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Ridiculous Needs
I had about an hour to kill by myself yesterday and was about ten minutes from the public library so I went to check it out. They had the second volume of Jean Hunnisett's outerwear book. Now I have a ridiculous desire to make a domino. I've got twelve yards of black silk taffeta with no specific plan so it would actually come from stash fabric and be in just the right fabric. It would be fun to have but not very practical. I could wear it to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
m_of_disguise's Twelfth Night Ball this winter, if it comes to fruition, and if the weather cooperates. I don't know how likely the former condition is (though I hope extremely likely!), but the latter is unlikely. Even Texas is cold in January.
I don't need a domino.
In other costume scheming, I finally found a picture of someone in an early 18th century mantua that looks like it's made from an unpatterned fabric that is not satin. I've got some green/gold taffeta that wants to be made into a mantua sometime in the 1690-1710 range, but I've been having the devil of a time finding one that isn't either patterned or satin. If it was sort of informal clothing, I would think there would be plain ones out there, but I had been having trouble finding one. But here's one in a painting. Only one of the three is plain, but that's okay with me. Plus it's an at home with the family kind of scene, which also makes me happy.
m_of_disguise's Twelfth Night Ball this winter, if it comes to fruition, and if the weather cooperates. I don't know how likely the former condition is (though I hope extremely likely!), but the latter is unlikely. Even Texas is cold in January.I don't need a domino.
In other costume scheming, I finally found a picture of someone in an early 18th century mantua that looks like it's made from an unpatterned fabric that is not satin. I've got some green/gold taffeta that wants to be made into a mantua sometime in the 1690-1710 range, but I've been having the devil of a time finding one that isn't either patterned or satin. If it was sort of informal clothing, I would think there would be plain ones out there, but I had been having trouble finding one. But here's one in a painting. Only one of the three is plain, but that's okay with me. Plus it's an at home with the family kind of scene, which also makes me happy.