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I think I want to compete in the Historical Masquerade at Costume Con. Which means I'm going to go the full monty and do the burgundian dress completely authentic with a chemise AND kirtle underneath. I wasn't going to do the kirtle before, because I thought it would be too many layers and too much work, but if it's going to be inspected by judges, I want it to be irreproachable. And anyway, before I kind of felt like if I'm going to make my perfect Burgundian dress that I've always wanted, I really should do it properly, kirtle and all, but I just needed this to give me that extra incentive to really go for it, which for some reason I didn't feel like I could do before. But now I'm really happy with the decision and really excited. The only thing that scares me is having to do documentation! Writing up bibliographies! EEK! My research has evolved over so many years that I really have no idea which books I learned about Burgundian dress construction and styles from! Honest to goodness, I have NO IDEA! (I'll just list everything Margaret Scott has ever written, she's the goddess of Medieval costume books, so surely that should cover it!) ;-D
I've also decided against the slubbed checked silk. It's better to save my time and money for when the perfect fabric comes around, instead of just wasting it on something that only sort of works.
Also, I seriously need to stop watching Gargoyles. I LOVED this show when I was a kid, and they have it on late night cable re-runs now, and I've totally gotten hooked on it again. It's seriously one of the best written fantasy series on TV ever. I owe any affection I have for Shakespeare entirely to this show, and probably a good bit of my knowledge of world mythologies to the post-Avalon episodes. Plus most of the voice cast is made up of actors from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's just made of awesome. But it takes time away from sewing! NOT GOOD! MUST SEW! Seriously, Gargoyles, stop being so awesome!
I've also decided against the slubbed checked silk. It's better to save my time and money for when the perfect fabric comes around, instead of just wasting it on something that only sort of works.
Also, I seriously need to stop watching Gargoyles. I LOVED this show when I was a kid, and they have it on late night cable re-runs now, and I've totally gotten hooked on it again. It's seriously one of the best written fantasy series on TV ever. I owe any affection I have for Shakespeare entirely to this show, and probably a good bit of my knowledge of world mythologies to the post-Avalon episodes. Plus most of the voice cast is made up of actors from Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's just made of awesome. But it takes time away from sewing! NOT GOOD! MUST SEW! Seriously, Gargoyles, stop being so awesome!
