Re-enactors fairs? Who, me?

Two big re-enactors fairs this weekend.
And I'm not going, because:
a) I'm working from home
b) we spent too much money in the USA
c) no time, got to tidy the place and catch up on things
d) don't need anythng, do we?

Well... I finished all the work-type work yesterday.
What we bought in the USA was patterns. They're not much use without fabric.
Ali and Bernie the Bolt do cheap fabric (ok, the 6 yards of silk for the ACW ballgown won't be cheap).
And Mel invited us to a Burns Night do at which we'll need to wear kilts and things.

So...

look, it's a social event, right? And I know guyelfkin will be there, and Tom.

Just got to grab samples of the fabrics the new stuff needs to match to, produce a few printouts of photos of the new dresses to show friends, drag the credit card screaming from its hideyhole, and off we go. To both fairs.

And I can sew along the way, if I find the fabric and the bear first. Small bear going to his first revel next weekend, I did him a little lace ruff last night, now he needs the rest of the outfit. I've never made Tudor male garb before, but there's black velvet asking to be used, and how hard can it be?

I didn't buy very much, really.

Silk for ballgown skirt - yes, silk. Real silk. At £6 a metre.
White linen for fancy ACW blouse
Dark green melton & black cotton for Dave's new civilian frock coat. The one that he's goingot make all by hmself with no adult assistance.
Red cotton/linen mix for my next ACW experiment - Vivandiere uniform, with definite Zoave overtones. This will be the shirt and possibly the baggy pantaloon things. Jacket and overskirt to be Washington-colour wool (ordered).

Buckram for that collar I never got stiffened. Slowmatch for Dave's Big Gun. A couple of books. The bits to finish making a Saxon-style lyre/harp/thing that Dave's dad started before he died.

Not much. Really. Honest.