WW 2009, plus blitherings about clothes

[gracedpalmer]

Back from the event, minus some nap and recovery time. I am not as resilient as once I was, and it's time to start implementing a preventative maintenance plan of sleep and hydration, it seems.

The pavilion is doing reasonably well with just the crow's feet and center pole, but no wooden structure inside. It's a bit like this one , but without the ropes running through the canopy.

However, my door attachments, which have always been jury rigged, could use work. They're the cause of the need for an emergency take down during the high winds and thunderstorm early Friday morning. I woke up and both doors were open, which had turned my pavilion into something that very much wanted to fly away, and caused me to lose one stake.

That meant that the formerly taut roof was now saggy and leaky. So the walls were pulled off, the stuff carted to the car for dryness' sake, and I was up a lot earlier than intended. The roof pulled a couple of stakes later and went over shortly. However, a tip-over in this design is non-disastrous, and putting it up later was simple and pleasant. The rest of the weekend was non eventful, tent wise, though I was pretty cold Saturday night. We ran the weather gamut this weekend.

Bumblebee dress Mark I was worn throughout the event, though I spent a lot of time in field hand mode when in camp, since two layers and no hat is cooler than three with hat. I require more aprons. Also, the support bodice had not been worn for an extended period of time in the heat before, and has stretched an important inch or so. The back will need to be taken in a bit.


Nghi in her sari. Drapes have not changed much in the past five hundred years.


Blurry full length shot of the Bumblebee. Also the pavilion.


This was day 3 of this dress and support garments, so the stretch is not doing great things for my bust shape. The dress needs another couple closures at the bottom of the bodice, and more stripes are going to happen on the guard. However, this is the cleanest and best shape I've gotten yet.

Compare to:
or

The likely goal:
Kampfrau
A fat lady!
Butcher's assistant



I got to take a very nice recipe redaction class, which was a lot of fun, and the Baronial Open House remains a tasty occasion. Sadly, dance was quite disappointing, with what I feel was a poorly chosen set and drawn out, inefficient teaching before hand. Also, it was on the warm side most of the time, and I let myself get dehydrated, so I had a headache most of the weekend. Hopefully I was not too much of a bitch to people.

Camp is turning out very nice, and we're getting a decent ratio of canvas to nylon these days: two red pavilions, a pair of white wall tents and a wedge, plus a couple of shade flies. Hopefully by next year I'll be able to bring a little bit of furniture, since the tent should be past all really major renovations by then. :)

The next question, of course, is whether or not I'm crazy enough to do this .

Comments

[galligaskin.livejournal.com]

I like the Bumblebee dress. Show pictures when it is finished? :)

[sister-bluebird.livejournal.com]

I will try to remember! And thank you :)

[runthebear]

Oh, wow. I should not be as intrigued by that competition as I am, that sounds like a terrible idea as far as health and sanity are concerned. But still...