(Cross posted from A Gentlewoman's Blog: http://kimiko1.com/blog/2014/07/creative-but-slowly/)

It has been a month since I posted last, but I have been slowly working on a few creative projects.

One project is a woodworking project. No, I’m not making it from wood ( 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... )

I was hoping to show more of a nightly progress on the doll, but time constraints stopped me from doing so ( Read more... )

(Crossposted from my main blog: http://www.kimiko1.com/blog/?p=162)I am horrible sometimes about getting photos taken of my work. And then trying to get those photos uploaded takes even longer ( Read more... )

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... )

Yep, finished! It's been finished since before I went to West Kingdom's Collegium a couple of weekends ago, but I've been sitting on the photos until now, mostly to focus on house cleaning ( Read more... )

Summer is coming to an end for the kids, so I've been busy spending time with them. This means less time working on my own projects, so the short gown was put on the back burner for a bit.

But I have been able to spend a little amount of time in the past few days working a pattern and mockup of the essential parts of the gown, the bodice and sleeves ( Read more... )

So, I've not been doing a whole lot lately, as I've not been in the mood to be all that creative. But I've been in the mood to play with the bobbin lace some, which isn't so much creative, as it is simple and kinda zen in the doing. And that's ok ( Read more... )