Two week Italian Gown

So, this is what happened.

Get a notice in our Charter bill in April about an upcoming Customer Appreication day at the Wisconsin Ren Faire.  I planned on going, but what to where.  While I am working on the Tudor style gown, it's the wrong period for the WI Ren Faire.  What to do?  I already have an Italian gown, but I wanted a new 'pretty' gown to show off my skills.  What to do, what to do?

Research began.  The faire is set in the late 1300's.  And that is the period this gown needs to be.  So, I set off looking at pictures and knowing what I region I wanted.  I didn't want a 'medieval' gown, nor did I want to 'wench' it up.  So I keep looking and studying.  Week one is now gone, and I have 5 weeks to do what ever I'm going to do.  5 weeks seems like a long time, but I don't necessarily have that type of mind.  Unfortunately, I have a full time job, and baseball has started.  So, the time ticks away.

Week 5 went in a blur, and we are now down to 4 weeks.  I find the style I'm looking for.  It's an Italian gown, empire waist, rounded neckline, undergown and overgown.  On to finding how I'm to design the pattern.  Week 4 is now gone....we are now down to 3 weeks and counting.

Week 3:  Designing the pattern.  Easier said than done, but I did manage to get more sketched ideas of what I was looking for.  I found the material I was going to use.  The undergown is in a beautiful brocade in a soft butter yellow with the design in a minty green.  The overdress will be done in a minty colored satin.  The gown that I'm looking at making is with the brocade as the undergown and the solid color the over gown.  The Tudor style is reverse.

More to come.....

Posted on MySpace May 14, 2007