Just entered a Japanese fabric giveaway - you've got until Midnight PST Feb 1 to comment and be entered into the giveaway - $25 gift certificate for fabric. Too fabulous!
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Today it's too icy to go anywhere. Almost everything is shut down, so we're staying in and crafting. Which is a good thing, since I have now 20-odd things on my list. Today's projects will include a nice warm flame-and-black cat hat for myself and leg warmers to match. :) As well as plaid wraps, most likely. And maybe a quillow (quilt in a pillow). We shall see.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Garb and more
Today is garb day. I need to make 2 bodices and a skirt for myself today/tomorrow, so I can then start working on Morgan's. Character Camp is in 2 weeks, so they need to be done. I would also like to make a few new pouches and maybe get a new brown belt instead of my black.
Mind you, today is also house-cleaning day.
And I will be working on questions today - 16 of them, due January 23rd. Nikki Baker goes in on the 23rd for her nose surgery. (Squashed it at work - not just broke, but squashed).
And I need to work on the cat hats again.
So why am I here, updating this??
Mind you, today is also house-cleaning day.
And I will be working on questions today - 16 of them, due January 23rd. Nikki Baker goes in on the 23rd for her nose surgery. (Squashed it at work - not just broke, but squashed).
And I need to work on the cat hats again.
So why am I here, updating this??
Monday, January 5, 2009
Mix N' Mutts, etc.
Saw patterns for toy stuffed dogs, and discovered they were modular. So now I am designing Mix n' Mutts - the dogs that are held together with Velcro - so people can design their own mutt (or purebred, I suppose). Got a few more hat orders as well.
Time to make garb for character camp, if nothing else. Still waiting on faire approval. But will make the garb now, since character camp is in two weeks! (Ack! Sew like the wind!) Looks like right now I don't really need another project - I've got enough for the time being. Also will probably be sewing garb for Morgan, who's also on crew. So... four bodices, three skirts, two chemises (and a partridge in a pear tree). Time to get busy!
Finished reading The Mystery of Mary Rogers - a non-fiction book about Mary Rogers, a young woman whose murder became sensationalized in 1840's New York. The murder became the basis of many novels, including Poe's "Mystery of Marie Roget." This particular book is sub-titled Sex and Culture in 19th Century New York. I am still trying to decide if I enjoyed this book. While interesting in the main, I am not sure the book succeeds in the discussion of sex or culture as it regards Mary Rogers. Not much is known of Rogers, and the author points that out several times, and then tends towards generalizations of the period. She says often "But Mary doesn't fit this mold," and continues on with the same generalizations. The book seems to lose focus on Mary Rogers as the model for 19th century sexuality, since the author doesn't know all that much about Rogers. All in all, while at the time it seemed a good book, after the fact there are too many questions for my liking. (At least it was only $1.00 at the Half-Price Books!)
Time to make garb for character camp, if nothing else. Still waiting on faire approval. But will make the garb now, since character camp is in two weeks! (Ack! Sew like the wind!) Looks like right now I don't really need another project - I've got enough for the time being. Also will probably be sewing garb for Morgan, who's also on crew. So... four bodices, three skirts, two chemises (and a partridge in a pear tree). Time to get busy!
Finished reading The Mystery of Mary Rogers - a non-fiction book about Mary Rogers, a young woman whose murder became sensationalized in 1840's New York. The murder became the basis of many novels, including Poe's "Mystery of Marie Roget." This particular book is sub-titled Sex and Culture in 19th Century New York. I am still trying to decide if I enjoyed this book. While interesting in the main, I am not sure the book succeeds in the discussion of sex or culture as it regards Mary Rogers. Not much is known of Rogers, and the author points that out several times, and then tends towards generalizations of the period. She says often "But Mary doesn't fit this mold," and continues on with the same generalizations. The book seems to lose focus on Mary Rogers as the model for 19th century sexuality, since the author doesn't know all that much about Rogers. All in all, while at the time it seemed a good book, after the fact there are too many questions for my liking. (At least it was only $1.00 at the Half-Price Books!)
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