Events!

[atherleisure]

After sewing for most of the spring and summer with absolutely no place to wear anything, it looks like events are finally in the near future.

First, there's an English country dance ball on 10/16. I'm not making anything new for it, but I'm going to wear my copper 1820's evening gown for it. That dress definitely deserves another wearing. And I've bartered with m_of_disguise for a tiara, which I'm looking forward to getting shortly.

Then on some yet to be determined October or November date I'm going to take the children to the Texas Renaissance Festival. I haven't gone to that (or any Renaissance faire for that matter) since I was in college. I always meant to go to the one in Virginia or Maryland with some high school friends who live in the DC area, but somehow it never happened. I'm nearly finished with my things for that, and I'm waffling on whether to try to make anything for the girls.

Hallowe'en is coming up in about a month (five weeks from today, in fact), and I'll get to wear my 1886 dress. My husband has informed me that it's weird that I tell people on Hallowe'en that I'm myself in the year xxxx so I guess I need to find someone to be. I think I'm going to go with Evelyn Emerson from Elizabeth Peters' Egyptological mystery novels. While I don't particularly identify with her, it's the right period, and I have similar coloring - I certainly don't have the dark looks of the protagonist!

Then we're still trying to get a Regency archery event together, probably in early or mid-November. I'm hoping to get a spencer made by then, but if it's chilly, I have a pelisse to wear so it's not of great importance. I don't exactly have a design for it yet, but I do have fabric. That's half the battle, right?

Then there's the DFWCG Georgian picnic the weekend before Thanksgiving. I've got the dress I tried to make for it last year, but it's not very exciting so I need to think of some kind of bright accessories. Or I could wear the green-striped dress that I made over. There's plenty of time to figure that one out, and the weather may ultimately influence my decision.

Dickens on the Strand is only a couple of weeks after that, and I'll need to decide what to wear. I've really only got two dresses from Dickens' working years so I'm inclined toward the wool 1860's dress. We'll see.

Anyway, the rest of the year is starting to look quite full among holidays, costume events, and the start of the opera season. I shall have to husband my time well. Don't be surprised if I don't do much sewing until after the new year!

Comments

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

It all sounds like so much fun! I would love to come down for the archery event if I could make that work. I'll have to keep my eye on that one.

I think the vast majority people at Dickens wear bustle dresses, so don't worry too much about the "official" Dickens years. Nobody seems to pay much attention to that sort of thing at this particular festival.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

You're welcome to join us for any or all events. Let me know if there's anything I can do to facilitate you joining us for anything. I'm really looking forward to the fair...and all the other stuff, come to think of it.

Do you think it would be better to wear hoops or a bustle to Dickens? I don't know how crowded it is so I don't know whether hoops would be troublesome. I love my green wool dress, and my Sontag is soft so I'm inclined to wear that if the hoops won't be an issue.

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

I've actually never been, but I've been looking at photos of the event for the past decade. You do see ladies in hoops, but they just seem to be less common than bustles. Maybe you should ask on the DFWCG facebook page. Some of our members go every year, and I'm sure they could tell you how the crowds are.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I know Emma (bonatirer on LJ) does 1870's for it, but as I recall she works someplace that was built in the 1870's. Maybe I should look around for some pictures. Not being on Facebook, I don't think I can ask there.