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Elizabethan Doublet - Mock Up
Okay, so my husband is required to present himself in Court to the Majesties on 12th Night. That means his normal tunic with jeans isn't going to fly. I showed him several different paintings and patterns and he picked Margo Anderson's Elizabethan Doublet with plain skirting and wings, with Venetian Breeches. I found some gorgeous navy blue worsted ( Read more... ) -
This kid keeps growing!!!.......(aka New Vest)
K has continued to grow in leaps and bounds. She's not expanding sideways at all, just up and up and up!!
Last October I sat down and made her a green one piece split front dress that laced up the front, for October Crown. We ended up NOT going, so
she never got the chance to wear it before I realized the top was too small for her!! Bummer!! So I ( Read more... ) -
It's been a while...... (aka Yellow Tote Bag)
Wow, I hadn't realized how long it's been since my last posting. Over a year. Scary how time flies when you're having fun! Or at least attempting to have fun! :) Things in the family department have settled down to a dull roar. The husband is happily employed as a Project Engineer and gets to ride his motorcycle to and from work every day! (About ( Read more... ) -
New Hobby aka Viking Wire Knitting...
Sooooo, while at Duchess War last weekend I and anielmom happened to sit in on a class teaching Viking wire knitting. I glanced over the instructions and thought "Holy Cow, this is complicated!!" Of course, looks are deceiving and I was knitting away after about ten minutes of fiddling. What fun! I even experimented with a double weave before the class ( Read more... ) -
Elizabethan Corset is DONE!! (well, it's wearable)
So yesterday I finished sewing down the binding, and put in the last eyelet on the shoulder strap. So it's done. Well, as done as any project is ever going to be.
anielmom helped me with a fitting last week and we took some pictures. The 1/4 inch flat steel I put in the back channels on either side of the lacing eyelets isn't strong enough and pulled. Down ( Read more... ) -
Progress on Corset!!!
Okay, so yesterday evening, as I was waiting for my husband to get home from work, I picked up my Tudor corset and finally started on handstitching the boning channels in the back. I'm having to do this because I made the channels too wide and, of course, have already sewn the bones into them. So I'm stitching them tighter so that the bones don't ( Read more... ) -
Brown 14th Century dress
So a friend got me this light brown linen from the White Elephant sale down in Oakland this Spring. Another friend got me some red and some dark brown linen on another day at the sale. The dark brown became my husband's tunic and the red became a dress in this same style. I finally got around to the light brown a couple days ago.
I laid it out on ( Read more... ) -
From table cloth to surcoate...
Okay, so this red square table cloth has been sitting around in my house for some time now. It's a cotton blendy thing that has a nice drape, but isn't big enough for anything for me or my husband. BUT I was looking at it the other day when I was thinking about making some for Keira to wear to the upcoming archery tournament. She has a long sleeved ( Read more... )
