…then I’d already have it. I just can’t find the instructions to my Reconstructing history pattern. I was thinking of trying to draw my own illustrations to figure out what she’s saying. Kass really REALLY needs to have more clearly drawn illustrations to explain things that must seem really simple in her head (but then I look at the dress from her blog and wonder if I’m not missing something, that she thinks it’s supposed to be lumpy?). Clear illustrations are your FRIEND… (not going into a rant right now, not going into a rant right now, k, better)

I’ve been cutting and pasting my Past Patterns Cranach gown pattern together. It’s like half of the instructions tell you to go look at certain steps from another view. Copy and paste? Is it so hard? *sigh* So that’s what I’m doing, old school with scissors and rubber cement. I want one list to look at, not to fiddle through pages of instructions to scroll down and get confused. It’s easy enough to get confused when the directions are all in one neat list. Don’t make me keep jumping…

A good thing: I just found a pair of online instructions for a Landsknecht Tellerbrettbarett (Pizza Hat). Yay for hats that not only invade other people’s personal space, but they also beat it up and take it’s lunch money.

Ok, now I’ve totally got Saxon gowns on the brain.

I’m making up a page for it. It’s going to take a while to compile notes + photos, but it’s in progress.

In other news, been working on a princess dress for a 5 year old little girl. I love how the “french hood” turned out. So much better than in the pattern photos.

Photos will be posted when done.

Ok, I went to the Cynnabar Garb Workshop today and we ended up talking about the Cranach Saxon gowns and the camp frau gowns.

I have been wanting to make one of these gowns for like, forever. I like the off the shoulder style simply because I get overheated easily when something is on the back of my neck.

I have two patterns, and I don’t really like either. Both of their instructions assume you have ESP and can guess what they were thinking of when they put the instructions together.

Now I’m just wondering, how would YOU build one? Would you use a stomacher of sorts for the white part behind the lacing? Would you attach the bodice to the skirt? How would you close the skirt? (I have looked at this A LOT online, and I can’t agree with the idea that only young girls can wear this dress. I just wish more people would post photos of the insides, or a 1/2 dressed version…)

Ok, just a random tidbit I found on the internet.

Busk Installation by ‘WaistedSpace

A clear tutorial, with photos on how to put a Victorian style busk in a corset. How I wish Rebecca had this in our corset class.

I just updated and added the pattern pieces that I made for my bustle. It’s full size, plus my graph of my scaled up  and edited pattern…