Gallery of Finished Projects

[DonaCatalina]

Congratulations Isabella. I wish I could manage that.

[Adriana Rose]

That is awesome! I wish I could get that done, I go from Garland explosion to fabric, to craft stuff rinse and repeat.

[Merlin the Elder]

I'm going to need a front-end loader to clear my work area...or hire Isabella's clean-up fairies.

[isabelladangelo]

I'm going to need a front-end loader to clear my work area...or hire Isabella's clean-up fairies.

The Queen of the Clean Up fairies does take requests;



However, she is also quiet demanding of the person whose home is in need of clean up as well.

[Mythrin]

Been gone for a while and thought I would come back into the forum.  Since I finished this project yesterday it seemed like the local way to step back into this dance.  It is an early 18th century riding habit.

This is joint project between my daughter and myself.  This started out as her Bachelor of Fine Arts project in technical theater when she changed her focus from historical costuming to special effects make up.  She it designed, the fabric purchased and had the coat's shell done when this shift happened.  It hung unfinished on the dress dummy for the last couple of years and I decided to finish it.  We are close enough to the same size that with the waistcoat having an adjustable back that we can both use it.  She also made a tricorn as a class project for this riding habit that she will be sending me. 

The skirt is held out with a corded petticoat, a small bum roll and a quilted short petticoat (knee length) with very deep cartriage pleats that I am really liking for what it does to the look of the skirts without the weight and heat of a full petticoat.

[gem]

Chris, that is SPECTACULAR!!!!

(I would love to see photos of all the pieces--but especially the magical short petticoat!)

[Mythrin]

https://picasaweb.google.com/MythrinFarm/18thCenturyRidingHabit#

Thanks Gem, here is the web album that includes several photos of the short petticoat.  The top portion is doubled over about 5 inches and cartridge pleaded into the a ribbon waistband.  I then bounded it with bias tape made from an old silk tie I got at the thrift shop I now manage.  I have made two of these - spliting a 54 inch wide length in half, one with cartridge pleating and the other a simple draw string.  The first one gives a bit more puff factor when paired with the bum roll and the sudden break you sometimes see in skirts with bum rolls is gone.

[Rennigirl]

Chris - congrats to you and your daughter!  That is one hell of an ensemble!!!  Stylish and not your standard cookie cutter "Look!  I'm a pirate!" outfit.  Kudos.

[Anna Iram]

Mythrin, that is so beautiful. Love the colors and fabrics, love the beautiful pocket. Just wonderful all around. What a joy that must be to wear.

[Mythrin]

Thank you, it has been fun to work with my daughter as a "grown up".  My husband just leaves the room when we start talking "costuming geek".  I will use this in a few weeks at Tartan Days in Historic St Charles MO. 

The pocket was such a cheat at to be a bit embarrassing.  I manage a local charity thrift shop and a set of old school embroidered napkins and table runners came in that had been started but stored away in cardboard for decades.  I brought them home and soaked them for many hours in Biz which brough the color from mid-brown to a tan color.  To dark to sell as the project to finish but not enough for me to buy and turn into pockets.  This is also where I got my bed skirt petticoat - coast me all of 3.00 and a few hours of time.  sooooo simple.

[operafantomet]

https://picasaweb.google.com/MythrinFarm/18thCenturyRidingHabit#

Thanks Gem, here is the web album that includes several photos of the short petticoat.  The top portion is doubled over about 5 inches and cartridge pleaded into the a ribbon waistband.  I then bounded it with bias tape made from an old silk tie I got at the thrift shop I now manage.  I have made two of these - spliting a 54 inch wide length in half, one with cartridge pleating and the other a simple draw string.  The first one gives a bit more puff factor when paired with the bum roll and the sudden break you sometimes see in skirts with bum rolls is gone.

It is... wow!!! I LOVE the colour scheme you've picked, and the details are exquisite. The part about the loose pocket is brilliant. And I am certain there were women buying pre-embroidered pieces and made stuff out of it. I know men could buy pre-embroidered and cut parts for their vests and jackets, and just have a tailor put it together, so why not the women?

[amy]

Indeed!  The Lady gone riding is an equisite ensemble.  Each piece is artwork!

I just finished up my first commission of the summer.   A black kilt for a friend at Tennessee RF who is in process of crafting his own black leather armour!   My first kilt, made without pattern but with all the fantastic info you can find on the web.  I see now why they are easier and faster in wool and in plaid!  Boy I would have loved to have some "straight of grain" to go by and some stripes to measure sets with.   And the fabric he gave me had a bit of stretch to the weave so that made for some challenges.  Anyone else make kilts?  I would love tips!

It is hanging kind of wonky on the hanger... I do hope it looks better on the body that the pics look.

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

HUZZAH Chris!!  OUTSTANDING indeed!!! STUNNING!!!

I need to make more garments for the 18th Century for sure!!!

[isabelladangelo]

And speaking of the 18th C, I just finished my 1790's open robe dress


011 by jubileel_insaneone, on Flickr


013 by jubileel_insaneone, on Flickr

I apologize that the pictures aren't the best.  I'm trying to make a Regency gown in every color of the rainbow.  So far, I have red, orange, green, and now blue!   I know what I want for yellow and I have an idea for purple as well - it's a matter of finding the right amount of silk.  :-)

[Lady Kathleen of Olmsted]

Lovely gown, isabella.

Have you tried Silk Baron? This is a good place for Dupioni Silks. I see that Silk Baron is also available oneBay now. His silks are $15 a yard and come in colors not even I could have imagined. FREE shipping within the United States.

I ordered more Silk for a Venetian Courtesan gown and breeches in a color called Pumpkin Pie. Give Silk Baron a try. The price per yard is very reasonable and the quality is very good.