Consumate V's!!!!!

Looking over our Trogdors the other day, hubby and I decided something was missing. Consummate V's!!!!--how could we have overlooked them?
Clearly, our skills of an artist needed to be improved. We've taken our lesson from Professor Strongbad, and improved our technique. I also started on the neckband, which is shown in the middle. Behold, consummate V's:



And the public announcement of which cloak Adam craves. The photos are from Janet Arnolds Patterns of Fashion.



I think its lovely, with clean lines to go with his simple ivory and black look. Also, I think I probably can do a decent job of the couching, since the pattern is blown up nicely below, and not *too* complicated.



Adam has mentioned either having the cloak be a deep green velvet to add a splash of color to his ensemble, or have it be black velvet with gold/ivory couching, and a striking green lining. Opinions?

Anal-ity

Well, my previously finished pair of Trogdor cuffs annoyed me slightly cuz they weren't mirror images for the two arms. I redid one so that now they are. :)
I used some cotton perl i had laying around. I really want to try silk blackworking for my next project, though--like beth has said, i'm getting a bit more authenticity concious every day.

Conveniently, The next project using silk floss will be something of MINE. I'm so stingy. Three for me, one for him, and I get the fancier stuff. Bad. Bad wifey.

I haven't decided yet, but I might go back and throw in some fills for these before I assemble the shirt--this is certainly due to Laren envy worship...

As you can see, I've got my two cuffs finished, and my neckband on the hoop for the carride tomorrow. Its nowhere near as awesome as the work of the wonderfully talented Laren, but she at least inspired me to get off my duff and do some blackworking.


A Burninator

Dormancy

I think I will be coming out of hibernation on this poor neglected diary now. After my costume frenzy weekend with Beth, I came out with two goals. The first was to make a spanish court gown. The second was to finish hubby's new duds. Seeing as I've already made 3 costumes for myself this year, I have simply GOT to do Adam's before I move onto a really ornate court gown for me. Otherwise, his will never get done.

Additionally, it will be beneficial to me to learn to couch on a smaller project (his slops) before deciding exactly how much to plan for the dress--if i learn to dislike couching, I'll just shell out more $$ for trim on my gown. Not to mention, I don't mind the idea of LEARNING on his so I can do mine better. What a horrible wife I am....Mwahahahaha!

The plan:
1) Start/Finish blackworking the collar for his new linen shirt. Try to convince him that ruffs are good! Assemble shirt.
2) Dye white Sateen an ivory color for the doublet, since that's the color he wants. I'm tempted to try coffee for this.
3) Work up a good doublet pattern. Make doublet. Figure out how in the heck I plan to embellish it--I know there will be slashing. Maybe couching. Perhaps some nice trim. In all honesty, I like Adams first design concept better than his second. I might be pushing for some compromises from him.
4) Work up a slops pattern. Embellish (I think this will be couching/embroidery). Make slops.
5) Convince him that he wants a nice short cloak. ;)
6) Buy him tights and shoes. I shoulda bought him tights when bought mine. Doh!