Tudor-Tutankhamuns

The premise: Henry VIII of England has a chat with the Turkish ambassador, and decides to solve his marital problems by marrying all 6 wives at once :P

This Costume Con entry cracked me up, but I never did manage to get decent group pictures - so I'm borrowing this one from the GCFCG. Check out the codpiece :D

upcoming events

Anyone interested in hitting the Maryland Renaissance Festival in the next couple of weeks? I've got a CC friend coming in from out of town so I'm probably already going on the weekend of Oct. 18, but I'm game for more than one visit - I've got a new partlet to show off, dammit!

Also, with Halloween coming up, Washington Walks has Capital Hauntings on Fridays and Most Haunted Houses on Wednesdays in October. Getting into the city by 6:30 on a weeknight can be difficult for me, but not impossible.

Thoughts?

frustration! inertia!

I scanned copies of the Vionnet cape pattern today and am debating what to do next. I could make a Barbie-sized mock up with what I have, but it would be tricky to imagine seam allowances that tiny, and would not provide a real idea of what it would take to make a wearable version. I'm awaiting feedback from H-Costume regarding how to size this thing up, and feel rather helpless until I hear from them!

Looking at so many things I want to make, and NEED to make, for Costume Con next year - yeah, it's 6 months away but these things take time to do well. I may start trying to draft a wizard fencing jacket pattern from my real fencing jacket tonight or tomorrow, but I'm so disheartened by the fact that I don't have the re$sources to do much else that it's very, very hard to get motivated :(

Time management will be slightly less of an issue once October rolls around, as I'll have jury duty - assuming I'm not selected for anything, I'll have the rest of the day free (and even if I don't I can catch up on a lot of reading during that time!)

happy birthday wendyzski!

Hope this weekend at faire was a good one!