Arugh! Here Be 3rd-Rate Pirates!

I tell myself: you do not need a new outfit each year. And yet, I'll attend 5 - 6 days of Renaissance festivals each year, so whatever I make will be worn. And technically these outfits aren't all new this year; I started the pants at least 5 years ago. It just took that much longer to find matching materials and patterns for the rest of the outfit. Click through the slides to see how it was put together.

Here are the patterns used. Click on the pictures to go to the Simplicity website to see the front of the pattern envelopes. I didn't have a pattern for the underskirt; it was two pieces of fabric, gathered at the waist, each with a curved hem and attached ruffle. The corsets were custom made from the pattern on the Elizabethan Corset Generator.

We used the jacket without the collar ruffle.

We used view B without the lacing.

Just the pants here, which are the same for all views.

In past years when attending the KC Ren Fest we've either stayed with friends or found a great deal at a hotel nearby. This year the great deal was actually in Topeka, about an hour away. We stayed at the Senate Luxury Suites in a two bedroom unit. Of course we were sewing late into the night getting buttons on everything.

And here is the infamous matching trio at the KC Ren Fest! Hubs is sporting turkey leg stains on his shirt already.

For the first time since we started attending, the hubs and I sprang for the "Romance Package." It was a private cocktail hour on the balcony of the coffee booth. It was a nice moment to sit somewhere quiet, and we got special champagne flutes. I mean, it was our 15th wedding anniversary.