Doing some coat sized hook & eye work, and taking a much needed break from them. I figured that one out, when I put in a hook, when it should have been an eye ( Read more... )

Ok, this next post may throw a frenzy... but I have been thinking (oh, no, there she goes "thinking" again). And it came from a comment from florentinescot. "LOL. Wouldn't it be funny if we were really wearing the "jeans and t-shirts" of The Period (tm) instead of the Sunday Best! *giggle*" ( rambles behind here... )

Just putting down a few links for future memory needs, on that short over long thing going on.

And hsifeng, I am desirous of coming to your place sometime, in a researching frenzy/hunt, as things are pointing to Germany or Italy as the source for some of the designs we are seeing. When you have time (not in a hurry, in other words).

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Ok, after a bit of work, I have the two images online now so people can see what's caught my imagination. I will be crossposting this to a few places, so I apologize if you get bombarded by my questions.


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Well today in our Baronial A&S day, we learned the basics on how to make our own scented & decorated soaps. There were several ladies, and rwfranz there, including one very new young girl, Amber (who has yet to turn 18, and boy was she eager about everything).( more if you care... )

I actually got off my duff, and walked for about 20 minutes or so. Not as much as I want to get to, but better than nothing I have been doing. My goal is to walk 2 miles a day, and I know the route I want to take, which I used to take before, so I know it can be done. I also want to take a Saturday or Sunday morning and take a walk with the family ( Read more... )

The next thing I've been pondering since Mary left yesterday has been Pentathlon, which is Caid's Arts & Science competition that occurs every two years. I think I've mentioned it before ( Read more... )

I did it, I ordered 4 yards of red Pendleton wool flannel from denverfabrics.com. It was $6.98 a yard! I would show you all what it looked like, but it is now sold out. They do have more wool on sale for the same price until midnight tonight, but not the red wool. They also have 30% off on velvets as well. I wanted some, but just to buy, not ( Read more... )

I just found out that Pentathalon 2007 for Caid will probably be the same weekend as Bakersfield Pirate Faire, if Joyce actually does move the date. And the same weekend date as the end of the Spinners and Weavers conference in Visalia.

March 24th - 25th 2007, Barony of Gyldenholt, running side by side with the Gyldenholt/Calafian Friendship ( Read more... )