A tiny obsessive perfectionist sewing her way through history
A while back there was a trend on social media with people saying "I've been re-enacting since 1976"/"I'm a Laurel and a Pelican in the SCA"/"I'm King of Whatever" ASK ME ANYTHING. And people did, and there were some interesting questions and just as interesting answers. Now I have not been re-enacting since 1976 (I [...]
I was really extraordinarily surprised when my last post (cough RANT cough) about the history of colored sheep, a topic that is normally considered to be esoteric beyond belief, conjured a lot of interest in a follow-up. So Jason, Ari, and Randall, wherever you are, this is for you. It's pretty common knowledge that a [...]
One thing I see a lot on various groups and pages where people ask for fabric recommendations is "don't use that, it's tweedy/an uneven grey/slightly inconsistent in color! They didn't use that in period!" And this isn't entirely wrong. If you are portraying someone of wealth, then you absolutely want a fabric with a smooth, [...]
After two years working at Lacis, and being a frequent patron of both Needle in a Haystack and Old World Designs Needlepoint, I've tried a lot of threads. No really. A lot. Go on Lacis' website for an idea of exactly how much thread they stock. A while back I wrote up this chart [...]
(Roughly equivalent to Love in the time of Cholera but with less death, steamboats, and letter-writing) (Yes I have not read that book in years, and yes, those are apparently the details my brain has retained) Hi everyone. It's been a while. There is a lot going on in the world. I've had a rough [...]
Hey guys! Everything is nuts! As a result I have not been writing here, although I do suddenly have more sewing time than I expected. As this continues to be stressful I likely won't be writing much here (blog posts take a fair amount of bandwidth) but good news is I have been making [...]
Ok we are backing up even further on the Designing for Heat wagon here because I realized I skipped a lot of what I consider to be the essential beginning steps last time! Here we go again. ~~Note that as always this is informed by my personal experiences, your mileage may vary~~ My goals: to [...]
So I am trying a new thing here. I see a lot of costumers online who have....for lack of a better term.....actual income? And they make the most gorgeous amazing things in silk and fine lace and I don't do that just because, well. I can't. I might not ever be able to do that [...]
Hopefully some of you remember the Avoiding Heatstroke Dress from a while back, which was intentionally designed and built to keep one (1) tiny human who is bad at homeostasis from developing heatstroke at events in the 95-105 ºF range. It was....moderately successful, I survived June Crown 2018 but Purgatorio 2019 killed me. It [...]
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 [...]
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