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First, Mom's dress and Mom's Turkish coat. I also need to embroider the tunic top and finish working on my 18th c corset (yes, I have been working on it). I'm almost finished with the sleeves for the Venetian gown but I ran out of thread. I'll go get some more tomorrow. All of that, within itself, should hold me for the rest of the month.

For April, I will get the Gold Court gown (Ever After) and the Pink Venetian done. I will. I need too. I would also like to start on the gothic fitted gowns.

Maybe, after all of that but sometime BEFORE MD fairy fest, I'd like to get a fairy gown done. One idea is to take my old bridesmaid gowns (two of 'em, both lilac), combine them, and make them into something wearable for the Fairy fest. I've seen it done with wedding gowns before so why not a bridesmaid's gown? (You can see one GORGEOUS example here.) I might need to add some trim or scraps but that would be easy to make it look "fairy" like.

My other idea is just to use this odd "bubble" looking crinkle poly stuff I bought ages ago 'cause it was pretty and this purple/blue/red "sparkley" cotton fabric and maybe some old lace to make something fairy looking. I also could go back to my idea I had back in 1999 and make one out of white velvet, pink velvet, and black lace....I have the fabric...I've had it for years; I just am the biggest procrastinator ever.

So, yes, many gowns on the docket right now. This is all the be done before the middle of May. Umm...yeah...this should be interesting.

WARNING

I hate to sound like an urban legend but this honestly isn't one. Please, check your food supplies, especially if shop at Giant here on the east coast.

here are the related stories:

http://victoria.injuryboard.com/defective-products/gortons-recalls-frozen-fish-due-to-pills-found-in-womans-dinner.php?googleid=15312

http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2008/03/04/breaking_news/breaking496.txt

I'll let ya'll know more when I find out more. For right now, all I know is both products were believed to have been bougth at Giant food stores in the NE.

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My first gown

So I was upstairs looking for the bridesmaid gowns when I found my very first ever Renaissance gown. I had been sewing for over a year (probably more like 2) prior to making this gown but everything prior to this had been sewing 50's style dresses to wear. I hadn't attempted Renaissance before.
The reason I did was very simple: I didn't want to pay $1000 for a pretty outfit at the MD Renaissance Festival. I knew how much fabric cost. I knew there had to be patterns for such things...and so, I decided to sew one myself. I bought the blue brocade on Ebay (big surprise there, huh?), the silver silk organza for the sleeves at G-street, and the zipper (oh yes, there is a zipper up the back) came with the blue brocade.
Believe it or not, this dress was decent enough to wear at SCA events at first(I hid the zipper beneath a really nice navy blue twill coat I made I guess back in 2001~2002. You couldn't see the major issues with the coat on.) In 2006, I accidentally washed the poor thing with a strawberry pink silk skirt and the sleeves have never recovered. My plan is to, someday, take the freakin' sleeves off (hmmm...silk organza burns...bonfire!) and remake the bodice so the dress is, once again, worthy of SCA events. (Yeah, I'll take the zipper off too. Sheesh. Ye of little faith) So here are the pictures of my very first Reniassance dress...darts and all...feel free to point, laugh, and snark to your hearts content.

( Isabella's first gown )

As a side note, if you go to my flickr account, you can see the bridesmaids gowns as well. They really weren't that bad. Kat's gown is a lot darker than Ro's gown but they are from the same "family" of color if that makes sense. I'm going to use the skirt from Kat's gown as an under skirt, sew it to the underside of Ro's gown, and cut the front of Ro's gown and "petal" it to make it look more flow-y. I might make some sleeves for the new gown because with Ro's gown I had a very nice plain shawl with the dress.... Have no idea what to do with the beaded bodice yet....