Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
Or Satin, as the case may be, although in this case, the culprit was LINEN, and I succumbed without much of a fight.
In a couple of months, a neighboring SCA group here in Iowa is going to have a Vikings vs. Saxons event. Since Bob has a Viking persona anyway, and my alternate persona is Anglo-Saxon, I figured I would make some new garb for us for the event, which is at the end of April. With two tunics apiece, I figure that works out to a tunic every two weeks. Even with all the hand-sewing I do (my personal authenticity thing is to not have any machine-sewn seams showing), I think that's doable.
I did finally finish my new royal-blue cloak, as seen below:
It looks a bit wrinkled, doesn't it? Looks much better in person. It was completely hand-sewn, as shown here on the hem:
It took me about a month to finish, but is very warm and comfy.
As for the Evil That Is The Fabric Store, I only went in to get a few yards of a butterfly brocade for an Japanese outfit I made last fall. I messed up the sleeves and want to re-do them, but didn't quite have enough fabric, and brocade was on sale today. But while there, I saw that linen was also on sale and managed to pick up these beauties:
The ivory is a lovely color for undertunics and isn't that blue wonderful? It'll go with the cloak perfectly, too. Most of my Saxon garb is earth-toned (mainly browns and greens) so I was longing for either blue or red linen for a bit of variety. I didn't need to spend that money, but oh, sin is sometimes delicious, isn't it?
I've gotten bored with my red hair. Next up: dark ash brown. Yep, it's time to be a brunette for awhile, I think. ;-D
