I made a long overdue visit to Home Depot yesterday to purchase galvanized hanger strap from the plumbing isle. Believe it or not this was an errand essential to a particular costume. Blue dress #2 has to have a corset (the exact form of said corset is yet to be determined). Based on all the research I have done this is a great and inexpensive solution to the need for a whale bone substitute. If I'm going to go through the detail and hassel of putting boning in a corset I want it to be sturdy and do its job. So here are my supplies. The tin snip and metal file are on loan from my dad, who happens to be a metallurgist and therefore, has all things needed for manipulating metal, on hand. If you are wondering this is not bringing me any nearer to a decision about the blue dress dilema.12 May, 2009
Nothing says "pretty dress" like a tin snip
I made a long overdue visit to Home Depot yesterday to purchase galvanized hanger strap from the plumbing isle. Believe it or not this was an errand essential to a particular costume. Blue dress #2 has to have a corset (the exact form of said corset is yet to be determined). Based on all the research I have done this is a great and inexpensive solution to the need for a whale bone substitute. If I'm going to go through the detail and hassel of putting boning in a corset I want it to be sturdy and do its job. So here are my supplies. The tin snip and metal file are on loan from my dad, who happens to be a metallurgist and therefore, has all things needed for manipulating metal, on hand. If you are wondering this is not bringing me any nearer to a decision about the blue dress dilema.
Choices in Blue
Choices: Part I
Creative choices (and others besides) are usually difficult for me. Many mental Pro/Con lists are created before I commit to a project. I'm at a bit of a crossroads right now. I have two blue dresses in mind the decision I have to make is this: Do I do one, the other or both, and if both, which first? My first inclination is to start with blue dress #1. Inspired by the above gown worn by Marianne in the recent Masterpiece Classics adaptation of Sense and Sensibility and also worn by Kate Winslet's Marianne in the Emma Thompson version. I have always loved this dress and recently found a pretty very pale blue voile that I thought would translate well.
Choices: Part II
For literally years I have been occasionally researching the Elizabethan period in hopes that I could get the nerve up to actually tackle a dress. I feel another bought of ambition coming on so I am thinking about it again. I used a coupon about 3 years ago to buy this blue and tan heavy weight fabric in hopes of using it for an Elizabethan dress. Somehow I just feel like it is time. In part because it would give me something new to wear to the MN Ren Fest in September. Yes, I know it is May, but this sort of thing takes just that long and I have a busy toddler, so I need the extra time. So here is blue dress #2. I was hoping this post would help me decide which to start with... I guess you will have to check back to see what (and if) I actually decide!
Creative choices (and others besides) are usually difficult for me. Many mental Pro/Con lists are created before I commit to a project. I'm at a bit of a crossroads right now. I have two blue dresses in mind the decision I have to make is this: Do I do one, the other or both, and if both, which first? My first inclination is to start with blue dress #1. Inspired by the above gown worn by Marianne in the recent Masterpiece Classics adaptation of Sense and Sensibility and also worn by Kate Winslet's Marianne in the Emma Thompson version. I have always loved this dress and recently found a pretty very pale blue voile that I thought would translate well.Choices: Part II
For literally years I have been occasionally researching the Elizabethan period in hopes that I could get the nerve up to actually tackle a dress. I feel another bought of ambition coming on so I am thinking about it again. I used a coupon about 3 years ago to buy this blue and tan heavy weight fabric in hopes of using it for an Elizabethan dress. Somehow I just feel like it is time. In part because it would give me something new to wear to the MN Ren Fest in September. Yes, I know it is May, but this sort of thing takes just that long and I have a busy toddler, so I need the extra time. So here is blue dress #2. I was hoping this post would help me decide which to start with... I guess you will have to check back to see what (and if) I actually decide!
05 May, 2009
Art in Bloom
Springtime means a visit to the art museum for Art in Bloom. It is wonderful to see the overlapping of so many expressions of art come together through the interpretation of flowers. It is a great reminder to always push my creativity by trying something new, or seeing something through different eyes. This is a great place for inspiration on so many levels.
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