January Time to Re-Group!

Hello!


During the holidays, my craft/crap room becomes even more well crappy.  Every time someone thinks something is mine and it has encroached into the house (which is often I admit) it is thrown into the small garage which I am supposed to house my Fabric and SCA gear.....so of course it is now filled with Christmas, my shoes, my clothing and the table cloth reserved for Yule? Plus? everything is now up to the ceiling in front of the doors.  So I am going to take the time to get this organized. So I can get to the stuff I need too and I can feel like I have accomplished something!!!


I shall have pics of the finished garage hopefully by Sunday, I am getting rid of things we have had in this garage for 4 years now and have not used them so it must mean it is not useable by me or the family...or it means we lost the dratted things and we stopped looking and replaced it, still a go go situation.

Privy Run Ropa

 
 I love this ropa, I have for a very long time 
however, I never took the time to do this ropa.  I have the fabric, I think I have the trim, I think I might need to get some flannel, I know I have the buttons for the sleeves.  The fabric is blue and white, so I think it should be lined in either blue or white, I am thinking blue might be the better and longer wearing choice.  Joann's has it on sale for 50% off or I have a coupon so either way.... Hmmm, I need this to happen..I just have find all of the fabrics, which are currently in the Crap Room of life. 






Hmmmm But first? 
I need a fabulous Gown for Cynaguan Investiture, the new Prince is a Dear Friend who 
has had some interesting adventures these few years, and has not only survived but thrived. So I want to go and rejoice in a friend's survival, triumphant walk back to life 
and the world.  Not to mention the SCA, Bravo Richard, Bravo!

OMG Laptop Adventure

Don't know how I did it but I broke the LCD? LED? The glass of my lovely purple laptop and 
of course? I was out of warranty by a couple of months, and it would have cost us
$300.00 to renew for 1 year....arrrgh


So Hubby remembered there was a place in the next town that fixed computers, one call to them 
and a very fast drive and my baby was in the shop, waiting for the correct glass to be
sent to them.   I picked her up tonight and I am happy to say she is looking good! 




Ahhh, I know I have the Ipad but it was not the same I can promise you!

West Kingdom 12th Night

Circle of Lovelies! It is 9:30am Saturday, we are waiting for Sara's call to escort her into Court so that she can step up to be a Laurel in the SCA!

 Can you see the gorgeous gowns? 

 Sara's Florentine!

 Another Elizabethan wonder!

 Elena looking splendid!  Do you see Sara's Sleeves and backing.

 Joan Silverthorpe, in her italian! and the lovely gift she made for Sara's Day!

 Our Pelican to be! in a Pisa redo!

 My Son and Maddie!!!!

 Three Lovely Ladies in the early am!

Here is Sara gaining her blessing from the King and Queen of the West....and their hearld in Elizabethan Splendor~

More time spent with lovelies!

                                                    

Here is what the cape for Laurel 

Fabric Regret Do As I Say, Not As I Do!

Several years ago I found a great sale on some biege fabric, it had a 15th-16th Century motif, and I got 4 yards by 55" for $5.00 per yard. So I decided to create an Elizabethan (of course!) Kirtle from this and cut out the sleeves and bodice to do the embroidery.  A year later, after we moved and I found this project again...I then noticed I did not have enough fabric to do the back of this kirtle, I had only 1 panel of 52" by 55", I am tall so I need  48" long and need at least an extra 1 1/2 yards to look full.  So go back to the fabric store, they don't know what I am speaking about....  So I finished the pearling and embroidery on the bodice and the sleeves....I thought about using the. Put Kirtle in the closet in pieces and curse the day I ever thought I could do this... Enter eBay, and someone had 38" by 55" and I purchased it for $12.00 plus shipping! I can add the needed 10" to the top of the piece coming in so that is will be 48" by 55" so I can have 110" to gather into the bodice and create a lovely Kirtle.  I am so excited!! Perhaps I can get it done for January's Investiture!  So excited!

Getting Things Done~

In Need of Completion For 12th Night Before I can even get to the Gown!!!

Payre of Bodyes in Violet Linen

I will be working on this piece. I hope to get it done enough to make the lacing holes.

I will take pictures of this soon!

Farthingale in Violet Linen

Farthingale Channels sewn in

Attaching to the Payre of Bodyes

Pictures to Come

Petticoat in Silke

I have one cut out, I just need to take the time to sew the darn thing together.

Kyrtle in White Damask

I have the fabric 8 yards and the trim.

Gown in Black Damask

I have the fabric but I have not yet begun Sigh

12th Night Inspiration~

I think I have found my gown, and my hubby's as well!

Since I have known Sarah from Mode Historique for a some years now, first as a Costuming Maven at GBACG, then at Costume College and later in the SCA. So I was happy to hear she was getting honored to become our newest Laurel in the West Kingdom, stepping up at 12th Night. While at our Arts & Sciences Collegium, I found out about the colors she is going to use, which is Black and White.

So there are tons of black and white ensambles....except when you want to find it!!!

What do you think? I know the gown is pearled, so I have 7 yards of pearled already dupioni silk. (Praise the Stash!)

And I am not the red girl so I was going to do the bits in silver/gold and purple.

For my Husband:

I love the cap and I like his jerkin.

I really think this guy is dead sexy right? I mean he has it all!

So I might want to make this in Black and Silver . This man is so sexy with his lovely doublet.