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Alllllmoooost outta here....
Well when I get finished with work, but tomorrow it's off to School of the Renaissance Soldier which has conveniently been moved to just up the street from our house (whoo-hoo!) and a chance to break in the new kampfrau clothing - photos to follow next week!
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Finished way ahead of time...
Which for me is something instead of frantic sewing the night before an event. So the results:
January Project - Elizabethan Corset from the Custom Corset Generator
Finished hand stitching the grommets this last week after frustrating results of trying metal ones (never ever, ever again). The Elizabethan corset generator pattern program worked really ( Read more... ) -
Treading that line between theatricality and historical accuracy...
So I am becoming increasingly involved in a project that shouldn't be as new-fangled as it is appearing. I'm working with the Director of St. George's Guild (those who play Queen and Court at No. Cal events) on the radical idea of presenting a faire as visually historically accurate.
Shocking, right?
I mean to have a properly outfitted Elizabethan ( Read more... ) -
Because he's not on here
Can I actually post my husband's birthday present for this year.
Since we've had the German invasion earlier this year with a house-full of traveling carpenters, my husband is ensconced in all things German. One of these is the drinking boot or stiefel of which there are now 3 broken ones displayed in the house. Since he's looking to convert to ( Read more... ) -
1 down, 1 to go
Elizabethan Corset (aka January's project) - finished, finally. One would think that putting in metal grommets wouldn't be difficult and certainly would probably take less time than hand stitching. But no. And now I remember why I hate trying to put in grommets ( Read more... ) -
Yet another place to post...
So I figure I should jump into things with both feet
I'm dipping toes into sewing again - into trying really hard not to screw up fabric and/or patterns. My mother is an expert seamstress and I am kicking myself for not paying more attention when I was younger. I can sew a straight line, the basics of what Mom taught me are rattling around in my ( Read more... )
