Well, I managed to do something creative during the last days of the month of November, except for last night ( Read more... )

Not a whole lot today, just work on the Floral glove needlcase project ( Read more... )

So, I will admit that much of this week I slacked off on the creative part. Oh, I was thinking of different things to work on or do with, and I did do some further work on the blackwork partlet last night, but not a whole lot of actual creating. I spent my time doing various other things like cleaning my sewing room so I actually could *create* in ( Read more... )

Hmmm... a few things to report. ( under the cut, including pics. )

The past few days, I've been trying to fight off something. It's been winning more often than I would like, giving me chills and making me sleepy. But this year, unlike last year, I am working through the ill feeling and at least doing some embroidery while bundled on the couch and between naps ( Read more... )

The Materials and Techniques of English Embroidery of the Late Tudor and Stuart Eras ( Read more... )

I've not been doing too much in the way of sewing today. Yes, I did get some time to actually drape & pattern out my petticoat bodies, with a twist on the usual flat front, making it an angled front instead. And the pattern is ready to go, the silk, linen collar canvas, and muslins for flat lining are all pressed and ready to cut now. But there I ( Read more... )

It has been a long while since I last posted here. I've not done much in anything creative in a long while, except for sporadic bits of blackwork which has been keeping me a little busy during the slow winter months.

I did eventually start a new project, learning how to do long & short stitch in silk floss as part of an online class on Floral ( Read more... )