cleve gown update

[pinkdiamond]

There is a Medieval Faire here in less than a month and as it’s summer and on park grounds I’d really like to make something I can wear. So that means a round gown!

But my wool and linen gowns both have a slight train, and my Braunchweig is red silk. My Cleves velvet is a long term rebuild, though it will be this year, so I am making a new frock!

I’ll be breaking out the black silk for this! The rest of the silk will be used to make a new Heuke! Much as I want a Mantua and as good as this would be for that I can’t help but really want my pale blue taffeta to sing, and a mantua will do that more than any other era. Except tone on tone 1870s but I can’t invest in much more hand sewing 🙂

So to this end I am also restoring other elements of my ensemble, underlayers and headgear! It took all day to fill in a little more of the pearl work on the front of my stickelsche, and then there will be bezants and paillettes to cover the rest 🙂

Hmm if I have enough silk there could be two frocks, but that may be a bit greedy. Gown and heuke.

Comments

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

I looove that Cleve gown! Your headpiece makes me swoon.

[pinkdiamond.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) The full gown is going to take a while. I put it aside as the handsewing of the hems was getting to me, then thought what the hey just machine them and yesterday realised that no, there was so much handsewing already it would be a waste :)

But the next one is super cute! And the headdress can be worn and it's in two colours and one is PINK! AHAHHAHAHAHHA!!!!

Unfortunately my hands are really bad- like carpal tunnel but both sides of the hand. So a warm pack before going further :)