Mia, Thank you for the deep breath!
I think I'll start with the plastic wire ties, since I was able to get them at Home Depot a few minutes away from my office. That should get me started, and then we'll see where I go from there. I'm really doing this for my own pleasure. I don't have any friends who are into re-enacting or costuming... so I'm a bit of an oddity within my circle of friends. I'm a bit of an oddity anyway :) I finally got the skirt sewn onto the bodice over the weekend. Now I'm working on sewing hooks and eyes to the bodice. I've decided that this is my learning gown... I'm getting it done so that I can figure out what's wrong with it. I can already see that the sleeves are not nearly tight enough... and I gather that there generally weren't side seams in the bodice, but that they were a bit further back, behind the arm. I haven't sewn much of anything in such a long time, that I'm really enjoying myself! I'm in the Philadelphia area (just outside the city limits). Kristin On 2/2/06, Mia Dappert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Kristin, > > First, take a deep breath, Then decide what direction you want, or even > think you might want to go in. This will help you make your boning and > pattern decisions. > > Just for the pleasure of doing it? Only wearing it once a year, indoors > in air conditioning? Don't need much support? Plastic boning is probably > OK, > Wearing it all day, all weekend at a reenactment? Working and bending in > it doing laundry at a museum site? A little more bosom to support? All > your friends are hyper authenic? Different choices. > > I saw you are in PA. Where? Some of the 18 cent reenactor folks run > workshops in that NY/PA/MD area. Being in NC, I'm too far away to take > advantage of them, but they might fit your ticket. > > Your e-friend MIa in Far off Charlotte, NC > > > --------------------------------- > > What are the most popular cars? Find out at Yahoo! Autos > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
