I must have been out of my mind to think I could outfit the whole family in a week. Still, some semblance of Viking-hood has been created. Miles to go before I sleep, though.
Just a few quick notes:
* Fabulous guides exist on the web. In particular, Hefdharfru Vidgis Vestfirzka's underdress page and accompanying apron dress page (doesn't show diagrams in Firefox, works fine in IE) are what I've used for Charlotte's & my outfits. For the guys, I've relied heavily on this overview, Christina Krupp's guide and Cynthia Virtue's tunic worksheet.
* One garment a day is ambitious but doable. Two a day is madness.
* There appears to be no limit to the number of times I can sew seams wrong side out.
* As a corollary to that, the real secret behind the Damendorf Trousers is clearly someone who cuts fabric like me: cut it too small, sew bits and pieces onto it to make it bigger, cut it again, repeat.
Time to put dinner on. After dinner: pajama style pants for Dean.
Tally sheet:
Charlotte's dress: done
My dress: done except for sleeve hems
Dean's tunic: done
George's tunic: done except for sleeve hems
George's pants: may be able to use existing pair
Dean's pants: not started
Charlotte's apron: not started
My apron: not started
We plan to be at the fair in approximately 70 hours.
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The first tunic on the page with the trousers looks like a design that improved on the original. "Sheep's udders, I've made the hole too small and she can't move her arms" "Never mind dear, slit it open and add a bit more fabric under there. We'll give it a fancy name, "gusset" maybe, and they'll never know the difference."
Cynthia, I love you! You are a crazy lady but I love you! 70 hours! hee hee.
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