The Earth Is Flat: & Other Dressmaking Conventions

Well, the new year has swept in like fresh air around here and I am off and running on a million different projects, sewing and otherwise. M...

I'm using 100% linen fabric that is about 58" wide. I am also continuing my experiments with using less fabric so this petticoat is...

I have several unfinished partlet projects lying about the house which keep stalling out about the time I get to the place where I try them ...

  The almost-final product!   I still need to add hooks and eyes to the bottom front but woohoo - the re-do is DONE!   What I d...

I'm taking on both the Historical Fortnightly and Five Foundations Challenges this year! We are stuck inside today due to unusually (dan...

Or, rather;  Il mio velo è finito! I am saving the final 'as worn' photos for the unveiling of our finished projects ('Unveili...

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 ...

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...

Ah...that's better. And the details: The Challenge: 4 - Embellishment Fabric: 100% silk dupioni, Plaid Pattern: NA ...