Gallery of In Progress Projects

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

The Chaucer Coat is comong along and ready for the faux fur to be cut and sewn on.


The coat front.


The Back


The slashed sleeves

The coat is made of an Ultra Suede I purchased at SR Harris a few weeks ago. Underlined with a Quilter's Broadcloth to give the suede body and to keep it from stretching out of shape. Embossed with cresent moons to give the fabric some texture. I also bought faux fur that resembles Persian Lamb. Anyone who has seen the film 'A Knight's Tale', know what I am talking about.

[LaurenLee]

Love that movie... and love the coat.  Though I do remember Chaucer tended to to lose his clothing to gambling debts - I wonder if he ever wore anything UNDER his nice coat?   

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

In the latter scenes for the Jousting Tournament in London, Chaucer wore a tunic type shirt and suede pants.

I have the collar attached and working on the fur front panels.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

I have all the fur pieces on the coat. I had done some and tore them out because they looked to wide. All I have to do now is whip stitch the fur, go over and clip all threads, wipe it down witha  clean wshcloth of excess fur, then get it shipped out.

Finished photos will follow.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

The 1890's gored skirt. I have yet to sew on the snaps at the waist and back seam placket.


Skirt Front


Closeup of the skirt rouching at the hem.


The back with a sloght train.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

This is a project for me while I have a bit of "down" time. I have yet to assemble the bodice, which will be underlined in one layer of canvas duck for body.

The fabric is a Poly Taffeta in a deep burgandy with Velveteen embossed flowers. Underlined in Cotton Broadcloth in a similar color for body. I bought the Taffeta last year at JoAnn's after a Halloween Sale for 60% off. I bought the rest of the bolt, which was 8 yards.

The rouching at the hem was a last minute idea to give the skirt a more period look. The rouching are 2" tall strips, rolled hemmed serged, 1 1/2" Box pleats that were stitched 5/8" from the edge, then finished with a 3/8" wide Gimp. I will have the same rouching on the Bodice when I get that made.
I also have Black Lace fabric to make the Underblouse.

The effect is Victorian Goth. The skirt pattern...http://www.lafnmoon.com/gore.htm

The Bodice Patternhttp://trulyvictorian.com/catalog/490.html

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

The bodice is just about finished. I ran out of Black thread. I need to do the buttonholes yet and sew in the buttons. Then on to the Black Lace Blouse to wear underneath for that Steampunk look.

[Kate XXXXXX]

Ran out of black thread???  For shame! 


It's looking very elegant.   

[Jon Foster]

The fabric is a Poly Taffeta in a deep burgandy with Velveteen embossed flowers. Underlined in Cotton Broadcloth in a similar color for body. I bought the Taffeta last year at JoAnn's after a Halloween Sale for 60% off. I bought the rest of the bolt, which was 8 yards.

My wife picked up all the leftovers of this material last season too. I think it was a great buy. Actually, she got all the red, silver/gray and black they had left. She made pirate coats for the girls with it this year.

Here's two of the girls with Captain Greybeard at MIRF.



Jon.

[Tammy]

Beautiful coats on beautiful girls with beautiful hair!!!! 

[Jon Foster]

Beautiful coats on beautiful girls with beautiful hair!!!! 

Thanks Tammy.

Jon.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Oustanding, Jon! HUZZAH!!

[LadyShadow]

Oh lovely work all.

[Auryn]

Well I have finally started working on my pirate coat since Pirates in Paradise is in 3 weeks.

The material is a bit flashy but I fell in love with it- it is a curtain panel that I paid $8 for in the spring.



What do you guys think of this ribbon for the button details??



I'm going to line it with some plain dark red cotton for comfort and to give it some weight, its south Florida so it can't be too heavy otherwise I wont wear it. The sleeve reverse is going to be black flat velvet- a 1/2yd remnant I got for $2.50 at Joann's on Monday. I wanted to do a trim along the edges but I'm afraid that anything other than a flat black ribbon would just be too much going on.

I was originally going to do a nice and frilly justacorps but it was going to make my rear end look even bigger than it already is.

[Kate XXXXXX]

Splendiferous stuff!  Te ribbon trim should look good.