(Cross posted from A Gentlewoman's Blog: http://kimiko1.com/blog/2015/01/short-updating-post-on-stuff/)

Wow, it has been half a year since I wrote in this blog last. That’s a long time. I am out of practice it would seem.

So, what have I been doing? Well, ( Read more... )

(Cross posted from A Gentlewoman's Blog: http://kimiko1.com/blog/2014/05/laurel-gown-goldwork-process/)

Yes, I’ve been quiet, but I’ve also been slowly plugging away on a few projects. I now have time to update and share what I’ve been doing on two of them ( Read more... )

(Cross posted from A Gentlewoman's Blog: http://kimiko1.com/blog/2014/03/slate-frame-prep/)

Today, in order to jump start my creative spirit, which has been slowly returning (I did sketch a banner idea last weekend), I decided to just go into my sewing room and do ( Read more... )

Back to LJ for this post, as my current host seems to be having MySql issues so I have no main blog today. It's been acting oddly since yesterday, but hopefully the folks there will have it back up and running soon. I just hope I have a blog to return to. (Edit: main blog has returned ok ( Read more... )

(Cross posted from my main blog: http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=286)I did find one more silk fabric that I had enough to use, but it is such a raspberry color that I'll pass for this project. Bess has also been willing to look this weekend for some special fabrics in the UK that may work, as she's close to a special fabric store/mill place ( Read more... )

(cross posted from my main blog: http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=280)Just have to share another blog here, that of Challe, who is an American SCAer living in England with her family, and taking the time to visit and photograph the effigies there in search of late 15th & early 16th century garments and headdress styles. She has shared a few of her ( Read more... )

(cross posted from my main blog: http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=274)

So, in comments here and on FB, the short gown appears to be the clear favorite, so I will go with the original plans for it, more or less. Thank you all for your input.


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(cross posted from my main blog: http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=272I was asked about Short Gowns in the Tudor period, and asked what sort of documentation I had for them. I've actually collected a few images in a folder, and had plans on writing up about them at some point, and sharing what I had then. I've yet to do so, and won't really have time ( Read more... )

(Cross posted from my main blog: http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=264)

For those of you just reading along, you may want to read my last post, where I explain what direction I'm going towards, and what options are in front of me, and yeah, that laurel thing. :-P ( Read more... )

(cross posted from my main blog: http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=254)So, if you folks who quietly follow along haven't read elsewhere yet, I was asked last Saturday at Caid's Crown Tourney to join the Order of the Laurel, specifically for Tudor Costuming and Embroidery (in Caid, one has to have a main skill of mastery, and a secondary skill of some ( Read more... )