It should have been black!

[frualeydis]

Today I finally got around trying to dye my yellow velvet black so that I could use it for the loose gown from Patterns of Fashion. I used lots of dye, like 90 $ worth of Dylon machine dye, and salt and it looked good, the water being all black in the machine.
One hour later I open the washing machine and take out this gorgeous dark forest green velvet!! it's absolutely wonderful, but definitely not black.
I don't really feel that I've lost something. Now I have to look around for black cotton velvet or velveteen with a short pile before I can start on the gown. On the other hand I have this gorgeous green velvet, in a colour that is hard to find in shops, that probably will become something german as soon as I get my waist back.

Eva

Comments

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I know! It's absolutely perfect!
I just wonder what to do with it. I'm thinking about being a copycat and make something like this (http://homepage.mac.com/festive_attyre/feature/yr3/week120.html). When I stop looking like I've swallowed a large football.
A friend suggested a houppelande, but I have issues with a group of people here in Sweden who make late 14th early 15th c clothes and I really don't want to look like them.
Probably I'll end up doing something from Hans Weigel's Trachtenbuch. German 1570s, can it get better?

Eva

[guyelfkin.livejournal.com]

Well, copycatting that outfit in green velvet would look stunning.

Just becasue those people do 14th/15th century garb shouldn't stop you from doing it too. If you don't hang-out with them, you arent likely to be mistaken for one of them. I love houpellandes and they tend to fit a variety of shapes and sized (your undergown is what would need to fit whatever current size you happen to be). My big green houp has hidden lacings inside at the back so I can let it out or take it in without it showing on the outside (the pleats are sewn down to the inner body around the waist, otherwise it wouldn't need the lacings).
Dark green and German is a good combination too.

So many options.
Teddy

[pinkdiamond.livejournal.com]

Trachtenbuch would be wonderful:)

Speaking of which.. I'm going to cough up and order the book myself.... I'm sure I read the Dover edition has full colour plates...

Now... to order via Borders... and pick it up in town... or order via amazon or something and get it sent to me....

Guess which;)

I'm doing a 1560sish German sometime soon. More plaits and little goofy hats;)