The Earth Is Flat: & Other Dressmaking Conventions

So I'm happily stitching away at my camicia sleeve and feeling good that I *finally* have the first pass of the pattern done on all the ...

Having realized that it will be a very long time before the pieces of my camicia are fully embroidered I have decided to take a new approach...

OK, half size, single thread, I think I've got it!

I think it's better...but still not quite right. Maybe only 1 thread in the blue silk...

Lucky saves come first: As you may know, I'm working on the camicia for the challenge. I take it to work with me every day, wrapped up...

At least for now. :) Moving on to the blackwork (in blue in my case) I am still figuring outthe best path to follow when stitching th...

I've been madly working on many fronts, one of which being feast preparations for our local SCA Barony. We finally finished that project...

As you may have noticed, the IRCC challenges seem to send me off into an overly ambitious frenzy in which I will attempt nearly anything if ...

It is possible that I am getting faster at this, which would be quite a relief since I am looking at so much more on the partlet. Speaking o...

I've finished the three drawn thread bands which break my sleeve in four half-width panels. Well, I mean that I have finished the bands ...

As I was working on the drawn thread embroidery of my Camicia a few days ago I came upon this glorious outfit courtesy of the Elizabethean ...

I have to say that this stuff takes an incredible amount of time. Possibly the worst part of it is that the earlier steps kinda fool you int...

And while the counter ticks off the moments until the official start, I thought I'd share a bit of my thoughts so far as I work on the &...

Am I being bad? Hmm...I'm really not sure. I have the materials for my "Peasants and Pioneers" project, but not the inclinat...

More shopping...

Surely one of us needs this ?

Like that it's time to be getting started on my camicia! Have you been reading Baroque Embellishments lately? I'd call that a sign...

My pocket has tassels! They dangle, and bounce around, and are just unbelievably cute!

Done done done!