Current mood:	accomplished
Current music:	Coldplay (yes, again)
Entry tags:	commissons, face-up, historical clothing, minimee head, rambling

A mighty beard :D
Lately I've been inspired to make new clothes for my own dolls. I stopped making them ages ago, due to lack of time and energy, but something's made me pick my enthusiasm up again. Namely my new obsession with historical clothing.
Even work would be insanely dull if not for my new obsession. I work for something called YAT, which runs three major museums in the city I live in. I usually work in only one of them, but now I've been trained to give tours of our medieval hall, which has set of many sparks of inspiration. After making my own medieval dress to wear, I couldn't help thinking I'd love to make some for my dolls.
I've always hated most of the historical clothing I see on dolls. It always looks so fake and gaudy, mostly because people use cheap fabrics that look, well... cheap. But when I discovered you can actually get things like thin wool mixes that look like the real thing, and even cotton linens, well. I've already started collecting fabrics - mostly real silk, and I scavenged some leftover wool from people at work. I don't really want to restrict myself to a particular period - though most of it will be Tudor themed, with maybe a bit of Dark Ages Viking/Anglo-Saxon inspired.
I've already started making a boned corset for Padma. I cannot express how much fun I'm having with making it - unlike modern type clothing, but I find very boring to make, the quality of the things I want to make, and all the referencing which I enjoy doing, is really a pleasure for me. I can't wait to have pictures, but its not quite ready yet... then I have to start on the silk dress @_@ layers, how I love thee.

Anyways, historical rambling over. Here's a lovely Aragon minimee head I painted for Witchypoo. His beard is mighty.


(background is my medieval linen under dress haha)