A tiny obsessive perfectionist sewing her way through history
I'm in a weird sort of mood-- I didn't sleep well, and I'm stressed about school-- so we're doing something a little less optimistic than usual. Plus, if I write this now and I am ever low on project inspiration I can come back here and get some ideas! It looks like I am going [...]
.....that joke might not actually work. Whoops. A while back I stumbled across a list of the classes to be offered at Known World Costume and Fiber Arts Symposium (hereafter known as KWCAFAS because that is a name of unnecessary length) and I was filled with much longing. Problem is that KWCAFAS was near Atlanta, [...]
Yesterday was West Kingdom Collegium, and for some reason I decided to teach a class. Actually, I know the reason, and that was that I like teaching! I asked William what he thought I should teach-- my History of Lace class seemed like a bad idea, since there isn't much interest in late 16th C [...]
Hello yes hi I vanished again! I keep doing that! I think the main problem is that I am just chugging along on a lot of things right now (no, actually, a LOT of things) and I never feel like I have anything in particular to write about. Some of that will probably be detailed [...]
I finally have a Spanish 1520s dress! If you've been around for a while you may remember that I started planning one about a year ago-- initially for Great Western War, then Twelfth Night before I fell for that damask velvet. This started as an experiment to see if I could completely machine sew a [...]
Good news: My new Spanish 1520s outfit is almost done! Bad news: I've been farthingale-ing, and it's been harrowing. I think I avoided permanent damage to my sewing machine. I think. (Yes, I am back from Glasgow. I was there for three days because Work. I will write more about it once my parents get [...]
This is my apartment this morning All that white stuff on the far right? More white linen. As usual, too much fabric, NOT enough space. I finally drew up an actual plan for William's shirt: I based on the Nils Sture shirt and the 1535 boy's shirt in the V&A (the first one in PoF [...]
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 [...]
Yeah I signed up for too much stuff. That's ok! I think I'll get it done! My Spanish Burgundian dress is DONE, pictures to follow. I did kind of um...fuck up... Because I had one of my old tranzado scarves that I was going to dye to make the sash.....and I left it in Berkeley. [...]
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 [...]
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