Okay, honestly there is no such thing as a costuming emergency if it doesn’t involve paychecks or hospital bills, but “I’m already overcommitted so one more thing can’t possible make anything worse” was too long for a post title.
For my SCA folks, I am autocratting my first event in mid-November. For my non-SCA readers (which by the way, who are you? Shout out.), I am project managing an outdoor event for about 150 people plus horses in just under a month. I live in the mid-Atlantic, in the Appalachian foothills, and it is likely to get chilly if not actually cold, and the event site has no “indoor.”
The emergency factor is that over the pandemic, I managed to gain most of the quarantine weight that my friends lost. That combined with a general dissatisfaction with my existing historical wardrobe led to the sudden realization that I have nothing to wear and will be attending two cold events in a row.
Enter the Emergency Dress project. At first, I thought I would take the fine new body block I made at a workshop a while ago and slam out a basic Gothic Fitted Dress. Except, as you know if you’re reading this site, I am the Spanish Seamstress, and GFDs aren’t really Spanish. My current goal is to create a mixable wardrobe of 100% Spanish, and an English gown doesn’t fit the bill.
At the same time, I’m working with a brand new apprentice who has specifically asked for help with clothing project management, planning, and documentation. So over the next couple of weeks, I’ll be posting here to shed some light on my process (or lack thereof) while I’m building a new outfit