Gallery of Finished Projects

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

That would be super Stephanie!!! It looks beautiful.

[Kate XXXXXX]

A Very Green Kirtle for a child:



The pattern worked well, but I think is a little small.  It corresponds to a Simplicity age 10 pattern, but I've not met many 10 YO's quite this dainty!

[Lady Rebecca]

Wow, your pleating looks great!

So I wanted a Celtic necklace, so I went to the bead store the other day and put this one together. It's my first foray into jewelry and it was nice and easy! I'm pretty happy with it.

[Kate XXXXXX]

Thank you.  The pleats were interesting to do...  For certain values of interesting!

I love the necklace.  Have you made something to wear with it yet?

[Tixi]

A Very Green Kirtle for a child

I love this dress! Did you use a pattern or did you drape/draft it yourself?

[Kate XXXXXX]

Thank you.  I must admit to rather liking it and wishing for a kid to wear it!

The kirtle pattern is the one Gem posted about, from the Royal Palaces website.

[sealion]

Kate- That pleating is perfect! (Of course we wouldn't expect anything less from you. )

Lady Rebecca- The necklace is beautiful.

[Kate XXXXXX]

Thanks, Sealion.  As ever, I see all the faults.  We are our own worst critics!

Hm...  Now I want Lady Rebecca's  necklace to go with it!   

[DonaCatalina]

Wow, your pleating looks great!

So I wanted a Celtic necklace, so I went to the bead store the other day and put this one together. It's my first foray into jewelry and it was nice and easy! I'm pretty happy with it.

Did you link the beads individually yourself? It looks like you did a beautiful job.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Beautiful necklace!!

Kate!! Wonderful as always!!!

[Kate XXXXXX]

Thank you.

I know it's very plain, but somehow it really works like that.

[Lady Rebecca]

Did you link the beads individually yourself? It looks like you did a beautiful job.

Haha, no. I bought the strand ready made. I'm not sure I would have the patience to do otherwise. I just added an o-ring for the charm, put the charm on, and put the closures on.

And Kate, I plan to wear it primarily with my middle-class garb. I think there's a picture of it a couple pages ago. But I will no doubt wind up wearing it with my noble garb as well, since I don't have any noble jewelry.

[Lady Rosalind]

Lovely work, everyone, as always!!!! I wish I had a little girl, so I could make the girl's kirtle! It turned out so beautifully Kate!!!

I've been pretty busy sewing the last few months, getting ready for the Dubuque Renaissance Faire. Here are a three of the main projects I was working on.

First, I needed to replace the cheap gold trim on my red gown, as it was disintegrating. I replaced the gold trim on the skirt last fall, and used the same gold trim to add a new set of tabs at the waist and shoulders of the bodice. I literally had just under 3 inches of this trim left when I was finished. (photo courtesy of Sir Clisto!)


Next, I needed to dress a new gentleman of our royal court, in time for the Iowa Renaissance Faire, Memorial Day weekend. The doublet is made of wine colored cotton velveteen. The part visible inside the neck opening is actually a piece that I made of brocade christmas ribbon with the edging and wire removed, and the strips sewn together. I modified the doublet neck to lay open nicely, as the neck measurements of the pattern were wonky. And yes, I made a mockup, and thought things were fine, but the reality was... interesting. Anyway, it looks pretty good together!


Finally, my son grew 8 inches in less than a year. New doublet desperately needed! He also wanted something lighter weight than his old doublet, and his only specification for color was that he wanted grey. You'd think that would be easy to find... I finally found a dark grey shirting with a narrow stripe pattern (twill, I mean!). This isn't the greatest picture in the world, but it shows the front of the doublet quite nicely. He's the one with the mop of curly hair, to the Queen's left. I used nearly every type of black trim that I had in my stash on this doublet. just for fun! He loved it, and did not seem anywhere near as overly warm as he used to get. He caught quite a few eyes last weekend!  


Next project: Design my new sewing room (yay! moving at the end of July!), and working on my new black silk dress!!!!

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Lady Rosalind, stunning as ever!

What (wonky) pattern did you use for the man's wine-colored doublet?

[Lady Rosalind]

Thanks!

I used the Margo Anderson gentlemen's pattern. I think the problem was that my gentleman was under some stress during the weeks between the mock-up fitting and the final fitting, and perhaps partook of too much of something! It was weird, though, as the doublet ended up too big in the waist, but not big enough in the chest area around the neck! I about died when I saw that it wasn't going to fit. I had 6 days to fix the problem, plus my son's doublet was still in pieces... I think I have it sorted out for next time.