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atherleisureWhile we were on vacation last month, we also went to the Jamestown Settlement. I had particularly wanted to go there because that was the original plan for my 1610's costume, not a Renaissance fair! It also turned out to be the thing the children liked best.
We went for a little while one afternoon after a lunch that seemed to stretch into eternity. Two of us had finished eating before the next two got their food, and those two had finished eating by the time my husband got his! It was ridiculous, and I am glad that my husband asked us to go ahead and eat or it would have been stone cold. Enough complaining. The children thought we didn't have nearly enough time at Jamestown and asked to go back. Who am I to deny them a historical place when they ask for it?
My friend Liz came along the second day, and she actually likes to take pictures so we have pictures.
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Then we had to leave her to her work. We visited the Powhatan village, the ships, and the fort. I think everybody had a good time, and we spent most of the day there. I'm not sure everyone was quite ready to leave at the end, but the boy was obviously wearing down.
The only thing I made new for the visit was my little knit purse, which I actually like so much that I've been using it to hold change in my modern purse since then. I was pleased when my daughter wanted to wear her vaguely Native American dress to Jamestown since I was dressing up. Maybe there's hope for someone to join me in costume shenanigans yet!
The downside was that it was pretty warm that day, and I wound up smelling of wet wool. It's period, right? Since all five layers of the bodice had soaked through, I washed my petticoat as gently as I could and laid it to dry. Unfortunately, the linen lining shrank in the wash or the wool sagged because it was about a 2" difference in length after washing. If you look closely to the pictures, you can see that the wool was sagging a bit already even before washing. Now I've taken the skirt off the bodice, and I need to reset it. I just don't want to. Reworking things I've finished is never any fun.
We went for a little while one afternoon after a lunch that seemed to stretch into eternity. Two of us had finished eating before the next two got their food, and those two had finished eating by the time my husband got his! It was ridiculous, and I am glad that my husband asked us to go ahead and eat or it would have been stone cold. Enough complaining. The children thought we didn't have nearly enough time at Jamestown and asked to go back. Who am I to deny them a historical place when they ask for it?
My friend Liz came along the second day, and she actually likes to take pictures so we have pictures.
I got to meet
reine_de_coudre in person, which was very nice, and she even gave us a tour of the costume shop there. My son got to try on the jacket from a boy's 17th century suit reproduction that Samantha made, though it was a bit big. First he didn't want to put it on, then he didn't want to take it off.Then we had to leave her to her work. We visited the Powhatan village, the ships, and the fort. I think everybody had a good time, and we spent most of the day there. I'm not sure everyone was quite ready to leave at the end, but the boy was obviously wearing down.
The only thing I made new for the visit was my little knit purse, which I actually like so much that I've been using it to hold change in my modern purse since then. I was pleased when my daughter wanted to wear her vaguely Native American dress to Jamestown since I was dressing up. Maybe there's hope for someone to join me in costume shenanigans yet!
The downside was that it was pretty warm that day, and I wound up smelling of wet wool. It's period, right? Since all five layers of the bodice had soaked through, I washed my petticoat as gently as I could and laid it to dry. Unfortunately, the linen lining shrank in the wash or the wool sagged because it was about a 2" difference in length after washing. If you look closely to the pictures, you can see that the wool was sagging a bit already even before washing. Now I've taken the skirt off the bodice, and I need to reset it. I just don't want to. Reworking things I've finished is never any fun.
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Date: 2016-08-22 03:11 am (UTC)Bummer about the sagging, and weird. I've had wool shrink significantly in a cold rain; never had it sag. Maybe you could steam shrink it back?
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Date: 2016-08-22 01:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-08-22 04:45 am (UTC)