I didn't get the lacing quite even because he was grumpy and wanted to go to bed, so the photo was taken haste. He hasn't ordered his hose yet so I had to er....crop it. Hehe
The silver-colored eyelets were actually super-easy to do. I always thought they were hard because the tool my mom used in the 80's and early 90's was extremely difficult to handle to the extent that my dad had to put them in. I got a new eyelet tool a few years ago, and I wasn't using it correctly so I was making it hard on myself for nothing. Ends up it makes the hole and punches the eyelet in - last time I used it I was making holes with a pair of scissors, then punches the eyelet in, which didn't always come out right since the holes weren't uniform.Now I'm thinking, if this is so easy, I might make a real corset for myself for Dickens this year, since that was the only real reason I was holding back from making one.
Christian's eyelets were cheap - I got all of them plus extra at HL for like $5. Of course, I wanted gold, which was more difficult to find, so I had to buy a silver and gold mix at Wal-Mart for $5 a pop, and since it was a mix, I got 3 packages just in case. With historical costuming being so popular, I don't get why stores don't offer a better variety of these things.
I ordered the fan and the necklace. Just waiting for them to come in. I'm planning on finishing the frock coat this weekend, as well as figure out the yardage for Christian's cioppa (there is a discrepency on a popular pattern review website) using some 108" wide (!) muslin I got from Wal-Mart. I also plan on putting the eyelets in my kirtle and hemming it, as well as making some drawers out of my extra linen.
I haven't spent much lately on the outfit with the exception of the fan and necklace, of course. I also got a $9 garment bag with the nacklace - it's 70" long with a 10" wide gusset! I might be able to fit everything in there!!!
So far I have recently spent:
$2 each for correct lacing (I lost the first one, and the other one wasn't what I wanted)
$9 for Christian's muslin to cut out the 3-in-1 pattern pieces, evidently what Period Patterns is notorious for
$10 for Christian's second doublet (the first one came out too small! Boo!)
$15 for my gold eyelets
$5 for Christian's silver eyelets
$39 for the fan, plus $12 for the plastic fan holder (they don't do well in rain!) plus shipping, as yet uncalculated (waiting for confirmation e-mail and invoice)
$41 for a gold, pearl, and sapphire blue glass beaded collar-style necklace
$9 for a (hopefully) awesome and long-awaited garment bag
That's all I can think of for now.
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