Zee event, she ees done. Zee doublet, she ees almost done. Zee prizes, zey are all won ( Read more... )

From me and from others:

( My boys, taken by me )

I have a piece of fabric I bought almost 10 years ago. It’s beautiful stuff - 90% silk, 10% linen, creamy brocade with little gold fleurs-de-lis on it. It’s a perfect fabric for a sumptuous 14th century dress. I’ve been hanging on to it for a long time, waiting for just the right project. After a while, fabric speaks to you, and tells you what it ( Read more... )

I have pictures up from the weekend. I didn't really get out of camp at all, so these are mostly from La Belle, with just a sprinkling of Grey's Retinue (the great-grandkids ( Read more... )

This spring's reenacting season has been fanTAStic. Jamestown was busy and warm, and our Marietta Mansion event this weekend was busy and cool. I think this is the first year in a long time where all of us made it out to both events both days, without staying home for somebody or other being sick or not wanting to be out in dreadful weather. Hooray ( Read more... )

I'm exhausted. But in a good way. It was that kind of a weekend (week, month, several months ( Read more... )

My new purse is here! It's so cute! And I got a discount because it had a TINY snag! SQUEEEEE!

I took some pictures of the arming cote last night and the night before, but I don’t have a lot of time to add construction explanation. I have a lot more pictures between the last I posted and these, but I’ll get them up eventually. Or, maybe I’ll just do a “POOF! Something Magical Happens Here!”

Hee hee!

( Don’t worry! He WILL be wearing pants! Well, hose. )

No time to post pictures of the arming doublet, and I haven't made all that much progress to make it interesting. The upper sleeves are all sewn together, and the other night I cut and fit all of the innards, the padding pieces in there. That was tedious. Now, I'm debating on whether I sew the sleeve into a tube before I quilt or the other way ( Read more... )

I started planning Jeff's 14th century arming cote the other night, and was wishing like crazy that I'd taken notes the last time around.

( So I will this time. At least until I forget to keep writing or fall too far behind. )