Last year’s SWAP [Sewing With A Plan] on the Stitcher’s Guild. Four months to complete a co-ordinating eleven-piece wardrobe, following strict rules. This was the first time I entered, and I decided to push the boat out and make a complete steampunk wardrobe ready to wear to the Lincoln Asylum last August.
The eleven pieces for the competition entry had to be supplemented with all the underpinnings, so I also made a corset, drawers, chemises and petticoats.
I had to choose two colours, and make three things in colour 1, three in colour 2, two bridging pieces, and three wildcards.
I chose green and purple, my favourite colours, and made
[A] a green skirt, green wool jacket, black and green flounced skirt
[B] a purple ball gown [which actually consisted of bodice, overskirt, and detachable train], purple tail bodice, and silver skirt.
[C] a white blouse and a black blouse
[D] riding breeches, riding jacket, evening bolero
Lots of work, which got me through a very difficult time at work. All the items mix and match well, and there’s a nice mix of cheap-and-cheerful, and fancy schmancy stuff in there.
I made lots of posts on the blog documenting this lot if you want to plough through, tagged under SWASP [Sewing with a Steampunk Plan!]
thedementedfairy 
A prodigious amount of work in these outfits! I’ve no idea how you find the time, but the results are impressive.
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I can only echo jay. What an amazing set of clothes. The time it would have taken does my head in
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All done between Christmas and the end of April, as per the rules. It was intense, but very rewarding! If I hadn’t had the plan I would never have got it all together so effectively.
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No kids, no husband [any more]. A wife is WAY more accommodating!
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Stop it you- I’ve already bought all th eones I Want! Bad evil temptress…
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Sewing with a plan does sound like a good idea, minus the competition… (I’m not very competitive) – the results are very convincing of the wisdom of this!
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Thank you! I’m normally very impulsive, and the discipline of this [including deadlines] paid off. I didn’t manage to stick to it this year though, I ran out of steam halfway through!
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Wow, that’s a LOT of garments !
I love the green bodice and the detail ont he back of the riding jacket, especially.
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Oh that ruddy soutache! It took forever, cos I chickened out of doing it on the machine, and sewed the lot by hand. Miles of it! Some of those fabrics were so wonderful to work with. Both green jackets were high quality stuff from Italian Textiles on eBay, one of my favourites.
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I remember going through this with you in ‘another place’. It was fantastic achievement and great to see the photos again.
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I like to dig up old posts now and then, not many people new to the blog plough through the old stuff! This writing month is quite good for that!
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