Supa plans

Amidst the planning for the Jane Austen Festival and making a few Regency and Georgian dresses, I am still cognisant of that fact that I will be attending Supanova again this year, and it falls on the weekend before JAFA. Originally I had all my costumes planned and organised, but then again, I am a woman. I am still going to wear my Tia Dalma costume because I adore it, and I will be re-wearing something from last year on the Friday night, but my plans for my third costume have fallen through.

Instead of making a Battlestar Galactica uniform, I have decided to go with the White Queen from Tim Burton's Alice (to come out in March). I had bought the accessories for the BSG costume, however I only got 2.5metres of fabric and was worried about squishing a jacket and pants out. I will instead put the fabric towards work clothing (it only cost me $5 a metre).

But now, this means that I have to plan out my fabric purchases. Thankfully the style (probably what draws me) is very Georgian inspired. Basically meaning that the stays, pockets, false rump and petticoats that I am currently making for JAFA are the perfect Foundations for the White Queen. It saves me a bit of work in that all I have to make is a skirt, overskirt and bodice. Granted the lot of it is trimmed to hell and very sparkly, but I think I should be able to do it justice. Stay tuned for updates on my progress...

JAFA Progress entry #4

I managed to get away from work early today, which was nice for a Friday. So I came home and got stuck right into it, and whipped up two new chemises. I realised a while ago that as I will be at JAFA for 3 evenings and 4 days that I would need more than just the one chemise that I already had. I cut two out at once, so I was able to make them up pretty quickly. The one with the blue ribbon even has a pretty trim on the hem for a change. I think two more chemises should be enough. But back to it.

JAFA Progress entry #3

Yay! I feel so accomplished today. A great big weight has been lifted off my shoulders. In other words, I have finnished another of my dresses for the Jane Austen Festival. This time, it is an evening gown, and again I am going to be mean and just show the up close detail picture (It's the back). I even hand sewed the eyelets. Please never again. But I did make a cute little matching reticule out of the left over silk.

So, as the tally goes, I now have three completed gowns ready; 1 day and 2 evening. Which leaves me with 2 more day gowns and 2 evening gowns. Two of which are Georgian and may take a little longer to make, especially considering that I have to make the foundation garments as well as mocking up the patterns before I go cut the fabric.

JAFA Progress entry #2

And the madness continues. I haven't finnished anything else as of yet, but I have made quite a bit more progress. My next gown is waiting on mass amounts of handsewing before I can finish it, and I am up to the dreaded binding on my Georgian stays.

I did manage to sit down this morning and draw up some patterns for my next couple of gowns. I even drew up and cut out a new set of pockets and a false rump for my two 1780s gowns. Hmmm, back to it.

JAFA Progress entry #1

In the rush up to the Jane Austen Festival, I have this week off to get started on making everything. Of course, I have been sidetracked again sewing birthday gifts for my family, but that is another post entirely.

But I have managed to finally get my first new gown finished. I'm going to be really nasty and not post any full photos of my outfits until I am wearing them at the festival, however to prove that I am actually done, here is a sneak peek of my gown. It is actually a complete robe that will be worn over my plain white voile gown along with my white bonnet. Now, onto the next project...