Llyra-fantasyfae

Okay... Where did my Spring break go? I don't feel like I've gotten enough sewing or studying done.
I did finish my partlet. That's boring to show, with all the details being black on black. I'll show it off when I get a full dress photo.
I also mocked up and have a good sleeve pattern for new sleeves to go with the kirtle.
I got them cut out plus miles and miles of strips to make piping out of.
I need to put those together before bed tomorrow. And bed has to be early since I have to get up at 4:30 for my first day at faire. YAY!!
And somewhere in all of that I need to finish two reports and study more... DOH!

 Work on the quilt has halted. I am waiting on one picture. It is as complete as I can get it until I do get that picture. Dang Brother-in-law.
I also cut out the next quilt's pieces. This is one of the baby blankets that has been in the que. The last of those in fact. WOOT! Just have to get two more pieces of fabric and since I am beyond poor it might take a little while. I got two gift cards to Jo-Anns for my birthday but I would really rather use those on me then someone else. I am spoiled that way!
One good thing about the quilt being on hold is I have some spare time. I took on an Alteration project today. $20 for an hour and a half of work on a prom dress. Not to bad. It went into my CoCox2, from here on end CoCox2 is Comic Con and Costume College, fund.
This weekend is the start of the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure faire. Lucky for me its buy one ticket get one free so I can afford to go. This of course means I need something new for my Ren garb. Keeping with the free or cheap I decided to make a Elizabethan coif with shaped brim and forehead cloth from The Tudor Tailor.
This project is great because I need something for my head. I normally get my hair braided but we pretty much have it budgeted to just enough for a thing of food each and drinks. So head ornamentation is needed. I was going to try and just make a simple coif but why not go all out!. I keep saying my Ren garb will slowly get more and more accurate.
Best thing of it all was I was able to cut it completely out of scrap linen!!!! I also have millinery wire in my stash. YEA! I should get back to work on that.

Still alive. And still making progress on various projects.  Making lucet cording but that is slow going because the thread cuts into my fingers after awhile. First time it did it I thought I had gotten a paper cut that I had forgotten about and the thread had found its way into it. Very ouchie. So I let it heal up before I started again and that night I gained two nice sized bleeding "papercuts". Finally put two an two together... Dang lucet corder.... So I have to do it in smaller spurts.
I started on two new projects in the mean time. I was growing weary of quilts, and needed a small break. But my family had still all drank the same water last year.... I picked up a Burpie and Bib kit at Jo-Anns, hoping it would be different enough to keep me going and not hating it. I of course couldn't just follow the instructions word for word though. *smirk* So I have been putting my own touches on it here and there. I added left over batting to a few pieces. Hand quilted around one of the animals on one of the burpies. And Appliqued "A' "B" and "C" on one of the bibs. I plan to add binding to another of the burpies... not sure about the other bib yet.
My Other adventure has been to take off all the old lacing rings to my generic Ren gear and put on new ones. When I wore it last time, (for the first time), there was a strange lifting and gapage going on. I think it was because of poor placement of to small rings. Hopefully I am right in my theory. After I get those back on and if the problem is fixed I can finally add the lacing rings for the sleeves. I want to get it done by the AZ Ren faire. Should be doable but I do seem to miss dead lines.

I guess for me the weekend started Friday. I got together with Avien to put finishing touches on the Ren dress I have been working on. Of course finishing touches got changed into make it wearable. It is very much that at this point. YEA. Unfortunatly the fit is completely off in the bodice now. Which I didn't find out until I was able to put it on the morning of. Slightly grumpy because it turned out so obviously ill fiting and it wasn't so when I was wearing it as a mock up. *le sigh* Other then that detail and the fact that I just didn't have enough time to put the rings on the sleeves so I ended up not wearing them, the costume is coming along just nicely. The bodice will be fixed before I wear it again and the sleeves only need rings and a possible extra strand of trim. In a positive note about the costume, the skirts fit nicely, and have yummy trim.  Crooked as a snakes butt, which is the dress' new name thanks to Avien's utter delight at me saying that, but yummy just the same.
So anyway. Saturday I got to wear it when I went to the Ren faire. I went with aviendiora ,rhynndavrie , sirrogue  andjainamsolo and had alot of fun. First thing I did was get my hair braided. Its one of the things I LOVE about the faire and haven't been able to do it for.... at least 5 years. It took me about 45 mins to recover from sitting with my head down. I think part of that was the heat too. It wasn't crazy hot but enough to make you feel sick when you are sitting around with your head basicially upside down. I got upside down french braids if you are curious on why I was hanging around upside down. They end in little buns ontop my head. Cute and fun. Hubby loves them.
After that it was faire food. I had a yummy sausage. Then we window shopped and watched shows. I was able to catch Poxy Boggards again. I love them. We finished up with the joust and the long trek back to the entrance. Thankfully the other carpoolers were nice enough to let me sit in the front so I could finish up my math project. I was having such trouble with that one problem. A little guidance from Rhynn and the car ride to complete it = project done. THANKS GUYS!!!!
The new site doesn't have the perks of the old site. And I can see how it could get crazy hot and uncomfortable, but I liked it. Would definatly go back. In fact I am planning on it. Not sure what weekend just yet because I want to bring the hubby with me. His schedule gives him 3 day weekends every other weekend so it can make planning more difficult. BUT I WILL GO BACK! Maybe by then we will have a new camera so I can get pictures.

Spring break is over. :(. I was able to get the bodice and sleeves done so that all that is left is hand sewing. I ordered some lacing rings from this site. http://www.alteryears.com/ Instead of 110 eyelets like the pattern calls for I am substituting some of the rings. That and I took out a lot of them. I took out the lacing up the back since it has side lacing. I also took some off of the sleeves. I sitll have the skirt to do. I am being hopeful. There is still a couple weeks to go so I should be able to finish the skirt before then. I hope....
Either way it is back to the homework for me.

Piping is now all on. Finally! Working on trim. Instruction said to add the trim after I attached the lining and flipped it... Besides the fact that I can't do that because I took the liberty of adding bones and my machine's needles will NOT appreciate it.... I find that suggestion all wrong. If I did it that way the stitches would show on the lining side... am I just being silly or does anyone else find that instruction not worthy of following.

So yea! Fabric bought and washed. Bodice mocked up, Bodice cut out of all its layers. Sleeves almost all cut out. I just have to cut out the fashion fabric for the lower sleeves. I also have to cut out the skirt. Not to bad though. :)