Blah cold

[mala_14]

I don't it's cold here. I mean I have a cold. And it makes me feel blah. I think I just crashed after all the school and conference stuff. It's put a damper on the sewing. My skirt is still sitting around with its hem just pinned up. I ironed and trimmed it at some point, though. In even better progress, I drafted up a bodice pattern! I will attempt to cut out the mock-up today. We'll see how that goes.

Tomorrow is a sewing write-off day because I have to go to a baby shower during the day and group watching Game of Thrones in the evening and, if I'm suddenly completely better, maybe the weekly visit to my grandmother, but probably not. I had to skip out on the living history group sewing day today which made me sad. But my nose is like a leaking faucet and my head feels about 2 sizes too big. There's no way I would have been able to do 5 hours of sewing. Plus, I'd hate to go there and potentially infect everyone. So I slept in and had chicken-vegetable soup for lunch. :)

I have a new upcoming project for post-CoCo sewing: an 1895 outfit! It seems very likely that next year's Victorian Studies conference will be in my hometown with the theme of Making Victorians. Combine that with the fact that much of our conference will be connected with Dalnavert House, a local museum originally built in 1895, and you get my project/presentation for next year. I want to make an entire tailor made suit (but this may change to a dress, not entirely sure yet, depends on what fabric I find) from the ground up (including undies) and document the process. Talk about the research done, the hours put in, the $ it takes, what the historical costuming community looks like, what wearing these items is like, etc. I think it'll be really interesting. And with a big deadline like that, I'll have to get it done. :)

(I had shown my prof my earlier post of all my 1880s undies and the beginnings of the polonaise outfit and she said I should show that at the house. "But it's the wrong era!" I declared. We just couldn't have that, now could we?)

Comments

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

We couldn't have that at all! What a fun project!

And awful timing on the cold. Feel better soon.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

I think it will be!

Thanks. Slowly recovering.

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon!

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Starting to feel better.

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

Get well soon! Your new project sounds wonderful!

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Getting better slowly. I'm excited to work on it! But CoCo stuff first!

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon!

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Starting to recover now.

[wanda-victorian.livejournal.com]

Your Studies conference sounds very interesting to me. As to the historical costuming community, Victorian speaking, my group might be it. There are groups for Viking era and Living History is pre Victorian as well. I love that Dalnavert is coming back to life. I love that house. I hope to make more time to be more involved with it.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Manitoba Living History is actually delving into Victorian now what with the 150th for Confederation coming up. Should be fun! And yes on Dalnavert! I plan on spending some quality time there volunteering this summer.