Here are some pictures of me and my son Timothy in our new garb for this year. I still nedd to get some pictures of my husband Tim. He is always the one behind the camera ! ;D
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan_album/familypictures139.jpg
Note : i dont have my fancy chemise on with the ruff around the neck cause it was way to hot. Also this gown has detachable green velvet sleeves that i am not wearing. They are long and drape back a a bit and are slashed at the ends to reveal a inner lining that matches the brocade on the under skirt. Remind me of angel sleeves. Very pretty> Hopefully it cools down abit here and i can get some pictures of me in full court garb !
Here is Timothy . My pride and joy ! I just thought he looked so cute this year, i had to share with you all ! :)
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan_album/familypictures053.jpg
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan_album/familypictures056.jpg
and here i am with Timothy and fellow forum member Dark Lord at Sterling. No, i am not falling asleep in the picture. It was extremely hot and humid, and it was starting to get to us all ! Thanks gain Dark Lord for the picture !
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan_album/familypictures138.jpg
WOW Very pretty dress! The young lord is looking pretty darn dapper too! Hope things work out and we can meet up at PARF!
Thankyou sir. Yes, i am hoping we can meet up at PARF. We are working on it !
Gorgeous new garb!!
And he's a handsome lad! *hiding her girls* LOL!
How old is he?
Quote from: renren on July 16, 2008, 07:49:47 PM
Gorgeous new garb!!
And he's a handsome lad! *hiding her girls* LOL!
How old is he?
He is 4 and a half . Way to young to date yet ! ! ;D Yea, i can just see the young ladies caling him someday. He had girls flirting with him already at the faire on Saturday ! Oh man !
LOL...if your daughters are anything like you Ren Ren, i'm deffinitely keeping him away. ( Just kidding !! ;D )
Be on the lookout for these 2! ;)
They are 5 and *almost* 7!
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u164/renren13_photo/04-29-08_1649-1.jpg)
cute girls ! Could they be future pirates like their mother ?
Thanks! ;D
The younger one(the one making the face!), I think.. she's also the flirtiest!
The oldest is quiet... would make a good fae!
They already know lots of ren-song lyrics, thanks to the Dregs! ;D
Amy!!
So good to see you up and about!!!
The gown is lovely. Tim did good!!! A NOBLEwoman can never have too many gowns!!! :D ;)
Yes, my hubby was most generous with his gift for me, and he had good taste ! I trained him well ! ;D ;)
Indeed Amy!
Lady Amy , your garb is beautiful, and your son is just toooo cute in that hat. :)
Lady Amy......when I see you at faire again, I will gladly take a family picture of you all!
irish
What gorgeous new garb, it looks great on you! I love that green.
He's a handsome lad!
The girls are going to be hard to keep away as he grows up.
Love the dress. You need to find a good photographer at your faire and get some proper family portraits done. The little one reminds me of my oldest nephew (now 18) who still has his first Knights Templar sword and shield that I had made when he was 7. I've recently realized how hard it is dressing Noble Class. We've decided on getting the youngest nephew two new Noble Class suits (navy blue & hunter green) made before Kansas City's faire coming up at the end of the summer (then Scarby & Muskogee). He's getting the Tudor doublet and slops style. Here's the brocade materials we're using:
(http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3184/brocadejn9.jpg)
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/9473/fabric001kx4.jpg)
On your dress, did you use any materials listed as "dry clean only"? Did you have the scrollwork on the front of the dress custom embroidered?
Friar Rohn
Hello Friar Rohn !
The gown was a gift for me from my husband, for all that i had been through the past year and the half. ( The painful lung biopsy, the spine and heart surgery ).
He saw the gown on he internet. The seamstress is out of Tennesee i think.
The bodice itself is a heavy green velvet. It is ature velvet. Dry clean only.
The stomacher part of the bodice is reversable. The other side is done with the same green and gold brocade material as the underskirt.
The overskirt is done out of the same heavy green velvet as the bodice. You can't really tell from the pictures. but there is a lot of materail to the skirts. Plus they are both nicely lined inside.
Both the skirts, bodice and stomacher are dry clean only. I plan on just brushing the dirt off witha brush and spot cleaning or using some of the cleaning suggetsions listed in the " Garb " section of the forum for Noble gowns.
There are gold grommets going up both sides of the stomacher.
The lacing is a gold braid.
As for the embroidery the seamstress ( once i was told about the gown from husband ) sent me email photo's of several patterns. I picked the one i liked the best. It does not look like it was done by machine. i think it was hand sewn.
Yes, i am keping my fingers crosed for one cool weekend at Sterling so i can wear the sleeves with the gown too, and get some decent photo's. I have a very good digital camera that i will bring with me.
My son has gone from dressing as Robin Hood as a infant, to dressing as a pirate, to now wanting to be a knight. LOL !
Yes, dressing as a noble is not easy, or cheap, but it is fun !
I love the blue brocade material you have posted. very pretty ! And that green one is gorgeous !
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Thankyou to everyone on the nice compliments !
The gown was a gift for me from my husband, for all that i had been through the past year and the half. ( The painful lung biopsy, the spine and heart surgery ). He saw the gown on he internet. The seamstress is out of Tennesee i think.
Beautiful gift. Sorry to hear of your health problems. I myself have had quite a few too, so I know what it's like to bare a few scars from how life can be unfair. Hope that life is better now. We spotted Alexander's doublet and paned slops on eBay. The seamstress is out of Texas and so far has been exceptionally professional. The materials for the first suit were shipped to her last week.
Both the skirts, bodice and stomacher are dry clean only. I plan on just brushing the dirt off with a brush and spot cleaning or using some of the cleaning suggestions listed in the " Garb " section of the forum for Noble gowns.
Yes, some has said to have the materials "prewashed" and thrown into a hot dryer to shrink the material down before be sewn together. I just worry about the colors fading. I'll find that thread. Almost all the materials purchased were from Interior decorating and upholstery stores.
As for the embroidery the seamstress ( once i was told about the gown from husband ) sent me email photo's of several patterns. I picked the one i liked the best. It does not look like it was done by machine. i think it was hand sewn.
If it was hand sewn, she must have been very talented. Most embroidery is done by machine. The seamstress we chose let us shop for the specific fabrics and has made several changes without a problems (adding the grommets and ties along the sides of the doublets for future growth, adding a velvet collar and grommets on the tips of the shoulderblades to anchor his "chains of office").
Yes, I am keeping my fingers crossed for one cool weekend at Sterling so I can wear the sleeves with the gown too, and get some decent photo's. I have a very good digital camera that I will bring with me.
I specifically looked for fabrics that are lightweight and "breathable". The brocades are fairly thin and porous and then we used poplins and velveteen's for the other materials. Oklahoma & Texas weather is so unpredictable. The paned slops will not be very puffy with filler, she's going to fill them with unwound fishing line to give them a little structure and it will allow them to breathe through easier. The blue suit will have sleeves and the green without.
My son has gone from dressing as Robin Hood as a infant, to dressing as a pirate, to now wanting to be a knight. LOL !
I didn't take very many photos of the kids in the crowds during the last RenFest unless if they were dressed out (except for my niece's classmates on Student Day). There was a hodgepodge of different styles for the kids. Merchant class, one kid dressed as Alladin, several Harry Potter style wizards, a Robin Hood, and pirates seemed to be the favorite. Steven (now 18) dressed as a Knights Templar. Ericka (now 13) was always dressed period upper style and remembers how Queen Margaret would "borrow her" and incorporate her into the royal procession for several hours as a visiting royal from "the Spanish Court". Now it's Alexander's turn to be a playtron.
Yes, dressing as a noble is not easy, or cheap, but it is fun !
Yeah.... it's sticker shock time. That green brocade material is $97 per yard. We've enjoyed going over different styles (over Lord knows how many games of Blitz Chess) over various episode of the Tudors on the big screen.
I love the blue brocade material you have posted. very pretty ! And that green one is gorgeous!
The blue brocade was the hardest material to find. Originally we saw something like it on Damsel In This Dress's pirate section. Their's was black and gold and they don't sell just the fabric. We couldn't find a match like it on the web. Some of the local players suggested to drive out to a outlet fabric center about 30 miles outside of town. Finally had some extra time off and drove out there, went through their showroom floor and remnants area without luck. I was walking out the door and there hanging as drapes right beside the door was the fabric as a drape for $20 for around 4-5 yards. Lucked out. Alexander likes it better because it's blue.
We found the green material yesterday, it'll take a couple of weeks for it to be shipped in. We were looking for the same style as the blue brocade but in a dark hunter green. Design-wise, we were finding more browns and golds or light greenish-blue teal colors. We were happy with the green material.
Friar Rohn
Quote from: Friar Rohn the Chronicler on July 20, 2008, 09:21:07 PM
The gown was a gift for me from my husband, for all that i had been through the past year and the half. ( The painful lung biopsy, the spine and heart surgery ). He saw the gown on he internet. The seamstress is out of Tennesee i think.
Beautiful gift. Sorry to hear of your health problems. I myself have had quite a few too, so I know what it's like to bare a few scars from how life can be unfair. Hope that life is better now. We spotted Alexander's doublet and paned slops on eBay. The seamstress is out of Texas and so far has been exceptionally professional. The materials for the first suit were shipped to her last week.
Both the skirts, bodice and stomacher are dry clean only. I plan on just brushing the dirt off with a brush and spot cleaning or using some of the cleaning suggestions listed in the " Garb " section of the forum for Noble gowns.
Yes, some has said to have the materials "prewashed" and thrown into a hot dryer to shrink the material down before be sewn together. I just worry about the colors fading. I'll find that thread. Almost all the materials purchased were from Interior decorating and upholstery stores.
As for the embroidery the seamstress ( once i was told about the gown from husband ) sent me email photo's of several patterns. I picked the one i liked the best. It does not look like it was done by machine. i think it was hand sewn.
If it was hand sewn, she must have been very talented. Most embroidery is done by machine. The seamstress we chose let us shop for the specific fabrics and has made several changes without a problems (adding the grommets and ties along the sides of the doublets for future growth, adding a velvet collar and grommets on the tips of the shoulderblades to anchor his "chains of office").
Yes, I am keeping my fingers crossed for one cool weekend at Sterling so I can wear the sleeves with the gown too, and get some decent photo's. I have a very good digital camera that I will bring with me.
I specifically looked for fabrics that are lightweight and "breathable". The brocades are fairly thin and porous and then we used poplins and velveteen's for the other materials. Oklahoma & Texas weather is so unpredictable. The paned slops will not be very puffy with filler, she's going to fill them with unwound fishing line to give them a little structure and it will allow them to breathe through easier. The blue suit will have sleeves and the green without.
My son has gone from dressing as Robin Hood as a infant, to dressing as a pirate, to now wanting to be a knight. LOL !
I didn't take very many photos of the kids in the crowds during the last RenFest unless if they were dressed out (except for my niece's classmates on Student Day). There was a hodgepodge of different styles for the kids. Merchant class, one kid dressed as Alladin, several Harry Potter style wizards, a Robin Hood, and pirates seemed to be the favorite. Steven (now 18) dressed as a Knights Templar. Ericka (now 13) was always dressed period upper style and remembers how Queen Margaret would "borrow her" and incorporate her into the royal procession for several hours as a visiting royal from "the Spanish Court". Now it's Alexander's turn to be a playtron.
Yes, dressing as a noble is not easy, or cheap, but it is fun !
Yeah.... it's sticker shock time. That green brocade material is $97 per yard. We've enjoyed going over different styles (over Lord knows how many games of Blitz Chess) over various episode of the Tudors on the big screen.
I love the blue brocade material you have posted. very pretty ! And that green one is gorgeous!
The blue brocade was the hardest material to find. Originally we saw something like it on Damsel In This Dress's pirate section. Their's was black and gold and they don't sell just the fabric. We couldn't find a match like it on the web. Some of the local players suggested to drive out to a outlet fabric center about 30 miles outside of town. Finally had some extra time off and drove out there, went through their showroom floor and remnants area without luck. I was walking out the door and there hanging as drapes right beside the door was the fabric as a drape for $20 for around 4-5 yards. Lucked out. Alexander likes it better because it's blue.
We found the green material yesterday, it'll take a couple of weeks for it to be shipped in. We were looking for the same style as the blue brocade but in a dark hunter green. Design-wise, we were finding more browns and golds or light greenish-blue teal colors. We were happy with the green material.
Friar Rohn
I'm doing alot better health wise, thankyou. ( i ended up having a non cancerous tumor on my spine that went for a long time misdiagnosed removed this year .) Do posts pictures of Alexander's garb when it gets done.
Well don`t you look stunning in that gown, and by the way your son is adorable you both look wounderful
Thankyou Daylight! I have some pictures from this past weekend in our new pirate garb that i will have to post when i get around to it.
I hoping that next weekend at faire it will be cool enough to wear the sleeves, and the ruff, and my tall hat with my gown, so i can show off the complete ensemble ! if not i will just have to put them on here at home, so i can get a picture to show you all ! :)
Do posts pictures of Alexander's garb when it gets done.
Here's a representation of what I want it to look like. The seamstress needed a layout of the three fabrics and I photoshopped this up for her this morning. We're still searching for a similar brocade fabric for the second suit but in a dark hunter green and gold.
(http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/3380/doublet002cs8.jpg)
Friar Rohn
wow, that is one sharp looking nobleman's outfit !
Thanks.....
I'm hoping it will come out just like this. The seamstress loved that I did up a photoshopped version for her to follow. Most of her client's apparently try to describe the layout of a suit that would be hard to follow by verbal description. When I was younger, I've had a lot of design work background and that took me about 20 minutes to whip up with Photoshop.
There are a few basic design changes, a couple of extra grommet holes on the shoulder blades to tie down the "chains of office". A collar and extra grommets and ties along the rib cage in case he hits a growth spurt (she's making room for that). As you probably know with the kids, you don't how much they grow on a daily basis until you pull out the garb from the back of the closet after several months. When he eventually outgrows them, we will probably donate them to the costume rental shop set up at the Castle.
Friar Rohn
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Updated October 18.
As promise here are the pictures of me in my full noble court attire-- ( hat, sleeves, purse, etc )
here is me and my son
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan_album/P1010040.jpg
at Sterling with some friends
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan_album/GroupAmyKnights2.jpg
my friend Julie, my husband Tim, my son Timothy, and I at Sterling
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan_album/JulieTimAmyTimothy.jpg
and my pirate garb
http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t142/nobleclan_album/P1010028.jpg
What a beautiful (and well dressed) family!
Thanks for sharing the pics, Amy!
Everyone looks wonderful! :)
Very classy, Amy. :)