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The Wise One
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Outline the story …
The character I have chosen is Egwene al'Vere from the novel The Shadow Rising, the forth book in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan.
In the book Egwene sets out to study with the Wise Ones and master her powers as a Dreamer. She becomes one of their apprentices, and, as Egwene is not a person to do things by halves, dons the clothes of a wise one. The Aiel wise ones wear "bulky skirts in dark tones, and loose white blouses" to combat the harsh desert environment they live in, as they appear to Egwene the first time she meets them just outside of Rhuidean. In addition to adopting their clothing, Egwene is instructed to behave as a wise one would, though she does choose to wear her hair in a braid by times and without a kercheif at first, and go without jewelry, a drastic change from how she appears at the beginning of the book, first appearing in a split skirt riding dress made of fine silk, decked with beautiful jewellery from the Stone of Tear and her hair lose in the fashion of Aes Sedai. She pretends to be a full sister of Aes Sedai to the Aiel, despite only being an Accepted. Will these changes help her learn Dream Walking fast enough to help the dragon reborn, Rand al'Thor? Will the Aiel learn that she is not Aes Sedai?
Outline the construction…
I used cotton and polyester suede for the skirt, all French seamed. The waist band is slip stitched and the pockets are those with tapes to be suspended from the waistband and sewn into the seams. The skirt was patterned using the Truly Victorian 1902 Trumpet Skirt pattern. The foundation skirt has a pleated ruffle at the bottom and was too long so a small tuck was added above the pleat.
The blouse is a custom pattern, following instructions from Bernadette Banner's YouTube video on the subject of 18th century men's shirts. The fabric is a linen/viscose blend. The collar seams are rolled and hand felled along with hand felled patches to keep the seams from splitting. The button hole was hand stitched and I found that the fabric didn't want to cooperate with staying flat or in one piece when the button hole was cut. A quick whip stitch around the button hole kept the fabric together and then the button hole was stitched properly. The shirt has gathered sleeves that are French seamed.
The book was not made by me.
Beautiful hand stitching – what a lovely, wearable outfit.
lovely result, congratulation
Beautiful fabrics! And you can easily see the hard work that went into your piece. Great job❤
Such a perfect outfit for Egwene!
I would wear this skirt any day. It is beautiful.
i love the textures you decided to work with. and the skirt suits you so well! good luck!
I love Egwene!!! Beautiful work!
Great outfit – really like the weight and drape of the skirt. And now another book to add to my reading list!