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I was musing on Facebook about what would I do a video on if I wanted to join Cocovid and Dave from Victorian Photography studio suggested we take a trip to Gettysburg and do a video about colors and how they translate in collodion photography. "you'll have to get tintypes of all your dresses" GEE TWIST MY ARM. I actually am excited about this, a one on one video when we can easily maintain 6 feet feels like an AMAZING chance to SEE PEOPLE and wear fun clothes. The plan is to bring everything I own from 1860-1890...except I don't own anything from 1890. But remember how last time I did a video I was seriously jonesing for an 1890s wash dress? ...no?...well I was. So my plan WAS to work on one this weekend with fabric I had that was PERFECT. I got the pattern made on saturday and washed the fabric sunday and today discovered that I was in fact losing the game of Fabric chicken. I thought I had 4 yards, was actually closer to 3 after washing. Would you like sleeves and a front panel or side back and back panels? you can't have both...oooookay. plan B it is. Rob offered to go to Joann's with me (I'm assuming because it is near Red Robin and we got take out for dinner) and holy shite guys is their stock low! There was literally ONE passable pattern with enough yardage and even then it was two bolts so I'm going to have to pay attention to cutting. clearly mask making has cleaned them out. But it was actually weirdly nice to get out of the house and shop, there were only 3 or 4 other customers there so it was actually pretty easy to feel safe doing it, and I didn't see a single penis nose! 







Ideally I'd have liked a stripe but...beggars apparently can't be choosers, but I DO think this one has the potential to photograph interestingly. Lots of colors and pastels go funny sometimes.

Here are a few of my main inspirations







I took the folkwear shirtwaist from 1905 and made it floor length, then I took the sleeves from that pattern and the sleeves from a black snail pattern and made a truly bastardized combo...very responsible of me!



Also I put out a new youtube video today, it's nothing amazing project wise but it's worth watching the beginning of for the Ellie montage, trust me Rob had way too much fun.