Going Greek (as it were....)

Highland War is a small war/large camping event that my local group hosts every labor day weekend. In the desert. And it's reeaaaallly reeeeaaaaallllly hot.

So hot that I wasn't able to face the thought of lacing myself into even my coolest linen 15th century dresses.

So, what's a girl to do? Go Greek, of course. It's pre-period, but worth it for these very hot wars. These are very simple ancient Greek dresses. I'm not sure that it even counts as sewing. It's a tube of fabric pinned at the shoulders. They're all made of linen. I also brought a couple of friends, and dressed them up in Greek dresses as well.

Here's Lizzy:

Here's Joella:

And here's me:

Here we are pretending to be Greek statues:

And here we are being Grecian Urns from that one scene in The Music Man:

We also took a normal picture:

I made a second Greek dress for the following day, when sadly, my friends had to go home. This one is handkerchief weight linen, and silk for the top layer. My face is slightly sunburned from the previous day.

I was really proud of figuring out the hairstyle. I pretty much copied it from a picture of an actual Greek statue.

More actual sewing soon. Also, adventures in shoe making.