Today I spent a bit of time braiding up my hair, and taking photos of what I look like with the hair up and braided, then with the front braids taped (using a blunt needle), and then with the English bonnet being worn. The first few tries were not as good, but the final two photos seems to have done the trick.

The photo album is now here on FB ( ( Read more... )

I'm not feeling like it is worth posting this directly here right now. But if you haven't seen the photos of the mostly done English gable bonnet, I posted them to FB here and here. If those don't show up, it is in this small public photo album here.

As a reminder, they are based on these two portraits (links given). Jane Seymour for the general ( Read more... )

I went to hsifeng's place tonight for a few hours for a nice round of stitch and bitch. More like stitch, chat, and show off a few things on my behalf, since it's been a few weeks since we last sat down to sew. I had to leave early because Rob had to go into work for a short bit, and I needed to get home to put the kids to bed. I then sat down and pulled ( Read more... )

Finally getting around to fixing my Tudor outfit seen in my icon, and seen in my web site here. ( details on refit behind the cut... )