March craft plan

What I Did in February

Short answer - a lot less than planned! A general lack of spoons, followed by a nasty incident with a cowboy builder which completely stole my remaining ones. I made a last ditch effort to get back on track on Sunday 28th February, and here's where I am

My original plan was to finish my fox toy that I began on holiday last August, but it's still not quite there yet... So, today I looked at the house and instead "finished" clearing up some boxes with clothes identified as "potentially salvageable".

I now have a small pile of things that can be donated after a wash. A second pile of tops that need to be tried on as they probably still suit me. A bin liner with stuff that is just not worth saving (e.g. an old fake leather skirt that was literally disintegrating. And finally a pile of fabric and fittings (like zips) that can be repurposed. Plus one skirt that has special memories so I'm not getting rid of it!

Some photos below to keep up with my plan to "photo tax" each month. Pretty pathetic for this month, but I need to get into a habit, so whatever I completed, is getting photographed regardless!

March craft plan

Proposals / suggestions

Challenge inspiration: Mod it and Mend it March

1. HelloFresh cushions
   Make a cushion out of junk fabric and the ex freezer bags from HF
2. May challenge
   Order fabric
   Start plotting out the pattern pieces for sarafan set(s)
3. April challenge preparation
   Cut out skirt pattern for April
   Cut out mock-up shirtwaist for April

Draft Plans for 2021 forwards

1. Sarafan costume / Snegurochka / Vasilissa
1. Dress
2. Belt & tassels
3. Kokoshnik
2. Hats
1. Regency
2. 1890s/Edwardian
3. Fan-skirt
1. Wool blend
2. 100% wool
4. Stays - Black Snail pattern
1. Breast cups work - adaptation from an average D cup to my more copious cup size
2. Mock-up
   Because needed for Regency dress mock-up
3. Buy wooden busk
4. Final version
5. Stays/Corset - à la paresseuse
1. Rescale pattern
6. Edwardian blouse / shirtwaist
   
1. Mock up
2. Final
7. 1818 Dress
1. Petticoat
2. Mock-up
3. Final
4. Decoration
8. American Duchess cape, but with a hood
9. 1890s men's three piece suit
10. 1830s men's three piece suit
11. 1950s dress(es)
12. Circle skirt
13. Princess Charlotte's Russian Dress
14. Cycling shorts (modern, padded)
15. Cycling trousers (historical, to accommodate modern underneath)
16. Fox toy - finish and stuff.

Future Events

2021 is looking to be almost as devoid of events as 2020, for good reasons. That said, I currently have two events that I'm planning for, which should still happen this year, plus a few longer-ahead plans...

July 2021

Holiday

Family wedding

The holiday is definite unless we get ANOTHER lockdown over that week, and is timed to coincide by location and date with the wedding. If the wedding is unable to go ahead as planned (either by date or by permitted guests) then we'll still have the holiday.

Autumn

Jane Austen Festival in Bath - might be 2021, but not sure if it'll happen this year.

Whitby Goth Weekend - for some lovely fake Victorian posing

Discord 2022 ideas

NB these are all just speculative ideas that have been mooted on Discord. Nothing here is even as far as the planning stage!! However, since they're ideas of what people might want to do, they're good things to aim at making something that would be suitable for that sort of event.

Meet up in Lord of the Rings influenced gear, for fun, maybe Royal Armouries in Leeds

Seaside themed day/weekend in somewhere like Brighton

Medieval gear and jousting tournaments

Photos at a country house

Other 2022 ideas

Victorian Fancy Dress Ball with La Rose Soirée