Reenacting Stash and HSF 2014!

   As it is a new year, I'm taking stock of the garments and accessories I've accumulated in my years of Civil War Reenacting and purging quite a lot of it. Some items I don't fit in or like anymore, and some aren't all that accurate. I've done a lot of research on this time period and the wardrobe of working women, and I'd like my impression to reflect how much time and effort I've put into it.
   I'm going to either sell or give away my old laundress dress, as it doesn't fit and isn't as accurate as it could be, but I have to wait on getting some good boots until I've saved up (or until American Duchess rolls out the "Gettysburg" boots). My boots are leather with a wood heel, so they're not too bad, but they have eyelets and quick laces that I am seriously contemplating ripping out....

So I'm left with a skeleton wardrobe:
   2 chemises (one hand-sewn, one machined)
   2 split drawers (both machined)
   1 pair wool stockings
   1 pair cotton stockings
   1 pillow ticking corset
   1 corded petticoat
   1 wool shawl
   2 knitted wool scarves


I do have a few projects that I'm working on:
   1 plaid work dress
   1 olive checked paletot lined in flannel
   1 plaid wool hood lined in linen
   1 woven stripe linen apron

   I also want to add on some repairs/alterations to my skeleton wardrobe for the first challenge in the  Dreamstress' Historical Sew Fortnightly : "Mend". I would like to clean up my hand sewn chemise, take the synthetic lace off of a pair of drawers, and add some cording to and clean up the insides of my corded petticoat, and remake an old muslin petticoat. If I have time, I might look into removing the eyelets and quick laces on my boots.

   This is my first series of projects for the new year, though my mind is-- as always-- buzzing about on some new project. I'm going to be working on my HSF challenge and the rest of my reenacting wardrobe for the next two weeks. Slow and steady, slow and steady....

   Cheers,
               Meg