#livelovelarp

I am very far along in my sewing for the Austen-larp. I have the day dresses finished, one ball gown finished and a new bonnet.

The pink dress is made with a Tilda fabric a friend gifted me. It is lined with some red, satinweave cotton fabric.

The blue dress is made from the rest the same set of bed linen I made an 1890s dress from last autumn. They are simply decorated with some lace around the neckline. The blue dress has lace flowers round the hem, because I had to somehow hide the buttonholes. I cut them from some poor quality poly lace I had. The flowers were the only thing that was nice on that lace.  I left the blue dress unlined, since this larp is late May, so I wanted a light weight dress in case of very warm weather.

The blue silk ball gown is made from a silk I bought in a Bangkok market years ago. I have been holding on to it pending a perfect project. I thought the lightweight silk was perfect for a regency style dress and had just enough for  the dress. I only had small pieces left after cutting. There might be enough for a reticule.The bodice is lined with a Tilda cotton fabric I had left over after a dress project for a friend. The wide lace at the bottom is both for decoration and for adding some weight to the light fabric.

The neckline and sleeve details is beaded with glass beads. (the math said some 1100. yikes). The pleated sleeve is a detail I found on pinterest and copied. The blogger who used it had also decorated with embroidery. I juste added more beads :D

All the dresses are made with sensibilitys regency patterns. I realise that now I am such a nerd I want something more accurate, but I have to think budget since the larp is so expensive. 

My new bonnet is made from a sun screen bought at HM last summer, cardboard from a cornflakes and ritz cracker box and covered in silk. Decorated with some ribbon wire and the left over wide lace from my ballgown. It ended up being ridiculously big. I love it! I am awaiting ostridge feathers in the mail. I will be visible promenading at least :D 

And I have also decorated a plain gown I had in my stash I made for a work event for a friend who is going to borrow it.

What remains is the other ball gown, which is halfway done and my spencer which is in pieces again because the pattern hates me. I also want to make a chemisette.

What I am particularly happy with is how much I have made from my stash. I bought the velvet for the spencer and a silk sari for the unfinished ball gown, but everything else is from stash. Which is nice, since the larp is so expensive.