18th century jacket ponderings.

[robinsnest]

So madamekat has been talking about this mythic Germantown 18th century event. Which sounds like tons of fun, the only problem being I've got nothing to wear!! It's only a few weeks away and I don't wanna go quite as crazy as I did for Belvidere...that was enough crazy for one year...but I'd really like to go. I think I can still fit the navy blue petticote that goes with my hand sewn 18th century jacket (ahh weight gain) but I'm 99% sure these sausages ain't fitting in those tiny sleeves. So I've been toying with making a new jacket. 

I found these two fabrics at Joanns that seemed...18th century ish to me. But I fully admit I'm going off of vauge aestetic here an nothing more specific than that. 



I'm thinking of a jacket like this one, or the one in Costume Close Up.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johanni/4419922792/in/dateposted/

Thoughts? Any votes for That-would-be-horribly-un-period-looking?

Comments

[kass-rants.livejournal.com]

I vote for the one on the right. The left looks too yellow to me. Not that they didn't wear yellow, of course. But the one on the right has a more 18th century feel to me. Prints were way big in the late 18th century so you're alright there.

The brilliant thing about making an 18th century jacket is that you can put it on over your 16th century stays and petticotes and shift and it will work. All you have to do is make a cap and that could be as easy as a circle of linen eased (or "eviled"? *wink*) into a band that just fits over the back of your head.

[brickhousewench.livejournal.com]

not my century, but I was thinking the one on the right looked more 18th century too. Nice to know The Great Kass concurs. ;-)

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

It could just be my monitor, but I think the second one would look better with a navy petticoat, there's more blue. And if you want any help fitting it, I'm here to help. The 18th century is one of the few periods that I am very comfortable with.

[kass-rants.livejournal.com]

I definitely agree.

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

eeexcellent! now make sure you can go woman!!! You're part of Kat's mythic description of awesomeness!

[operafantomet.livejournal.com]

I vote for the one to the right. It reminds a lot of 18th century chintz dresses in the Kyoto "bible". Page 99-102, if you have the blue paperback version. The pattern in the fabric you found is referred to as "polychrome Indian floral print", and was much in vogue. Here's one online:

http://www.kci.or.jp/archives/digital_archives/detail_32_e.html