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[serenalyons]

Okay, now that my tech tardedness has been confirmed

Comments

Introducing myself

[pooklaroux]

Hi. I be-friended you because I saw your posts about Tudor garb. That's something I am interested in, too. In the society, I'm called "Halla of Mugmort", but here on LJ I'm just pooklaroux.

Re: Introducing myself

[serenalyons]

Nice to meet you. If I may ask, in which Kingdom do you reside? I recently finished most of my Tudor and am now working on a loose kirtle and gown, along with my husband's Yule tunics. :D

Re: Introducing myself

[pooklaroux]

I'm in the Shire of Mugmort, The Barony of Middle Marches, under the Dragon Throne of the Middle Kingdom. Mundanely, that's Lancaster, but we actually live in Columbus, Ohio. (The Marche of Tirnewydd is actually the "Columbus" group, but we are so far off to the East Side, we're closer to Mugmort meetings.)

I actually found your journal by searching on the interest "chatelaine" because I just took up office of chatelaine for my local group.

Right now I wear Viking aprondresses, but I'm very interested in early Tudor (the stuff that looks like a nun's habit, with a big long gabled headdress.) But I like to look at all periods of Tudor..

Re: Introducing myself

[serenalyons]

Cool, I am in An Tir myself. Barony of Glymm Mere. Congrats on the Chatelaine position. I have a few apron dresses myself. Especially for when I camp with all my kidlets. Tudor is not conducive to child wrangling. ;) I am a huge Tudor and 'bethan junkie and am planning to do another Tudor gown soon. There will be huge design and construction changes in the next one. I am hoping to do it out of either a brown or deep red velvet. It will depend on what is available when I have the money. I especially like what I often call the pre-Tudor which are the gowns that are transitioning from Burgundian to Tudor. I also have a thing for hennins. Let's face it I am just easily distracted by shiny cultures ;D

[chindora]

Have you considered back smocking the pleats? It is a very simple process and holds the pleats very nicely in place. It is a technique used when a lot of open space is left in a design and you want to keep the pleated look in place. Just do an outline stitch across the back of the pleats, or a cable stitch, and that should hold them in place and still give them the pliability that you need for them to give for the neck of the smock. I used to teach smocking classes and this is a good technique to use for this application.

[longlongwaytogo]

Hi, I invited you to a comm, I hope you don't mind. It looked like something you might be interested in.