to oregon! {again}

Tomorrow I'll be setting off for Oregon tomorrow, for the second time this summer, the first time to visit Josh with Margot in the adorable {albeit kind of boring town when you don't have money for plays and Josh has finals} town of Ashland.
This time I'm going to war! And I'm not driving!!! The only thing that could make it better would be having the whole crew up. And having more money to spend. And maybe for time and supplies to make more garb....Whatever. War is War.


In preparation I've made a sort of Greek dress, aiming for the CREATIVE aspect of the SCA and not necessarily strict ANACHRONISM. It's made of millions of yards of muslin. I braided strips of muslin together to make a long rope to bind the whole thing together. The rope is completely detached, so it can be tied however I want. It looks like a more sophisticated version of Ariel's impromptu sail dress in The Little Mermaid...Which was about as sophisticated as the dildo shaped spire on the castle featured on the original vhs of that movie, but whatever. Here's a sketch:

After the greek dress i set to work on my linen tunic and under tunic set, based off a Viking dress a friend of mine made.
Unlike my friend, I didn't actually have a pattern, so starting with the under tunic I sort of made one up.
I took a pattern from the unfortunate brides' maid outfit my mother made me for my sister's wedding. It was an ugly two piece thing with optional jacket. The kind of thing they'd only actually SELL in those old lady catalogs under 'church wear', alongside your very own pastel Little House on the Prarie nightgown and circus tent sized mumu.
So i lined up the waist line on the skirt and top and cut it out in off white linen and sewed the whole thing together. The part where the sleeves meet the body are a little puffy, cause I had to use the jacket sleeves and I decided to improvise.
After adjusting everything to {more or less} the way I wanted it, I croceted some black hemp and sewed it around the cuffs, ending in swirls. I keep telling myself I'm going to do more down the sides after I grow some patience and Vicky Beckham take a vow of poverty.

For the blue over tunic, I traced the undertunic and cut that out, this time, tracing sleeves from a jacket I actually like. I'm trying to get everything to fit just right, but it's going pretty well.

I also threw together a sort of girl gladiator cropped leather bodice with matching belt. I'm going with a sort of wildling thing to match my mohawk this year.


When I return, legitimate photos will be taken instead of these poorly scanned, murky sketches. Lora and I will be doing a studio shoot so I can start compiling something of a portfolio.