Loot and plans

[montjoye]

Found at Rathdowne Fabrics yesterday. All at 5$/m. The black is 3m of silk voile with a fringey check. The huge brocade is ~1.2m, synthetic but slithery and lush, will probably become a curtain of some sort. The embroidered piece is ~2.5m of heavy linen. I'll be brave and wash this in the hope I can make garment/s from it. The two pale pieces were bolt ends, had to buy the whole piece.




The project list is feeling a bit silly long. So trying to pin it down a bit here.

Committed:
charity hot water bottle cover, must be done by Monday
quilt cushion cover for mama, by mid Sept
quilt for little S, no special deadline but soon

Coats:
brown stretch velvet short flared
same pattern (yet to be developed) in strong cream/gold linen
same or similar again in black. My old one is dying.
pieced black/grey overcoat
"viking coat" in taupe/gold wool with fancy frogging
if I like the above and the embroidered linen washes well, then same again in it.

Frocks
teal wool jersey- it'd be nice to have this for Sunday! wasn't done then but is now cut
layered Aline fine wool
black embroidered cotton( summer)
blue stripe silk (summer)
and lots more brewing, choosing is hard.

Shirts
couple each in fine cream and fine black for starters.

Skirts
denim x2

Troosers
wide leg pattern refresh
then make up in linen, lined wool, soft denim.

Bloomers
a few short pairs for summer

Costume
edge on red overgown
dye fine wool
lightweight 14thC gown from above if dying works
mid weight 14thC gown - for CF. Not keen on the one length I have that will do this, I have my eyes open for another
extra 14thC chemises
extra 14thC veils
more hose- for which I don't have fabric.
finish new belt-for which I need more rivets
very light striped sideless
investigate getting circlet and robust medallion plated.
find appropriate straw hat that doesn't need pinning on.
new pouch, it's about time


So in the next few days I ought tackle the hottie cover and the wool jersey frock, plus work on sourcing tiny brass rivets.  Mmm, and I'm allowed to go fabric shopping for thin wool flannel and 3m of mid weight coloured wool with a bit of drape. I have several 2m pieces that I wish were three. I wonder if two would work together in particolour? See, writing it down helped :-)

Comments

[sjkasabi]

Om nom.

I am definitely getting project envy. I've got just enough brain space now to hatch plans, but an awful lot less life and brain space to follow through on them.

But. I think that's my call to do what I can - time to put down the laptop and go stitch some lacing rings on the Antwerp kitchen bodice.

Also, on the you are inspiring front, I bought some amazing stripy green and grey silk at the Fabric store that badly wants to be thirteenth century Spanish, and no doubt won't be for years. But I should post the fabric just to show its loveliness off :)

[montjoye]

Do post pics of that fabric, or bring it sometime for show and tell.

I am treating projects as my sort of profession- except nobody is paying me to do it. I think of it as being self employed as a maker of things. Is that crazy?