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Random Ramblings…

Yesterday was the GBACG Open House, which was very much fun. The fashion show was really impressive, and seeing everyone and talking about everything coming up got me reinvigorated and excited about the coming year. Yay! I love my geeky hobby and the fabulous people who do it with me!

I’m now having lots more fantasies about lots more dresses, including some kind of late 18th c. mourning for the Guillotine picnic in July. Someone slap me now.

Also, if you were thinking of taking my bodice draping workshop but didn’t get in, Katie is checking to see whether there is enough interest to do a second one. If you are interested, email her at workshops at gbacg dot org.

In other THRILLING news, I thoroughly cleaned my bedroom (aka the sewing room I let my husband sleep in), so things are ready to go for post-work costuming (nothing is worse then trying to sew when you have to push away all the crap and sit in one tiny corner of the room trying not to let the piles fall on you).

And, um, stuff! Can you tell I’m finally over being sick and am mentally awake for the first time in forever?

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A Bit of Salaciousness….

Last Saturday, La Societe des Lumieres held our first (hopefully more than annual!) Salacious Sleepover. The whole idea was to get together (as our 18th century characters) wearing our period undies, eating lots of dessert, and reading/viewing 18th century literature (ahemeroticaahem). Although we were a small crowd, it was WAY too much fun. Everyone looked fabulous, we had a huge spread of food that we didn’t even make it halfway through (champagne cake! yum!), LOTS of champagne, and some blush-inducing literary readings. Shocking, I say!

We lit the whole place by candles, which really added to the ambiance, but it means the pictures turned out pretty dark. Plus, we weren’t really going for standard “here’s my costume” shots but rather fun portraits. But, of course, as any good costumer, we did take lots of photos! So here they are. Don’t worry, all is SFW (it wasn’t THAT kind of party!).

You’ll note that I’m wearing a new corset — it’s not really new, actually. I’ve always been bored by my white and silver stays, plus the silk satin has been fraying at the seamlines. So I, crazy woman that I am, sat down and ripped apart my old stays (which I love the fit of, I should add!), and recovered it in peach taffeta (left over from my recent francaise) with green binding and corded seams. I’ll take some better pictures and post more info; plus, I also recovered some shoes (which aren’t done yet; I’ll also post some photos & info on those soon).

I’ve been sick as a dog, which is what’s been inhibiting all of this picture taking and posting… I’m nearly better, so I promise to actually START on my Gwendolen dress soon!

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SCA 12th Night

Here’s a long overdue update, which if you’re on my LJ friends list you’ve already seen: pictures from SCA 12th Night. I posted these while my site was down to Flickr, and I finally got around to posting them here.

Anyway, I was quite impressed both by the number of people at this (West Kingdom) event, plus the really high caliber of costuming. So many pretty outfits! 1530s-40s Florentine and early 16th c. German seemed to be the most popular.

Best of all, I went with a great crowd of friends to celebrate Sarah’s birthday. We had a great time just hanging out and being silly, and are hatching evil plans to get more into character at future events (which totally yanks my chain).

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SF Bay Area Bodice Draping Workshop

If you’re in the SF Bay Area, and are interested in such shenanigans, I’ll be teaching a Bodice Draping Workshop (for the Victorian era) for GBACG on Feb. 11th (advance signups required). I’ll demo how to drape a basic dart-fitted bodice, then students will pair up and drape each other. You’ll learn how to drape, plus we’ll go through all the mockup stages so that you leave with a perfectly fitted pattern that you can adapt to most eras of the 19th century. Should be fun!