Break a bottle o'rum over the prow, maties; it's the grand re-re-launch of the Drunken Tailor Dress Diary! This is probably the third time I've made an attempt a this - the first was meant to be an actual dress diary that I planned on keeping up via my website, but that was a pain in the arse and I gave up after an outfit or two. The second was just a gallery on the same site, but that ended up falling by the wayside, too. Maybe the third time'll be the charm.
My primary areas of historic interest are women's clothes in the fourteenth century, also called the 'Age of the Cotehardie', and both men's and women's garb during the eighteenth. I also have passing affairs with Elizabethan and Victorian costume, as well as ventures that are purely fantasy. I ride horses, and enjoy including my mounts in the fun as well.
My sewing skills aren't the best, but I can usually make do with patterns that aren't overly complicated. I make some of my patterns from scratch, and some by tweaking those that come ready-made. Others I leave as they are. I try to stick to historic trappings when possible - though I do generally machine-sew as I have medical conditions that flare up when I spend too long frustrated, stressed out, or just bent over concentrating too hard - but I'm not an absolute stickler for accuracy and don't mind modifying my methods or supplies if it will give me what I need without being painfully obvious or inappropriate for the setting.
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