Shifting, Drifting Foci (and Thoughts)
Aug. 29th, 2012 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sakon76Among other things over the weekend, I finally finished my "rescue the historical costumes from the cat-infested hall closet" project. Which involved lots of hand-rolls of packing tape (cheaper than lint rollers) to remove the cat hair, and then washing the garments. Twice. But now the last four garments (Elizabethan hoopskirt, two sideless surcotes, and a square-necked probably-Elizabethan chemise that I don't even remember making!) are all clean and everything has been folded away into the clear plastic tote, in two stacks of archaeological layers, and the lid snapped on.
Cat-free.
Now I just have to spend a few months slowly doing the same for all the cosplay outfits....
Organizing the outfits led me to some interesting summations. I have one t-tunic (linen blend, with obvious machine sewing) and its underdress (linen), to represent early medieval. I have one (cotton) late medieval dress, with three surcotes (varying mostly artificial fabrics), all made from a very inaccurate commercial pattern. Three Renfaire chemises (linen; two embroidered); I need a new bodice as it self-destructed this year, and the linen-blend skirt is on back of my office chair, needing taking in. The hoopskirt... doesn't really go with anything. One Regency underdress (linen) and three Regency gowns. And the medievaloid green shirt I made for Wonderful Husband years ago.
I think... I'm at a point where I've let cosplay go. There are a few outfits I'd still love to do (Emma, and Amir, from Emma and A Bride's Story), but they're historical unto themselves. And there's the entire style of From Far Away. But honestly? I'm in my mid-thirties, not a willowy slip of a thing, and I never liked all the drama that went on in the cosplay community. (And it doesn't hurt that wigs do not fit me.) So I may do a couple cosplay outfits in the future (FFT set with Wonderful Husband, aiming for SDCC next year!), but I think it's time I start addressing the areas of the costuming craft that actually interest me these days.
Things I want to make: a matching early medieval set for Wonderful Husband. A GFD (Gothic Fitted Dress). Something accurately Elizabethan, as opposed to Faire Elizabethan. I want to dabble in Victorian (Emma would fit into this goal). I want to sew a few pieces from the VPLL 1912 Project. I want to make one of those horrendously bead-encrusted 1920s dresses. I would like to do a few pieces from the 30s-50s. And I would like to make Amir, but that's going to take research. Maybe I should try the SCA again, but... I don't know. I'm such a American than the idea of bowing to the nobility gave me fits the last time I tried.
Well, we'll see.
Cat-free.
Now I just have to spend a few months slowly doing the same for all the cosplay outfits....
Organizing the outfits led me to some interesting summations. I have one t-tunic (linen blend, with obvious machine sewing) and its underdress (linen), to represent early medieval. I have one (cotton) late medieval dress, with three surcotes (varying mostly artificial fabrics), all made from a very inaccurate commercial pattern. Three Renfaire chemises (linen; two embroidered); I need a new bodice as it self-destructed this year, and the linen-blend skirt is on back of my office chair, needing taking in. The hoopskirt... doesn't really go with anything. One Regency underdress (linen) and three Regency gowns. And the medievaloid green shirt I made for Wonderful Husband years ago.
I think... I'm at a point where I've let cosplay go. There are a few outfits I'd still love to do (Emma, and Amir, from Emma and A Bride's Story), but they're historical unto themselves. And there's the entire style of From Far Away. But honestly? I'm in my mid-thirties, not a willowy slip of a thing, and I never liked all the drama that went on in the cosplay community. (And it doesn't hurt that wigs do not fit me.) So I may do a couple cosplay outfits in the future (FFT set with Wonderful Husband, aiming for SDCC next year!), but I think it's time I start addressing the areas of the costuming craft that actually interest me these days.
Things I want to make: a matching early medieval set for Wonderful Husband. A GFD (Gothic Fitted Dress). Something accurately Elizabethan, as opposed to Faire Elizabethan. I want to dabble in Victorian (Emma would fit into this goal). I want to sew a few pieces from the VPLL 1912 Project. I want to make one of those horrendously bead-encrusted 1920s dresses. I would like to do a few pieces from the 30s-50s. And I would like to make Amir, but that's going to take research. Maybe I should try the SCA again, but... I don't know. I'm such a American than the idea of bowing to the nobility gave me fits the last time I tried.
Well, we'll see.
