Ardenwood Opening Day 2016 is coming!

I am looking forward to April 2nd, Tartan Day at Ardenwood!

What will I wear?  I don't have any plaid.... mmmm.  Maybe I could wear my black mournng dress and make a sash out of some cotton plaid.  They say it is ok to wear tartan even if you are not of that heritage.  My maiden name is the name of a city in Scotland, Wick.  It was supposed to have been created by Scandinavians (Vikings), does that count.  There is a tartan for Wicks, but it is not easy to find.  We will see.

Guess what!

My daughters and I have been planning a trip to France.  It is a few months off though.  Dad, who doesn't like to travel will be at home holding down the fort.

When we are back I will post some pictures.

Robert's knickerbockers

I've been working on Robert's knickerbockers for a bit now.  It has been very interesting working with men's tailoring.

Robert did a fast little fitting with the mockup after the Egyptian Expedition event.  After that I started working with the "real" fabric.  This is fabric that I bought when I was up at Jen's house.  There was a fabric store going out of business and Jen and I visited them twice!  I bought this fabric (with no info on what it is made of) for $3 a yard.  It is like a tweed, somewhat loose weave.  It probably has polyester in it. . . and maybe some cotton?  I did shrink it by misting and steaming it.  It does wrinkle somewhat.

I was so happy how the pockets turned out.  I thought they were going to be really puckery.

 This is in the middle of the project with the Laughing Moon pattern #119.

 This is where I am at now.

 There are a lot more buttons than you would imagine.

 I need to get the buckle for the back strap and the buttons for the suspenders.  They had the buttons even though they may not use suspenders.

 And then I will be starting the bands around the bottom of the knickerbockers.

The Egyptian Expedition

Last weekend was the Greater Bay Area Costume event "The Egyptian Expedition"!  It was held at the Rosacrution Egyptian Museum in San Jose.

My phone camera was a total flop on photos of the event, but luckily Jen's worked fine.