Commissions! (and other, more boring stuff)

[girlnamedxena]

It's almost one in the morning and I'm still wide awake. Blarg.

I looked up all the text books I need, and tomorrow I'm going to the university to get my new bus pass sticker thingie and buy books (hopefully the stores will be open *crosses fingers*)

I'm putting spinning on hold until I can get someone who knows how to do it to look at what I've

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[girlnamedxena]

I basically just googled it, but here's a site that reviews patterns, and some of the reviewers mention authenticity:
http://sewing.patternreview.com/

and here's a site with walk-throughs for some patterns (mostly corsets) and they sell supplies and stuff
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/

My search results turned up a lot of costuming sites for re-enactment groups, which was handy, although probably not the best thing ever. And like I said earlier the general consensus is that Simplicity patterns are pretty good, and definitely acceptable for the beginner, so if you don't want to draft your own those are a decent alternative. There was another pattern company that kept coming up (Past Patterns, I think) that everyone seemed to love.

If you end up finding something useful that I've missed do let me know :)

[lacyjae]

Frog hat was my xmas pressie!! LOVE!!! :D Caro is totally the best. <3

[girlnamedxena]

Yeah, there are several places where I could go for instruction... I just don't want to :P

[lacyjae]

I'm gonna get some yarns and throw moneys at you for fingerless gloves.

[girlnamedxena]

Yay! You should probably talk to me about yarn weights and stuff before you go out and buy something, though. I don't wanna get stuck making you gloves out of laceweight or something -_-* (I used bulky yarn for the gloves in the pic).