Temptations

[frualeydis]

I wonder, is there anybody but me who feels sorely tempted to make one of these embroidered elizabethan jackets?
Drea Leed has made a jacket of patterned upholstery fabric and Kass McGann has made
one from embroidered fabric. They look great both of them, but I would like to embroider it myself. Is this a sign of insanity?
Anyway it won't be done before I find out which size I'm going to have, so it'll be a year before I even start. But as said, I'm sorely tempted and have borrowed some books with pictures of embroidered jackets today.

Oh, and no baby today either. Yesterday I thought something migh thappen in the next few days, but now everything is back to normal again.

Comments

Nope. Not alone.

[jauncourt.livejournal.com]

..and for me, it's even crazier.

I don't even DO Elizabethan/Jacobean stuff.

But I want one. And a matching coif.

Of course, I, who happens to detest embroidery, want to work it myself...

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I really shouldn't be making elizabethan stuff either, because I actually don't think the 16th century is a part of the middle ages and Nordrike, where I'm mostly active, is medieval group, even though we have the same time frame as the SCA.
And I have all this very thin changeable silk taffeta I'm going to make bliauts from, so why should I even plan to make 16th century?
Because it looks so damn good I guess.

Eva

[mirazandar.livejournal.com]

nonono, - that is not a sign of insanity at all. I love dress diaries more than embroidery, so please make one :P

[amberlaine.livejournal.com]

I've been wanted to make one. I h ave a thing for jackets and doublets. But the part about embroidering it yourself---yes, that makes you insane :p

Not I, but...

[marymont.livejournal.com]

My apprentice has voice a hankering for one of these. She bought a Viking/Huskvarna embroidery machine just so she could do similar things. I think that if you want one, you should have one. It seems like something that would look gorgeous for mundane evening wear if you never wear it in the SCA!

[pinque.livejournal.com]

Not mad;)

I made one from wool and had plans on embroidering it in wool (so not actually a recreation, but interpretation)

I don't have anything from that part of the century o wear it wil, but I figure it's not too bad over a kirtle or boned corset and petticoat at a pinch.

Hey, yours will be a work of art and somethig to pass on to your children:)

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

Yep. I desperately want to make one too, but it is a bit overwhelming. I've always loved the redwork one in Fashion in Detail.

ahhh... maybe someday.

Embroidered Jacket

[kiarapanther.livejournal.com]

I stayed with the SCA because of the embroidery and really want to do one of these, but its quite a few years off.

[noxcat.livejournal.com]

I've been working on one for a little over a year now, but the fashion fabric is a tapestry. As slow as I went putting the trim on it by hand, if I embroidered it I'd NEVER get it done! At this point all I have to do is put the hook&eyetape up the CF, put the gores in, and them finish the hem. (And add the cuffs if I decide I want them)