Productive Weekend.

This weekend has been the most productive one I've had in a while. Olaf and I worked on many projects together, primarily getting him outfitted for Lilies War. Last week sometime we ordered some bulk linen from fabrics-store.com (really, that place is amazing. Bulk linen = $5/yard, give or take). Combine twenty yards of linen and some fabric dye and the results are hours of fun sewing.

For example, this weekend we accomplished the following:

• Cut twenty yards of fabric in one evening
• Sewed two Viborg-style undertunics, one edged around the sleeves and neck edge with tablet weaving
• Made one t-tunic, dyed teal with yellow trim (my heraldic colors!)
• Constructed two and one-half pair of pants (teal/yellow, black/blue, and one black leg to fix his black/white harlequin pants)
• Added neck facing and topstitched the Moy gown
• Expanded and hemmed red cotehardie--I'll post a separate entry on that

The really cool thing is that Olaf's been helping out immensely during this weekend-- he made his own pants while I worked on the more intensive things (tunics, etc). I am so grateful!

There is still much to do, of course, in the coming weeks:

1. finish putting the buttons on the Moy gown (sleeves)
2. finish the eyelets on the blue cotehardie
3. fix the neckline and add cuffs to the Dürer Housebook dress
4. cut out grey twill linen/wool dress to make another Housebook dress (self-forming pleats)
5. draft braies pattern and construct at least one set
6. sew SkillsUSA blazer for student at LSTC (that'll be a post of its own, too)

Rather than post all of the images here, go to my online photo album to see all of today's accomplishments.