I'll still be sewing for my paycheck, that part hasn't changed; but I'll be wearing costumes instead of making them, and am part of a team making a massive, linen, 18th century reproduction tent. Which tent? None other than George Washington's Sleeping Marquee.
The project is through the partnership of Colonial Williamsburg and the nascent Museum of the American Revolution (which owns the original tent that we're reproducing). Fabric has been specially woven, all wooden poles and stakes are being made by the joiners and wheelwrights at Williamsburg, and for fourteen weeks this summer a group of us will be constructing the tent itself. It's really rather wonderful having the chance to work on such a unique project, and to be on the interpreter side of things instead of always behind the scenes.
Today was our first official day, and it promises to be a very interesting summer!
The team busily stitching pieces of the inner tent. That's me on the far left, and for once I'm not wearing anything which I made!
The whole project is being very well documented, and if you're at all interested you can like the facebook page which has a lot of great info about the project, check out the blog, or even watch us live on one of the Colonial Williamsburg webcams! (yeah, you can watch me throughout each entire work day... which isn't stalkerish at all.)
