Ahoy!

Every summer when the weather warms up I get into such a pirate mood and want to go out and play with swords and ride in boats. Er...ships, rather. ;)
Here are a few pirate shirts I've been itching to make. Maybe I'll get around to one of them this summer.
I love Will Turner's musty Burgundy shirt from At World's End.
And how about a Dread Pirate Roberts shirt? Every good pirate needs one!

This isn't really a pirate but it's an awesome piratey shirt...I'm in love with Prince Caspian's shirt:

Look at that cartridge pleating! This would be one of those time consuming projects that will take awhile but I'm crazy enough to actually do. Weather I finish or not...well...;)

Or how about an awesome Crusoe shirt?

I love those billowing sleeves!

I love the color of this one:

And then there's the girlie dresses and such...Would love to make some more of Elizabeth Swann's costumes! Which reminds me...I'm in great need of a Pirates marathon to finish my Elizabeth Swann corset!

Don't forget...if you are just dying for a pirate shirt this summer I take custom orders in my SHOP. I'm happy to machine sew or hand sew a shirt for you!

I'm currently working on the last costume study for season 1 of Robin Hood, featuring the heroic outlaw himself! Sorry if it's taking awhile...this boy has a lot of clothes believe it or not! It's taking awhile to sort them all out...but they sure are cool! And I can't wait to start on season 2! There's some really awesome costumes in this series!

Alright...off to do some cleaning and hopefully work on my short stays later. I may just be altering an old dress for the Jane Austen tea as the holiday weekend has got me way behind on my sewing goals. But the short stays are a must!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend!

King Peter's Brown Velvet Tunic

The costumes in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian were amazing! I think I loved all of them...especially the lovely dresses Susan and Lucy wear.
One that really caught my eye for some reason though is Peter's tunic. I just LOVE it. :)

The shirt is really cool as well...check out the detail around the neckline

I love the lacing at the shoulders too. This was definately made for sword fighting in!

Embroidery detail at the shoulder:
In this photo you can see how only the top of the shoulder is attatched:
Embroidery on front (also a good view of the trimmed neckline on the shirt):

I really want to make this costume so I will probably have lots of study notes to share eventually.