#historical fashion i may prefer but modern tools are nothing to sneeze at | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

nightskylonging · 2 months ago

Text

Whose idea was it to make a kirtle out of flannel bedsheets in 29C weather?

Oh yeah, mine.

I'm merrily calling this project 'my descent into madness' and I'm having a grand old time. I'm engraining the metric system in my brain (American down, folks), I'm delighting in how comfy this thing is going to be (I did a quick pinned fitting with the side gores in, it is so soft and so flowy, and it'll be even more flowy once I get the front and back gores in), and I not only definitely have enough fabric for the sleeves, scary as they may be, but probably one or two kerchiefs as well! I won't wear those with the kirtle, that's too much dark blue in one go, though.

#holy run on sentence batman #i thought about making a wimple to go with #but i don't have any white linen #the goal for tomorrow is to get the side seams done (i'll probably fit them more later but depends on how the shoulders work out #and get the front and back gores pinned in at least #seam finishing? maybe #i think i may end up using the sewing machine #which is not historically accurate but i can't be bovvered (in the words of rachel maksy)#historical fashion i may prefer but modern tools are nothing to sneeze at #also i want this done by tuesday so if i'm going to spend hours handfelling seams then i'm cutting some corners for time's sake #this isn't my blog's usual topic matter but my historical fashion special interest is awake and you are all going to hear about it #(yes i am aware that three people will see this total)#chatters from the nightsky #sewing

10 notes · View notes