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Oh interwebz, I know that some of you have access to images of historical pinking/fabric embossing tools; care to share? I ask because a blacksmith I know is interested in possibly taking up making some of these as a project and I am woefully short of materials for him to reference ( Read more... )

"But Moooooom! I have to go to England and look at embroidered jackets...all the Kool Kids are doing it!"

*le sigh*

As I start to look around for options for my event handsewing kit...the lovely Katrin from 'Togs-From-Bogs' happens to be setting up a stock of nifty items for her shop. Grand idea...if you happen to live in Europe where her stall will be available. *le sigh* Katrin has been great and has been quoting me pricing for bits and pieces as they come up ( Read more... )

 Working multiple projects at the same time seems to lead to prevent boredome and create a lot of project progress, but not much in the way of updating my journal! Despite the long silences, I have been working consistently on the following items;

“Museum of Bath” style shirt for hubby

Sock patterning (for ( Read more... )

Not much to report on this front and only one *new* picture (so no cut). I finished off sleeve number one at 12:46 AM last night. One sleeve down, one to go! This morning, I got up before my alarm, did the garden and house chores that are my normal AM routine and then sat down to rework the red thread detail on the updated shirt front.

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Well, I did say I got a lot done this weekend. With the School of the Renaissance Soldier coming up next weekend, I knew that hubby could use a second high collared shirt for the event. His breast plate strap digs into his neck too much for his open necked shirt to work well at any event where his armor is going to see use.

So, I started out with a ( Read more... )

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So, I am in the process of updating my Steuchlein. Last weekend I did some work with hair taping and played around with a new Wulst roll: I liked the results enough that I am proceeding with phase 2 this weekend - creating a Wulsthaube/Unterhaube to hold the roll in place and cover it.

As a reminder to myself as I move on with this process, the ( Read more... )

OK, I have a few techniques I am planning on testing out and I am going to document them here for others who might find them interesting. They have to do with the making, binding and filling (use) of point holes for the 16th century.

The scope of the project should be worked out before the first weekend in April (when I plan on my husband using his ( Read more... )