Shiny Italian costumes in the making
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frualeydisMy work on Valeria's Eleonora di Toledo gown procedes slowly, but steadily. It does take time to stitch around all the edges of that trim. Thank the Gods that there are so many Drizzt Do'Urden audio books :)
Yesterday the brocade and lining for mine and baron Måns' new outfits finally arrived too.
Ever sicne I saw this 13th century Sicilian image with a woman wearing a mi-parti gown in blue and white (or yellow?), but with te seame brocade pattern I have wanted to make something similar.
I found broaceds with the same pattern in different colours at puresilks.us, but it's taken them the longest time to send them - first claiming that they didn't have more blue, then suddenly finding it. But here it is now. The colour are a little bit off, at least on my monitor: the white is lighter and the blue darker in reality. The orange silk is the lining, because you see a lot of linings in what appears to be shot silk in red/yellow in early 14th century illuminations.
Unlike the image ours will have rows of gold coloured buttons on the under arms.
The plan is to finish these for Double Wars, in the end of May. However, I have plenty of stuff to do before that, so we'll see. Maybe Valeria's will be finished then too, though it isn't much of a camping outfit.
Yesterday the brocade and lining for mine and baron Måns' new outfits finally arrived too.
Ever sicne I saw this 13th century Sicilian image with a woman wearing a mi-parti gown in blue and white (or yellow?), but with te seame brocade pattern I have wanted to make something similar.
I found broaceds with the same pattern in different colours at puresilks.us, but it's taken them the longest time to send them - first claiming that they didn't have more blue, then suddenly finding it. But here it is now. The colour are a little bit off, at least on my monitor: the white is lighter and the blue darker in reality. The orange silk is the lining, because you see a lot of linings in what appears to be shot silk in red/yellow in early 14th century illuminations.
Unlike the image ours will have rows of gold coloured buttons on the under arms.
The plan is to finish these for Double Wars, in the end of May. However, I have plenty of stuff to do before that, so we'll see. Maybe Valeria's will be finished then too, though it isn't much of a camping outfit.
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Date: 2017-04-01 10:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-02 06:22 am (UTC)/Eva
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Date: 2017-04-02 08:01 am (UTC)And the brocades for the Sicillian are gorgeous.
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Date: 2017-04-02 07:28 pm (UTC)/Eva
That is a very good match for the drawing!
Date: 2017-04-03 04:53 am (UTC)Re: That is a very good match for the drawing!
Date: 2017-04-03 06:43 am (UTC)/Eva