Since I started to involve myself more with the 18th century, and especially since I made the black "Maria Theresa" dress I was curious about the history and the period, and while reading up on Maria Theresa I came across some interesting details.
I was a high-shcooler in the 1980-ies, and back then we didn't learned much about MT, except that she was a Habsburg, and we don't like the Habsburgs (the opressive, oustider -nothungarian- family who ruled our country for centuries). Reading up on her lifeI learned so much about her, inculding how she wanted to drag out of our country from the medieval period, by its hair, how much she did for the country, and how the last witch-trials, and then the banning of torture and whitch-hunting is also can be tied to her.
So, when we were planning a short and funny sceene for the Christmas party of our reenactment group, it was kind of obvious that I will take the 18th century part.
I always wanted to make a pair of black stays, I did had the fabric, and the spider-printed one for lining. I used the pattern I made in the summer, when I made my pink one, expet, this time I also made a stomacher, with two different sides, one with the spiders, the other plain black.
The black petticoat in 18th century style is really not big of a deal, practically two rectangle.
A fűző mellett a legnagyobb dolog a kalap elkészítése volt. Volt egy sima, fekete kalapom, kb azóta, hogy a méh-királynő ruhát kitaláltam, de, amikor végül elkészítettük, Bob megcsinálta magénak a kalapot hozzá, így, ami nálam volt, még várta hogy legyen belőle valami.
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