Frock Coat Mark 2

So, long term readers may think they've seen this before and that would be because, in as much as possible it is identical to a previous frock coat I've made.  It's owner liked it so much he decided he needed two!

 It's black cotton velvet, trimmed with green satin ribbon and plastic buttons.  the lining is faux silk.

Given that both he and I need to check carefully to see which is the original I'd say I fulfilled the brief pretty well!

As we are  now reaching the point in the year where I've started work on Christmas gifts, so I may have less to show you for a few weeks, but fear not I'm still crafting!

Vampire Ball 1883

Goodness, it' feels like I've been working on this forever!  We had our annual ball at Vampire and I have sooo many things I made to show you!

Today, I thought I'd show some of my character's gifts to various high up important people in the game world.

I made dance cards!   We use cards at our ball, but our cards are just paper and it's really easy to lose them, so I thought a booklet would be handy both in and out of character!

Erika Leroux is the (current) Prince of Bath and loves rowan blossom, so I had a go at sketching my own design and sewing for her!

 Anne Bowesley is London's current seneschal and sunflowers mean admiration/appreciation so I thought that would be a good choice for her.

Christine, is not a high up, but as her player ooc did loads of work for the game as an AST and we're ic friends I figured she could have one too! She's worn hawthorn blossom in her hair before so I attempted so sketch and sew some!

Obviously, I needed one for me and what flower could any Toreador want, beyond a rose?  Mine is made in my dress fabric and trimmed with the lace my skirt and bodice are decorated with.

Needle Felt Cupcake

I made this cupcake kit up the other day!  I think it's so cute!

It took me about an hour and I thoroughly enjoyed making it!

HEMA Kit Bag

I made my friend a bag to store his swords and protective gear for HEMA in.  It is stupidly large!

Made of cotton drill, with a central zipper and webbing straps.  It's quilted with half an old curtain in it for a bit of strength!

Here's a slightly dodgy pic of it with my bag for scale!

Waistcoats!

Yup, we're still on Christmas crafting!  (The end is in sight though, fear not!)

I made a couple of friends a velvet waistcoat each as a Christmas gift.

The first one is dark green velvet and lined in green as well.  It's got gold buttons and gold D rings to adjust the back.

 The other is blue velvet lined with black and it has brass buttons and D rings.

 Both waistcoats have a patch pockets bit enough for a fob watch and I really enjoyed making them!

Many Lots of Kit!

We had an ic meal at the weekend and here's a photo of various friends in things I've made!

 Queensbury in his blue shirt, Koia in her tunic, Milo in his robe and Remora in her dress!

These are the people tasked with saving the Kingdom of Exiles, heroes every one!

Tiny Larp Kit Part 2

So...  I showed you Lizard's warm dress and the first of her pinafores last time, so here's the other pinafore and her cool dress.


Once again, all photos taken by talented Katy Page

This dress is also made from a modified version of this pattern.  I added tiny sleeves, a collar and a zip up the back.  It's made from a remnant piece of gingham and trimmed with a pick shell button, pink satin ribbon and brown lace.

The pinafore is made from white cotton and trimmed with pin tucks, broderie anglaise and ribbon roses.

 It closes on the back with purple buttons.

 In exciting news about Lizard's shoes, a new pair of these has been procured in the correct size!  I can't wait to see her in them again!

Such a little cutie!

A Very Victorian Vampiric Masquerade...

We had a ball at our Vampire larp last month and not only did I make myself a dress but I also made one for the GM!

The pattern is Simplicity 7026, made in white taffeta and purple crinkled taffeta.

 The bodice is trimmed with satin and organza ribbon and it has lace and ribbon rosebud trim.

 I'm quite pleased with it!

Here's a pic of both of us in action (so you get a sneak peak of my frock too!)

A Tudor Gentleman

I don't often make elaborate men's costumes but when I get the chance, I enjoy it!

This outfit comprises of three garments that I made, a doublet, jerkin and over robe.

And here is the lovely Gentleman Gamer in his kit.  Doesn't he look dashing?

First up is his doublet, from Simplicity 4059.  I used the short version but added the sleeves, which I modified by not buttoning them up.

It's made of needlecord and lined in lining fabric.  Oh! I also added a mandarin collar!

Next up, we have a jerkin,  This is made from  he same pattern as the doublet.

 

 Aren't those pretty buttons?  I love them!  No idea what fabric this is made from I'm afraid as I dug it out of the stash to colour match the over-robe and it worked so well I ended up using it!

The over-robe is made from wool, has a fake lining of cotton and is trimmed in cotton velvet.  I loosely based it on Butterick B5626, but I drafted my own robe back and front in the end.

I had a lot of fun making all of this and I think he had as much fun wearing it!

Tiny Larp Kit - Part 1

So....   Ages and ages and ages ago, I made Lizard some teeny tiny larp kit so she could match her Mummy on the field.  And goodness me I had so much fun making it!

All photos in this blog post were taken by the fabulously talented Katy Page!

 Tiny Lizard!  This seems so long ago.  (The photos were taken in April I think, I'm rubbish at getting stuff up on time).  Anyhow, this is her warm dress.  It's brown fleece and trimmed with lace.  It zips up the back and is a modified version of this pattern.  I added sleeves and the zip I think.

She had two tiny pinafores to go over her dresses as the theme of her kit is vaguely Victorian.  I say vaguely because we felt it was more important her clothing was easy to get on her and washable than especially authentic.  But I did love making the pinafores!

The pinafore is white cotton and this one is trimmed with white broderie anglaise and baby pink ribbon.  It fastens on the back with rainbow buttons.

I was also responsible for the shoes - Lizards Easter present and I'm so sad she grew out of them!