I pulled out all my things for the Athenaeum and then almost sat down crying. Here's what I discovered:

*The pink and green sheer needs undersleeves and hooks and eyes.
*The green and white sheer is HUGE.
*The green plaid wool bodice is too small.
*My Swiss waist is too big.
*The sleeves on my sheer waist are too short.
*My ball gown needs to be re-hemmed.
*The sherbet dress is too big and needs undersleeves and a chemisette.

And I have a week to get all that done, if I want to do it.

They suggest bringing 2 day dresses minimum, but why would I do that?? I'm a reenactor with a giant 1860s wardrobe. Problem is, they have a ton of silly rules and it's going to be very hot and humid. I'm not even sure I should think about bringing the green plaid wool dress. But if I don't, everything else I could wear needs major work.

At this point, I'm only really happy with wearing the pink and green sheer. The sherbet dress bothers me because it's a silk/linen blend that ends up looking like cotton. It just bugs me, and I don't know why! The green and white sheer dress would require practically remaking it: taking in the bodice means repleating the skirt to fit. The sheer white waist is an easy fix, but I don't want to wear it without the Swiss waist, and I'm not even sure where to begin to fix that, since all the edges are meticulously finished...

Okay... I just looked through my event pictures to get reinspired... Even though I don't like it all that much, I can take the gold silk dress with me. I'm going to fix up the sherbet dress, and go ahead and remake the green and white sheer because it's just too pretty a dress to go to waste.

So here's what we have:

*green and pink sheer
*green and white sheer
*gold silk dress
*sherbet dress
*mourning dress (can also be used for daywear with white accessories)
*white ball gown

Alright... I think I can do this AND finish my new set of undergarments!