Well I slept about 14 hours last night. But I was *lured* I tell ya...  All that cold made me go into hibernation, I think. I can't remember the last time I slept that long. The cat finally insisted I get up and play with him ( Read more... )

Man this Joey Patone marionette doll sure does have a BIG head and BIG feet.

Because of the lack of time and the excess of head and feet, I ended up doing a streamline medieval rather than costume.

He is dressed like generic medieval guy...And he was not all hand sewn. A lot was done on the machine (as I was not dealing with velvet)

I wished I'd ( Read more... )

THIS:  http://my-lady-f.livejournal.com/27487.html
is seriously interfering with my costuming...

Stupid real world...

I'm glad I stayed up last night. Cut out the linen sheath/tube, Sewed up the shoulders and neckline by hand. Hemmed the sides, and started stitching up one side before I realized, HEY I need to keep this flat and open so I can put in ( Read more... )

The other night I finished all the radial lines of quilting on the Magnus Mantle.

I was having my doubts, but now that all of one direction of quilting is done, I can see how it is going to act and I'm not so worried about the outcome.

Here is a photo that I took the other day:


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Well, I've mentioned this a couple of times but due to battery shortages, this is the first chance I've had to get some pics ready.

This is the Magnus Mantle. As you can see, it's a work in progress. It's a padded mantle about the proportions of a bishop's mantle, and is meant to be worn as padding under his aventail (a circular piece of chainmail  ( Read more... )