Costuming for Santarchy

[mahariel]

I was gifted an old fur coat in October by a friend, with instructions to "cut it up and make something with it." It's been sitting draped over one of the chairs in our dining room since. I was thinking last night that I wanted to go on the Santarchy pub crawl scheduled for this weekend, but I didn't have anything to wear! (Completely forgetting

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[jaydestarlight]

I love how wonderfully this turned out!

[mahariel]

It was a hit and I stood out in the crowd. And it kept me nice and warm in the ~40F rainy weather too.

[tyches_echo]

What a lovely outfit! It looks gorgeous on you. :) Is it based on a commercial pattern that I could look for? I really like the shape of it.

Also, would you mind if I popped it onto my steampunk inspiration board on Pinterest?

[mahariel]

The shrug is from Simplicity 1819, modified to make the sleeves longer and wider at the wrists, to give me more of a muff-like effect.

For the skirt, it's just six triangles of fabric sewn together with a waistband. Take your waist measurement, divide by six and add 2-3 inches per piece to give the fabric for gathering. Double the waist measurement for the bottom of the triangle. For the waistband, measure your waist and add an inch and a half.

And pin away if you like! Thank you!

[tyches_echo]

Well that sounds relatively simple, even for a mostly-newbie to sewing like myself. Thanks very much! :)

[adelheide]

How lovely! And what a great way to recycle old things and turn them into something wonderful!

[mahariel]

Thank you - it was fun to give new life to something that'd been sitting in someone's closet for a decade.

[mintymuffins]

It looks very nice!

[elzebrook]

So lovely! I'm very enamored of the bolero.

[mahariel]

I keep meaning to make a full fitted jacket and keep cheating and making this style in various permutations instead. :D

[elzebrook]

As an inverterate fancy corset-wearer, I find myself longing after the boleros and the spencer jackets. Plus fitted coats are so much work.