Slat Bonnet

Hey all! I know I haven't been around at all in the last few months. I had stopped all work on reenacting just cause things got a little crazy. But i'm back!
This past weekend there was an event at Walker Tavern. Sadly I was not able to attend due to work =(
So not being able to go kicked my butt into gear. I started a mock skirt. I know skirts are super easy but I wanted to make a mock one just to see if I have the basic enough knowledge to make one. I think I got it down but it's not finished.
Tonight though I just finished a mock slat bonnet! It looks really awesome. Especially  since I have this outrageous fabric that I will never ever use for anything else. I used this pattern . Which took me forever to find. Friday night I started with a different pattern but it just was not coming out right. So after I found this pattern last night I knew that I was going to bust it out.
After taking my mom to the village for mother's day I came home and got to work.
I cut the first outline and it was just wrong,wrong,wrong. Cut again and again wrong. So of course 3rd time is the charm! I am so glad I did a mock first. Cause I used up soooo much fabric. I would have been crying my eyes out if I started with the real fabric.
The only thing I may change is to make the brim about half an inch longer. But I just love how it looks. I'm so excited to by the fabric and make it for real.
So enough with the chit chat and here are some pictures for ya!

Side view 

Yeah that was a horrible smile 

Didn't feel like putting my hair up.lol 

So now since my mom is letting one of her co workers use the sewing machine for a week I will be knitting some hand warmers from here. I kinda messed up so I have to either start over or just kinda wing it.
Also I will probably cut out a mock bodice and maybe hand sew it? Depends on whats going on with and all that.
Also I will be getting more fabric for new petticoats, chemise and for sure drawers. Also I would like to take a stab at making a corded petticoat. Probably work on that next with one of my horrible make do petticoats.
Well know I have a giant mess to clean up. See you all soon! 

Side Project!!!

This post has nothing to do with reenacting, but it does have to do with sewing!!! 

As of late I have had this new obsession with owls. I have always had a love for owls, but as of a month ago that love has blossomed. I belong to a site called Pinterest.com. It is a wonderful site full of fun foods and crafts, and many other things. 

With the help of Pinterest I have been able to feed my owl obsession. I found this little owl cushion and decided to make one up using some scrap fabric I have. The pattern is there for you to print out and trace but my printer is acting up at the moment so I just free handed the whole thing. I feel that it didn't come out so bad. 

I hand stitched the whole front side, but I would really like to use the machine to stitch the front and back together. And since it is so late it will have to wait until tomorrow night. But I will post pictures as soon as he is sewn and stuffed. 

I plan on making more of these little owls, because they are a fast project that I can do while watching tv. And since I am now experienced on the machine it will take me all but two minutes to sew it all together. The only thing will be having to buy stuffing. I am not looking forward to that. That will be what will hold back the making of my owls. I will probably have just husks of owls laying around. 

His little mask

Whole body minus the belly piece.

The belly piece, not to happy with it, but this is my first one. 

So tomorrow he will get sewn together and stuffed. I am looking forward to finishing my first owl!!! 

A little project

Well this has nothing to do with reenacting but it has to do with sewing so I thought I would post it here. I made a little neck warmer for my boyfriend. He works outside in a parking garage and this time of year it is super cold. So instead of him having a scarf to wear, which is just a tad but to girly. I got some fabric remnants from Joann's and made him a little neck cuff I guess you would call it. 

It has black cotton for the outside because everything he wears has to be black then I found some fleece that was blue and decided to stick it on the inside to give it a soft feel and to keep him warm. I did it in about a day really hand sewing. I didn't have my fabric scissors so I had to use regular ones that didn't cut the fabric so well so it's uneven and choppy looking. Also it's not perfect. I have to wait for him to test it out to see if it needs another layer of the fleece or if it's to big. So this is like a prototype. I even added his initials inside of it just in case. 

Outside

For the closer I had some Velcro just laying around so I decided to use that. I might take it off and  use a button instead. It all depends on how much he likes it and it works for him. I'm hoping that it will work out well after all the bugs are fixed. Then maybe everyone he works with might want one...

Initials 

Inside 

A Trip

This past Tuesday between Christmas and New Years Becky and I made our way out to see Mrs. Lynch at her shop in Leslie Mi. It was the best little shop I have ever seen. She made us feel right at home. She has known Becky for years, but this being my first time it was a wonderful experience. It is sad to say that she has had to close up her store front. These times just aren't helping anyone these days. She will still run her business but out of her home. Which I am thankful for because I will more than likely make future purchases through her.
Here is the website .
So I bought all the bones, casing and the busk that I was going to need to finish my corset. And soon we will get back to working on it. I did the bones that go on your side but that is as far as we got before we were both a bit tired of sewing.
So that is where that progress has been. I'll throw up a few pictures that I don't think i've shown before.

Wrapper Progress

Well since I deleted my last post and cannot remember what it fully contained I will make this a post all about my wrapper.
So with my wrapper Becky had a lot of this pink/red fan print. It's very pretty.

Then from a dress that Becky, she decided to make her wrapper out of that. She had some left over fabric that we are are going to put down the middle of mine.

Then we are going to take the left over fabric and put it down the middle on a diagonal.

 Then we will take and make a nice big sleeve and add the middle fabric as a trim to the cuff. Also we were talking that take a black or blue piece of fabric and adding it to the bottom hem.
We are also going to sew the wrapper so that if I want in future years I can take off the middle fabric and make it into a nice dress.
Then we also have the bodice pieces all cut out. Just waiting to get it all put together.

That about sums it up on the progress with the wrapper.