Pennsic Prep

[dona_violante]

A long time ago, a friend - who played in a Ren Faire,  but knew lots of SCAdians - asked why it is we always have this "Pennsic Panic" where sometime in June it dawns on us that oh crap we have an awful lot to get done before War!  Isn't Pennsic two weeks in the summer every year? Can't you just work on the garb all year round and skip the last

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[peteyfrogboy]

Well, most of the year you can get by with 3 good outfits, but suddenly you need a week's worth of fancy clothes, hot weather clothes, cool weather clothes, wet weather clothes, party clothes, grubby clothes, and accessories to go with all of it!

[tattycat]

And then, when you finish all that, you look at your camp setup and think "Blimey. This won't do."

[dona_violante]

But the rest of the year, you *know* you're going to need all that stuff for Pennsic, so you could be working on the bazillion clothes you need all the other months.

I'm just sayin'. 'Cause obviously I'm not doin'. ;-)

[melaniesuzanne]

I hear you. It's been a slow day so I printed out color pictures of my pavilion and have been experimenting with additional ways to make the paint job more spiffy. Because, you know, I need to paint my pavilion in addition to making a ton of new smocks and a couple of dresses and...

[laurensa]

I wasn't terribly worried about Pennsic panic this year, I figured I'd make a couple new smocks and maybe one new kirtle.

And now the whole family is going, and they (husband and three sons) have NO garb. NOW I am in a panic!

[fiberferret]

What burned me out really badly was doing several years of frantic prep for Pennsics I wasn't even going to. One of the really nice things about not knowing anyone here yet is I don't feel at all guilty for just sewing for myself! I've even had time to work on some modern things. I will soon hopefully (fingers crossed) have a pair of properly fitting pants :)