My Project List

Well...while I am pleased with getting my chemise remade and getting a set of bases (French, late 15th C. upper garb) made for Ken, the list of things that need to be made (or that I *want* to make) is staggering -- JUST FOR ME!

So, here is my list (I'll mark them off as I finish them)....

• new body block (bodice pattern for those not familiar with sewing terms)
• a body block for hose (yup -- I'm going to attempt to make proper linen stockings)
• a simple farthingale (I already have the materials for this, just need to get it going)
• a simple corset (again, already have the materials, just need to take measurements and start working on it)
• add stripes to my other chemise and raise the neckline by 4 inches (an ant fell out of a tree and down my cleavage at the last event...rather uncomfortable place for bites and doesn't look particularly lady-like which fishing the angry ant out either!)
• black linen dress with red trim and short cap sleeves
• red linen petticoat with black guards around the bottom (one large black stripe, bordered on each side with a thin black stripe, with gold calatrava crosses appliqued on the large black stripe)
• black and white embroidered partlet (high collared -- to help with the 'ant' problem :)
• black bag cap and a stuffed pony tail
• add red or black trim to purple dress
• raise hem of olive dress and add a black guard around the bottom, as well as lowering and squaring the neck line (to wear with a black linen petticoat
• blue with red trim spanish 'waist' dress (looks like a bodice with a short peplum skirt attached, worn over a matching full length skirt)
• Elizabethan loose overcoat style dress (kind of an Elizabethan 'housecoat' worn over other dresses for an added layer of warmth in winter)
• 2 new chemises (1 with red stripes and 1 square necked chemise with blackwork and beading around neckline)

Whew! That is my clothing list. Lucky for me Ken can do his own sewing! On top of the clothing, I want to add a 'few' (hah!) heraldic items to our camping/event gear including:

• chair covers (Ken is making stamps of our primary charges and we plan to stamp the covers to mark them)
• paint our heraldry on our feastgear (plates and bowls)
• make a painted square banner for me
• finish Ken's painted square banner
• silverware pouches
• leather cup sleeves (lots of SCAdian's have the same style of drinking mugs, so we need a way to distinguish ours)
• heraldic napkins
• box for carrying feastgear
• and last but very necessary.... pilgrims bags (for toting stuff around events and a place to hang all of the event tokens we are collecting)

So there you have it....the to-do list that keeps growing!