Welp, it's been, uh, it's been a long time, now and I happened to look back over here and give a check-in post ( Read more... )

Heh, well, there was buying of things. I'm still studying, so there hasn't been a lot of making of things just yet. I'm also digging out my office some, and there's a new computer as well. I'm pretty much needing to excavate back to my sewing desk and otherwise, I'm only able to cut and sew on the kitchen table. I have been refreshing my research, ( Read more... )

Had a perfectly lovely weekend, though Rose pitched a seriously impressive meltdown Sunday afternoon, meaning we started breaking down much earlier than we had intended. The French farthingale worked very well - wore it with the lavender silk skirt. Worked nicely! Yay! Had a blast, seeing tons of people I had really missed. Also played judge ( Read more... )

I'm officially dubbing this my Summer of Making. It's like I couldn't get much of anything made during the school year, so I'm trying to really make up for it now.

• I spun up about a half-ounce of silk/superwash merino today.
• I knit on a new shawl I really like and is totally potato-chip (can't knit just one row/stripe).
• I finished up dyeing the ( Read more... )

So on Thursday I picked up some lace for insertions and whatnot at Hobby Lobby, and stopped by Hamilton Dry Goods and picked up some of that awesome linen-cotton I love so much. I started in on it on Friday while running some successful solar experiments and as a consequence I got the arm pieces of the smock entirely hemmed on Friday by the time I ( Read more... )

The Garb Muse snuck up behind me this morning on the way into town, pounced on me, and really sank her fangs in as a sort of "welcome back! I hear you might be bringing in some money! Let me help you get rid of it! Oh, and that extra bit of time, too." Just one image, fairly close up, invaded my noggin and the cascade of inchoate ideas congealed ( Read more... )