June 27, 2008

Jamie's at work tonight and I knew I'd be bored. So I browsed Michael's (right next door to Target) for some weekend craft projects. Here's what I found and made tonight:

What is it you ask? It's a brooch for my bodice.

I think my outfit is finally finished. I did some work on the sleeves from the previous picture and semi-sewed them to the armholes of the bodice so my shift doesn't show as much. Plus, I sewed a partlet (i.e. Renaissance dickie). Let me list the stuff that I put on in the order that I put it on.

• Shift (complete with blackwork embroidery around the neck)
• Corset
• Farthingale (hoop slip)
• Partlet
• Bumroll
• Underskirt with forepart
  
• Overskirt
• Bodice with sleeves and wrist cuffs
  
• Necklace, rings, earrings, neck ruff
• Beaded cap
• Pocket watch on a ribbon hanging from overskirt
  
• Pomander for warding off nasty Elizabethan smells, also hanging from overskirt
  
• Feather fan

Maybe one day I'll to wear the outfit out of the house, if I can drag Jamie to the Ren Faire in either Charlotte this fall or Raleigh next spring.