Ok. I am going to put a header here that some of this could be controversial, even though I'm pretty sure I think everything that is put on the internet could be controversial, so this might be me being overly cautious. I don't think anyone will really be offended by this, but it is not [...]
Category: Meditations
Feminine and Feminist
I will freely admit that I have been struggling to find things to put on this blog recently. I leave for Scotland in 2 weeks and 2 days, so mostly I am frantically sewing on a variety of things and organizing my life and picking up a WHOLE NEW HOBBY while I'm at it because, [...]
New Sewer’s Garb
There's been a lot of discussion recently on the West Kingdom facebook group about garb for newcomers and how to get them the information they need. I feel like I really can't help very much with buying garb-- other than my new hood, I've never bought any garb in my life (If you want very [...]
Talent vs Skill
I have a friend who, when I update him on my projects, always says "you're so talented!" And that always baffles me a little bit, because there is a big difference between talent, skill, and just having the patience to do something that seems outrageous to other people. I truly believe that anyone can sew. [...]
Oscar Thoughts
What is all this nonsense about not being able to find a host? Here are some great options Brian May, astrophysicist and part-time guitarist of some band called Queen Alison Janney Trevor Noah Maya Rudolph in character as The Judge from The Good Place Melissa McCarthy, just have her wear a different hat when she's [...]
The Search for Authenticity
So I'm sick, and have been mostly couch-bound since Saturday, and as a result I've been spending a lot of time on Pinterest. I am currently making a 14th C dress out of the herringbone wool I got in Scotland, and as I haven't felt up to doing more than the occasional eyelet or self-fabric [...]
Comfort
Today's post is a doozy. There will also be no pictures. Just warning everyone. I love the SCA. I think, if you read this blog at all, that is pretty obvious. It is a fantastic outlet for my textile and obsessive perfectionist habits. The fact remains, however, that I am a 25-year-old, conventionally attractive, thin [...]
Project Updates and Musings on Taking a Different Path
Sorry for the short break in posts-- I've just been chugging along on a few different things. Last Sunday I downloaded an app to keep track of the time I've put into different embroidery projects. If you needed proof that I'm Bad at moderation, here's what I've done over the last week and a half [...]
Stir crazy
Officially diagnosed with tendonitis in both forearms! Fun! Cool! Great! Yeah no, I'm about half an inch away from losing my mind especially now that my wrists mostly aren't hurting. It makes it much harder to not use them, but I know I shouldn't. (Weird aside-- turns out taking 4 Advil liquigels a day makes [...]
When inspiration becomes an overload
I'm on the longest vacation I've had since I started working at Lacis a year and a half ago-- not counting when I got meningitis, because... no-- and as a result I've been at my parent's house since Sunday. I brought a couple projects with me. I dyed an ostrich feather for my bonnet that [...]
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