.
*dress from which the underskirt was constructed. I did have to replace a motheaten section of the purple trim.