April - May 2004
The First Dress
My first attempt at sewing something other than throw pillows and panel drapes. Sabrina instructed me step-by-step, with everything from interpreting the pattern to adding bias tape. It's Simplicity's 9929 with Ever After sleeves. All poly blends. Bag and hat are Fantasy Fashion's Renaissance Maiden. I added a long gold veil, and strung some pink and white pearl swags to the hat.
Aaron is wearing the doublet and breeches Sabrina made for him the year before (Simplicity 5574). I remember there was some debate over the selection of this pattern. But Sabrina told Aaron he had no say in the matter: he would be wearing poof pants. As a compromise, she agreed not to stuff them. I think she assembled the whole outfit in about 2 days, along with a costume for myself, so we'd have something to wear for the 2003 faire. I made him a linen shirt (Simplicity 7761), a hat (McCalls 2802), and some goofy arm bands to complete the ensemble.