tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15583208643445534072024-03-14T04:01:30.243-03:00You Sew NiceTabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-5748708664013093562023-10-31T15:09:00.017-03:002023-10-31T15:09:00.157-03:00Happy Halloween<p>
</p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No Halloween shall
be complete without my favorite antique October accessory:</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtpw57-yrR7XAjtz9PH7B0Wigb06RvHigC7op8YOvV2GzgV1mydXtkt_UYouo6kwyVZs0JZ97rU_jcIXeS2OKPdPSmgZ-cSalGsZ8KeMaMMmIrWE8vK851qb--clQOzMp08idy9IZfaJ82Db3pAy2JBy_EkFw2LwPGKsPbxr6qlCmJRqkUSd4HGMbbQ/s2965/IMG_6477(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2965" data-original-width="2224" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtpw57-yrR7XAjtz9PH7B0Wigb06RvHigC7op8YOvV2GzgV1mydXtkt_UYouo6kwyVZs0JZ97rU_jcIXeS2OKPdPSmgZ-cSalGsZ8KeMaMMmIrWE8vK851qb--clQOzMp08idy9IZfaJ82Db3pAy2JBy_EkFw2LwPGKsPbxr6qlCmJRqkUSd4HGMbbQ/w480-h640/IMG_6477(1).jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sofia is visiting us
again.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sofia has only ever
travelled as far as our home in Norfolk, but she Will. Not. Stop.
speaking about how any day now she’ll ride away to London, crash a ball at
Devonshire House and make Lord Byron fall madly in love with her, and they will
run away together to Italy, where they will cohabit in a ruined Catholic abbey
and spend their nights writing epigrams and solving riddles with the ghosts of
deceived nuns.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">On Wednesday last,
she tearfully pressed upon me this portrait of herself to remember her by.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I wish she’d just GO
already. I swear I’ll wear the damn brooch every day if it will get Sofia and
her laudanum bottle out of my second best bedroom.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-24200308011133114442023-10-01T08:00:00.006-03:002023-10-01T08:00:00.137-03:00It's October.<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGVBFQwYOQ4q9_0l7TZfKJiP5nOyvKCG75zDmXWjwwa8hgeQgZ8zWE9HSggZp2lTYH440J7-k0bxGA05EtERvcWEBd6I6SCIgRmcuH-OcfbMoS3B9-R0rquFZ5QZ_Me5Kfq-eryj_AdKonYqMDqQLjEeHgNzRpUqp98BfjF1J11z2nwwAP1l-omPwog/s3491/IMG_1353.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3491" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGVBFQwYOQ4q9_0l7TZfKJiP5nOyvKCG75zDmXWjwwa8hgeQgZ8zWE9HSggZp2lTYH440J7-k0bxGA05EtERvcWEBd6I6SCIgRmcuH-OcfbMoS3B9-R0rquFZ5QZ_Me5Kfq-eryj_AdKonYqMDqQLjEeHgNzRpUqp98BfjF1J11z2nwwAP1l-omPwog/w554-h640/IMG_1353.JPG" width="554" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Tis the season...</span></span><br /></p>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-73021811732695473802023-07-17T15:07:00.006-04:002023-07-17T15:07:00.140-04:00From the Archives: Regency Flower Ballgown for Felicity<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxdx_0SebHeqXrSn4uCSxkXnmncwC6UMSJzChYWe3oBhexRe7vGLP5kZdwo_5RoRA5bbgSxJCUhkYS3YYaG6IZQ1NHP3C2kIF3xKEOHFn-4BMLcC8MQMRKWAl1wugEpK1xWMkK3D3M330XsNqsepcs8wX2lNL7ZMq3t2Eosz4Ksg6v-puoscQ4htRmQ/s800/IMG_2254.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="432" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxdx_0SebHeqXrSn4uCSxkXnmncwC6UMSJzChYWe3oBhexRe7vGLP5kZdwo_5RoRA5bbgSxJCUhkYS3YYaG6IZQ1NHP3C2kIF3xKEOHFn-4BMLcC8MQMRKWAl1wugEpK1xWMkK3D3M330XsNqsepcs8wX2lNL7ZMq3t2Eosz4Ksg6v-puoscQ4htRmQ/w346-h640/IMG_2254.JPG" width="346" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;">This small regency gown was
put together as a rather drastic holiday from reality during my final
fortnight of grad school presentations. Unsurprisingly, is an unholy
mess of bad construction decisions (and no lining under that crepe
silk bodice? Really?!)</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hOJ0WvIlhXKW73bVJC8_OHKVx3HKNXaSRpw_FqkUoBeBO2geLJh4Kjyap4GsgVFRKt4epFRurHm81Az0fh0ZmPpuzrtRPgyETMkBj7abbhrilTfVS7C2F7xE8aEjES8HVclQD30Ma6Mog-3c2QMdZ9fVRbhzqMrn3CumOeKwfXIVzIG29xVXNcQuQg/s800/IMG_2247.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="487" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hOJ0WvIlhXKW73bVJC8_OHKVx3HKNXaSRpw_FqkUoBeBO2geLJh4Kjyap4GsgVFRKt4epFRurHm81Az0fh0ZmPpuzrtRPgyETMkBj7abbhrilTfVS7C2F7xE8aEjES8HVclQD30Ma6Mog-3c2QMdZ9fVRbhzqMrn3CumOeKwfXIVzIG29xVXNcQuQg/w390-h640/IMG_2247.JPG" width="390" /></a></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;">It gives me enormous happiness anyway. It was FUN.<br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMXTBQ0nxJd2QscjVB3wxNLA6c6QePH0noNckX17RvOnGc4nUDks_UZ53dFyRyncioz8FNvNvgpF12HNLf9e_WeMPuPMfKDYd7O76_wHt_f5DqScaTas8F4ViwpoZXtE26XBPKHkYRanhGR8qOecxQMKA39uBJGg5rcwbxrT2niQ9OTui5H4skstnQg/s800/IMG_2252.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="447" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaMXTBQ0nxJd2QscjVB3wxNLA6c6QePH0noNckX17RvOnGc4nUDks_UZ53dFyRyncioz8FNvNvgpF12HNLf9e_WeMPuPMfKDYd7O76_wHt_f5DqScaTas8F4ViwpoZXtE26XBPKHkYRanhGR8qOecxQMKA39uBJGg5rcwbxrT2niQ9OTui5H4skstnQg/w358-h640/IMG_2252.JPG" width="358" /> </a><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="font-size: medium;">(And
hey, Felicity is the least prima-donna of my AG dolls. It’s Addy who
has standards for couture. Felicity will model anything.)</span></span></p>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-24649855326767518442023-06-22T10:00:00.001-04:002023-06-30T22:18:42.147-04:00 An American Duchess Brain Hat<div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Or as I like to call it - a jellyfish explosion in a boudoir
factory.</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TmJylrWVGqOMYcUA8bKPK17U88l6HHjSC3Rw_I7jBgdqkCKBVhQBT3i9axFPS87kwHwZISsqGIuy37w8zXC6l5uBZryKUZankpvK7wXS1_czR9QcFXTWAv8lq3XV9p35hJYKR8Ua9rsJVNV2pCyGsi-aqVc73CyYMLWLtgNltajZRhfwW5cbXigung/s3088/IMG_8920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TmJylrWVGqOMYcUA8bKPK17U88l6HHjSC3Rw_I7jBgdqkCKBVhQBT3i9axFPS87kwHwZISsqGIuy37w8zXC6l5uBZryKUZankpvK7wXS1_czR9QcFXTWAv8lq3XV9p35hJYKR8Ua9rsJVNV2pCyGsi-aqVc73CyYMLWLtgNltajZRhfwW5cbXigung/w480-h640/IMG_8920.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
One needs lots of hats. You can't fight it - it's just a fact of life. This one's supposed to be a <span>
</span>bergere with loops and puffs of silk gauze all over the
crown, a la the "Brain Hat" from the <a href="https://www.americanduchess.com/products/american-duchess-guide">American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking</a>. (page 153)</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
I began<span> </span>by covering a straw hat blank
with silk taffeta:</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I traced the shape of the hat brim onto purple silk taffeta, leaving about an
inch of seam allowance at the edges.<span> </span>I
cut roughly out a hole for the crown, then stitched the silk down at the outer
edge of the brim, smoothing and folding the seam allowance over to the
underside of the hat. After that, I sewed the silk to the inner edge of the
brim, tight against the crown of the hat.<span>
</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
Next, I covered the crown with a square of purple silk taffeta, smoothed and
pinned my way around and over the edge of the crown.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmeZ2Fnq2luz19jXOCKFF9Ki-cflYMMyy9a5oEvzzyKVl7rHpVlLN75ymRpxep9SfxKGwk2KPFlyFbOfdJlaz6wFHL319mq4GM03RJoqLZ6etbqHRVh9Ox1aSohC6BKz1uUbTUkh2tlBMKg-XP2xDgeLMz4_aML8Mmy-MrUOFL_-cVqTiyWx-pdxhMQ/s4032/IMG_4116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPmeZ2Fnq2luz19jXOCKFF9Ki-cflYMMyy9a5oEvzzyKVl7rHpVlLN75ymRpxep9SfxKGwk2KPFlyFbOfdJlaz6wFHL319mq4GM03RJoqLZ6etbqHRVh9Ox1aSohC6BKz1uUbTUkh2tlBMKg-XP2xDgeLMz4_aML8Mmy-MrUOFL_-cVqTiyWx-pdxhMQ/w640-h480/IMG_4116.jpg" width="640" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I stitched the silk down
tightly against the base of the crown and cut away the excess.<span> </span>Because the hat will be covered in billows of
silk gauze, you don't need to make a clean finish here. You won't see it.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOBpS0K76jpynhu8WLBo8Usal8nHE1ATTUXlyRG_5DIJ-QijDcxbbMOxvV_-7m8fU-LpFcucSp6iyHi_cDsWvpRDKazhS9Adw6XwVwqmpuE0_MYSqedS1DiLH_HSRkmcLncvWl4Q119GySZi1GyjDJcb4xrTJIImLgE6rtfAiL1YXdTiIq2H4_rUGew/s3985/IMG_4118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3985" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitOBpS0K76jpynhu8WLBo8Usal8nHE1ATTUXlyRG_5DIJ-QijDcxbbMOxvV_-7m8fU-LpFcucSp6iyHi_cDsWvpRDKazhS9Adw6XwVwqmpuE0_MYSqedS1DiLH_HSRkmcLncvWl4Q119GySZi1GyjDJcb4xrTJIImLgE6rtfAiL1YXdTiIq2H4_rUGew/w480-h640/IMG_4118.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
Next, I covered the underside of the hat. I've described how I line the
underside of a hat brim in a previous post <a href="https://yousewnice.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-bergere-hat-with-ribbons-on-tutorial.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The procedure is the
same - except that in this case when you bind the brim you can either use the silk you used for the top side of the hat, or you can choose a ribbon to match or contrast with your color
scheme.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The thing about lining hats is - it hurts.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28Gg5DpsUwENRzWyFU5HnQRTYRYD60yOH0-jE9r7x97bDzKGa9GcsdV9pFMtdnFUrU_yuf5UiNJASbvSoosOg1LmejdRCWO-rjJ0bFBRu7q9-BRJRsPqS6H5b0AzICt_1lRPiFRykcj_YZ6azKZWJ_TPApwCWuoDmJS1sVh4Ip4-SNTeQL31QeHXgUw/s4029/IMG_4395.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="2688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28Gg5DpsUwENRzWyFU5HnQRTYRYD60yOH0-jE9r7x97bDzKGa9GcsdV9pFMtdnFUrU_yuf5UiNJASbvSoosOg1LmejdRCWO-rjJ0bFBRu7q9-BRJRsPqS6H5b0AzICt_1lRPiFRykcj_YZ6azKZWJ_TPApwCWuoDmJS1sVh4Ip4-SNTeQL31QeHXgUw/w426-h640/IMG_4395.jpg" width="426" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Once the hat was
lined, I had to trim it. I use the words "<i>had </i>to," because I ran into technical difficulties almost
immediately.<span> </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'd<span> </span>planned to make my 'brain' out of a rather
elegant gold-striped silk gauze, but the gauze fabric was lousy.<span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span>I'd purchased the fabric from a
highly-regarded retailer who had previously sold me wonderful fabrics, but this
particular gauze arrived as a loose, irregular weave, woven from a stiff,
coarse thread and the raw edges of this fabric didn't fray - they splintered,
shattering open when I cut the stuff, or lifted the stuff, or touched it, or,
cross my heart,even looked at it sideways from underneath my eyelashes.<span> </span>Commercial fray-check products didn't help at
all -the threads of the weave were so far apart that it was like dabbing glue
onto the end of a broom, and it was just about as useful.<span> </span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
For the ruffle along the edge of the brim, a conventional hem
was clearly right out of the question - when you put a needle through the
horrible stuff, the thread dragged out channels and drove puckers into the
cloth.<span> </span><br />
Eventually I worked out I could press - carefully - a half-inch fold without
losing more than 1/4 or 3/8 of an inch to the shattering problem, and I could
hold it - carefully - in place with a running stitch.<span> </span>If you didn't look too close.<br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
For the brain I reckoned I'd have less trouble - puddling on a pile of the
stuff would hide the fraying edges beneath the puddle, and despite the
looseness of the weave, the gauze was so crisp that it would - surely - stand
up in lovely folds and puffs!<br />
And it did.<span> </span>Unfortunately, there was one
more little problem: the weave of that damn gauze was so loose that my
pinhead were sliding right through - even my biggest clover quilting pins were
passing through like hot steel through a blob of butter, and pretty
soon I<span> </span>had a high balloon of gauze with
pins stuck to a straw shell underneath it, and<span>
</span>naturally, working a pin back out wasn't half as effortless as
watching it slight right in!<br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
At this point I felt committed beyond point of return (please don’t argue here
about the economy of sunk costs.<span> By now </span>I wasn't a rational actor in any way, form or shape - so I pinned and I
stitched (and don't ask how the stuff handled the stitching either, thank you) and I
pinned, and I pinned and I stitched, and I stitched, and wherever the stitching
really wouldn't hold I stuck a pink bow, </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIWpUzQN_53bjBVagYt5aenW1DEWhirfGSEz1w4I5I4wzdOi3_458AUQvcg_I792a2Ai8BqGqcHYVCGmAQmeZkEEDp0XgoN6SgtgBb3fgjAlTABD-2dQhYWpii_ZLeOptLxfWevlY6uxlEkREAiKm_xBlvozqhUMHJ1qbP4N9bvlMMAQKSTFGrSjBiw/s3389/IMG_4503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2962" data-original-width="3389" height="560" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIWpUzQN_53bjBVagYt5aenW1DEWhirfGSEz1w4I5I4wzdOi3_458AUQvcg_I792a2Ai8BqGqcHYVCGmAQmeZkEEDp0XgoN6SgtgBb3fgjAlTABD-2dQhYWpii_ZLeOptLxfWevlY6uxlEkREAiKm_xBlvozqhUMHJ1qbP4N9bvlMMAQKSTFGrSjBiw/w640-h560/IMG_4503.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">- and then because I didn't even want to
look at that horrible gauze anymore I abandoned the ruffle and bound the hat in
a gold satin ribbon, and when I sat up to take a breath, it looked
GOOD.</span></span><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmNarAdaZ-WI67YATxEILzAjgSOcdX0z7tZkLp3dn2kwok36TEc_-mrpZOZYIMBeNomIlJs3Vtvwym8c7aMl3eQLtj34VZNHe-GwWlLdQAYao-PbPPKYVQUT8b7swMabdDOfWujwmyMeMnd_7FS6UEgN2oyKSW_TsCknoy4IIGNSE5kw7r6312stLcA/s863/lp_image(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="796" data-original-width="863" height="590" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxmNarAdaZ-WI67YATxEILzAjgSOcdX0z7tZkLp3dn2kwok36TEc_-mrpZOZYIMBeNomIlJs3Vtvwym8c7aMl3eQLtj34VZNHe-GwWlLdQAYao-PbPPKYVQUT8b7swMabdDOfWujwmyMeMnd_7FS6UEgN2oyKSW_TsCknoy4IIGNSE5kw7r6312stLcA/w640-h590/lp_image(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And you'd think that
would be the end of it, wouldn't you?</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
I went away and did something else for a day or two, and felt pretty good about
the whole thing, really I did, but then I came back to the hat to stitch a pair
of ribbon ties to the underside, and I found that that bloody BLOODY gauze had
slipped its stitching in several places and was popping up where it shouldn't
be popping, so I had to sit down again and stitch it down again, and when I
sat up again, the stupid bloody brain was held down all right, but
there was absolutely almost no froof left in it whatsoever. All my big billows and puffs had been deflated into something that looked a
something like a collapsed pudding and something like a big gauze cowpat.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At this point there
was absolutely no enthusiasm left in ME whatsoever either.<br />
</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Even worse, my puffy
pink bows stood out like a bouquet of sore pink thumbs. I bound the brim
edge with pink ribbon layered over the gold, to tie it all together, but now that hat looked like a freaking melted Neapolitan
ice-cream.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
It was NOT a good moment.<br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
I walked away again for another day or two.<span>
</span>And then I was done.<span> </span>I stuck that
stupid wonky ruffle onto the edge of the hat so that it looked more like a
deliberate sort of mess and less like a flat pudding on a purple plate
-</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQbgZcX9n6-SNWnpyfmdSLNDkGwrrQFcmXHTxlAE6GUF-R-NpmG1WiVvtrnSAResQfLVWW79HuqPBIgjIVzUY_lZrgjRM5hG8n6JVGbGIEfYLgvR7r1JtJAam7Z5BN67Q-YnTjXwgv0fNitnL25w2YFOIfBPEqemsnSNzVqLbmR7gT6islkb2Qf1NbA/s3210/IMG_4549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3210" height="602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQbgZcX9n6-SNWnpyfmdSLNDkGwrrQFcmXHTxlAE6GUF-R-NpmG1WiVvtrnSAResQfLVWW79HuqPBIgjIVzUY_lZrgjRM5hG8n6JVGbGIEfYLgvR7r1JtJAam7Z5BN67Q-YnTjXwgv0fNitnL25w2YFOIfBPEqemsnSNzVqLbmR7gT6islkb2Qf1NbA/w640-h602/IMG_4549.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
And then I got dressed up and took photographs to tell it that I hadn't been
beaten. I had WON. And whenever it slips another stitch or shreds at me I can pull out those
photographs, wave them at it, and it will KNOW that I
did.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
Amen.</span></span></div>
<p></p>
</div>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-50449297887694724142023-06-19T09:00:00.012-04:002023-06-30T22:19:28.575-04:00Alpaca, Angels, and Baby Tears<p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qf2lG0R064U6rIc5w1S09olZnl4RyFcM4tNBzOD9WBZoWtOjAe6pVIUh7m5HTArpdMRhtxWESoUa5HOB76HSHv9plNxXWipkJ7Hw2ryepUnpJSz_xLM-V3UroR_TKMaAk4iISs4kJKTHnY1l4A6pOjJT155VMzROQbZFOCswfBA6p8dkJ-a4qnLBeA/s1625/scarf%20selfie.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1625" data-original-width="1251" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qf2lG0R064U6rIc5w1S09olZnl4RyFcM4tNBzOD9WBZoWtOjAe6pVIUh7m5HTArpdMRhtxWESoUa5HOB76HSHv9plNxXWipkJ7Hw2ryepUnpJSz_xLM-V3UroR_TKMaAk4iISs4kJKTHnY1l4A6pOjJT155VMzROQbZFOCswfBA6p8dkJ-a4qnLBeA/w492-h640/scarf%20selfie.JPG" width="492" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I
would be the first to admit that I am not a natural knitter. I jam, I
drop, I snag, I lose count, and worst of all,<span>
</span>I don't have any fun while I'm doing it. But t</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">hirteen and a half
years ago, I walked into a yarn store in Vancouver, and I fell in love. The yarns in that shop yarns were so
soft - so colorful and so soft - <br /> With wool like this, I felt, I could definitely become a knitter. Arms full of skeins and hanks
of fluffy, gently-rainbow-colored heaven, I told my husband I was ready - I was
really, truly, definitely ready- <br /></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My husband petted
the softness and loudly admired the colors and promised me that if I could
finish ONE scarf, he'd bring me back to Vancouver and let me buy ALL the yarn
in the whole shop. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Twelve years
later,<span> </span>I took my scarf to the house of a
friend who knits and begged her to help me finish it.<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My husband is a
pretty good judge of my knitting aptitude, I reckon. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My twelve-year scarf is very
beautiful.<span> </span>It is striped in bright
magenta-and-turquoise-emerald rainbow colors, and it is worked in wide ribs of
knit-two, purl-two, and it has a sweet lettuce-like ruffle on both ends.<span> </span>It is so beautiful that you would hardly notice
where the knit-two purl-two becomes knit-two purl-one or purl-one knit-three,
and I think that these little variations give it depth and character and stop
it looking mechanical, as if it were something off a knitting machine or bought in a
shop.<span> </span>A scarf should speak of life, and
if this one is talking about twelve years spent mostly rolled up in the back of
a cupboard and me trying to pretend it wasn't there?<span> </span>Let those stitches breathe a little, I say.
Let that knit-two-whoops-where'd-the-purl-go lift up its head and yell. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijL8ihuhstGX13wgTrzUGzbXAcyBtvWI-dV3StrHXC9x9AWPp28E3XIbrfF_eurg1Ov1gbg1GIrvVRHH9g3Dq2CpIeKB8trtKWS8uSLaCcfJZwtSCH8zT2YY8RN8YuziB_rbh8w3kthjbKIHjuPfAwr8jZrvjkzcMAtK7yWoeMmoXI2c2rlcUPF94nUQ/s1537/scarf%20selfie%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="1089" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijL8ihuhstGX13wgTrzUGzbXAcyBtvWI-dV3StrHXC9x9AWPp28E3XIbrfF_eurg1Ov1gbg1GIrvVRHH9g3Dq2CpIeKB8trtKWS8uSLaCcfJZwtSCH8zT2YY8RN8YuziB_rbh8w3kthjbKIHjuPfAwr8jZrvjkzcMAtK7yWoeMmoXI2c2rlcUPF94nUQ/w454-h640/scarf%20selfie%202.JPG" width="454" /></a></span></div><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Valentina, my
Santiago knitting friend, is at the other end of the knitting spectrum to myself.<span> </span>Valentina can knit a hat in three hours and a
cable-ribbed herringbone lace stitch sweater in a week.<span> </span>She can intuit a pattern from a twenty-second
look at a photograph in a magazine, and knit it for herself without needing the
intermediary steps of making a pattern - or even a diagram - first.<span> </span>She knits without looking.<span> </span>She knits in the dark. She truly believes
that she operates at a normal, accessible level, and my fumblings with knit and
purl were, to her, unfathomable.<span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCa2lEzKQ-CPKSmNoUGz3MM4rVUUGyjJvqdaj4FmQfn-6Toma8aSzYC7T5TJWPUONM8s6mgINolA7xnYBd1Mpp436Z_YvXLvd3Qncqg1mK_bZCzsDpKblW_oh-UE1T7a9F0j8DpZGoOuy0vnEhElwad7eel-vi2_24JSxpPC15tNjkdGxOD45rinFsA/s4032/IMG_6426.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCa2lEzKQ-CPKSmNoUGz3MM4rVUUGyjJvqdaj4FmQfn-6Toma8aSzYC7T5TJWPUONM8s6mgINolA7xnYBd1Mpp436Z_YvXLvd3Qncqg1mK_bZCzsDpKblW_oh-UE1T7a9F0j8DpZGoOuy0vnEhElwad7eel-vi2_24JSxpPC15tNjkdGxOD45rinFsA/w480-h640/IMG_6426.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Just a little something Valentina whipped up over a weekend - because it felt good.</i></span></span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The way that I knit
involves flapping both arms like wings and letting go of the needles every time
I loop the thread. For Valentina, it must have been like a Rolls Royce mechanic
watching a beat up little Yugo struggle up the road with its muffler hanging
out on the asphalt and big holes knocked into its oil pan.<span> </span>When I knit, there is a lot of heavy
breathing, and I have to stop regularly to massage out the finger cramps.<span> </span>When Valentina knits, her arms and fingers
look like they're dancing, and watching her fingers glide through movements
utterly unlike any sort of knitting I had ever known, I began to feel a faint
inkling that there might be something in it after all.<span> </span>Doing it her way might not actually be
horrible.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I accidentally
voiced that thought aloud, and after I'd
cast off my last stitch on my rainbow- colored scarf, she told me I would have
to make another one.<span> </span>And after one more
afternoon of watching her fingers dancing, I said yes.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Beyond Valentina,
support has been somewhat thin.<span> </span>My
husband, his voice oozing sympathy like thick, warm honey, told me that I ought
to make a little visit to the super-high-end Peruvian alpaca store.<span> </span>Alongside the indecently expensive alpaca sweaters,
they apparently sell yarn as well. He said that if I’m going to spend
another 12 years making a second scarf, it needs to be WORTH it.<br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
It took a further 18 months, but when I was in Santiago last month, I
called his bluff and went to the Peruvian alpaca shop, where sweaters are
knitted from the tears of baby angels, and the shawls might be the very angels themselves.<span> </span>I
played with skeins of powder-blue yarn so sweetly soft that I cried tears of my own as I touched them, and to my shock, while angel tear sweaters may be
priced higher than platinum, the value must all be in the knitting, because the
yarn itself was no more expensive than the ordinary sheep stuff I'd bought in
Toronto 12 years ago.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I bought 6 skeins.
Valentina will look at me proudly, and when it is done, my husband will have to wear it, and
every single angel tear around his neck will fall with a sound, and that sound
will be "So THERE."</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtAbq4a2P51M9YBCl2jFNJjRlNSlA4pPgGb3yWF422Of6vxe_I23u7Lp0fzrp5IXPUrAAd42_A1LVOQGXfV0kaWE0fM_7P4HvI-LB2Zi1xlVYtLU_hxEAIoVs3rDPL7ctmdn5CzLNwpgNbjswfbGrtxdYjjIK8rpxqQACIyq64dO23ZgIoZyjYI2w-w/s3474/IMG_9660.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3474" data-original-width="2949" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtAbq4a2P51M9YBCl2jFNJjRlNSlA4pPgGb3yWF422Of6vxe_I23u7Lp0fzrp5IXPUrAAd42_A1LVOQGXfV0kaWE0fM_7P4HvI-LB2Zi1xlVYtLU_hxEAIoVs3rDPL7ctmdn5CzLNwpgNbjswfbGrtxdYjjIK8rpxqQACIyq64dO23ZgIoZyjYI2w-w/w544-h640/IMG_9660.JPG" width="544" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-5326849978205011482023-06-14T10:00:00.006-04:002023-06-16T18:51:59.843-04:00 Paper Fans <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Paper fans and polka dots. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I spent an afternoon with a tape measure, a pencil and sharpie pens in gold, silver and bronze! The pen tips are now worn and flattened out and going fuzzy around the edges, but look at the lovely results! <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKQ1wagSGPF_hXY9iyBT9hSt0gxnbZ36tMcikbxnilYRwVm07pq-K27-YJoP1gSCMSmxfh7YIFPsTVJq2IPfB-Swo_dsremLoi4Flarcb7g7k9F-JAMyTrtaobD_yCZ9bECtGwr2jZ7gmuNM9HfOIzln2KjzCOKBd6TNlVZCUh3rmt_kKMnmckoiIIg/s2916/IMG_5151.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2916" data-original-width="2845" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKQ1wagSGPF_hXY9iyBT9hSt0gxnbZ36tMcikbxnilYRwVm07pq-K27-YJoP1gSCMSmxfh7YIFPsTVJq2IPfB-Swo_dsremLoi4Flarcb7g7k9F-JAMyTrtaobD_yCZ9bECtGwr2jZ7gmuNM9HfOIzln2KjzCOKBd6TNlVZCUh3rmt_kKMnmckoiIIg/w624-h640/IMG_5151.JPG" width="624" /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; 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margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5D8R_3Ycl2yOo7ADjaP7MZ_QFHiPicDZ3ya-xWYfi-5Wok_J5yXeIYi1rUiiW7hBKMia-vXz93_oiw9ydllben22XXDqmFG5L4_cQCJpFQkRaPomb7wId5X-jr4IKHy4UjfhDfR5Tz-paH_91izjqvgXUKA2Pzu33a-8iqC0fBmntMxPYVBbM6a8lg/s3232/IMG_8645.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3232" data-original-width="2995" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5D8R_3Ycl2yOo7ADjaP7MZ_QFHiPicDZ3ya-xWYfi-5Wok_J5yXeIYi1rUiiW7hBKMia-vXz93_oiw9ydllben22XXDqmFG5L4_cQCJpFQkRaPomb7wId5X-jr4IKHy4UjfhDfR5Tz-paH_91izjqvgXUKA2Pzu33a-8iqC0fBmntMxPYVBbM6a8lg/w594-h640/IMG_8645.jpg" width="594" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At the end of <a href="https://www.blogger.com/u/2/blog/post/edit/1558320864344553407/3791348142124022466" target="_blank">Part 1</a>, I had just discovered that the Angelus Satin Leather finisher had turned my
18th century shoes into patent plastic disco balls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this point I shoved them into a cupboard and went out to find the matte
version of the leather finisher.</span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This presented a certain difficulty. There are a lot of companies that don't
ship to Chile, and unfortunately, Angelus is one of them. Eventually I found a
seller on Mercado Libre who had a crate of it, and for an absolutely
extortionary price, I paid to have one single bottle shipped from Santiago to
Iquique.<br />
I was dubious about it, but when it arrived it was either the best fake I've
ever seen - down to serial numbers and original Angelus shipping paper, or it
was the real thing. Either way, I hadn't much of a choice. The shoes were
lighting up the inside of my closet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wiped them carefully for dust bunnies, applied a layer of matte glaze and put
them under a tipped over tupperware crate to dry. And then I did it twice
more.</span><br /></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
The glaze was dimmed - not shut down, but dimmed. The shoes were still bright
and shiny, but it was the shiny that a really diligent shoe polisher could get
with wax and elbow grease- not a violently modern space age plastic
shine.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
<b>Step 6:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trimming the Shoes</b></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I trimmed my yellow
1790s shoes with pink petersham ribbon. I had two widths of it - 5/8"
inches to be doubled over around the shoe opening and 3/8" inches to mark
the center back and side seams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
ribbon was glued on with Fabri-tac glue.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
If you haven't used it before, you need to know straight up -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fabri-tac is the devil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The literal devil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It sets almost instantaneously, but it comes
out in gobs so it needs to be spread out, and that particular combination of
qualities is awful.<br />
I found the best method to be running a bead of glue along my glue-line, then
spreading it out with a finger or a palette knife, then running over it a
second time to remove any remaining globs that could soak thru the ribbon, and
then pressing the fabric onto the glue line.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSebRHo__VpunVeXwnj16RxTEPaoM2QJ42UTy0s20DUx3GUKARPwz2WnnkgOKYMao38N1knit7Pi_DrZErIdu7Js16oGZlV2royX6ceuz4lB3sJIGaN9dI-m4y6hqVZEwhgVOKbfla0sp6w90Glu6T3Iv4daMaMs7qxUlMHeOBXV8iqZasBUbpzwx3fA/s2861/IMG_7153.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2861" data-original-width="2368" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSebRHo__VpunVeXwnj16RxTEPaoM2QJ42UTy0s20DUx3GUKARPwz2WnnkgOKYMao38N1knit7Pi_DrZErIdu7Js16oGZlV2royX6ceuz4lB3sJIGaN9dI-m4y6hqVZEwhgVOKbfla0sp6w90Glu6T3Iv4daMaMs7qxUlMHeOBXV8iqZasBUbpzwx3fA/w530-h640/IMG_7153.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Beginning with the short back and side seams, I turned the raw edge of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the 3/8" ribbon under, tacked it in
place with a dab of glue, and then glued the strip in place, folding the top
edge over the lip of the shoe and holding that down with a large
glob.</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
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</p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
Next I bound the open edge (Rim? Shoe cavity? Foot hole?) with the 5/8"
ribbon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Working in short sections, I
glued the ribbon to the inside of the lip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Once it was in place, and working again in sections, I folded the ribbon
over to the outside and glued it down, again working in small sections, and
pressing it down with sewing clips.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8jkj0iu4iJBDY7AgfsW3jhtNE33-N7hb07lVwne4ksY4XB3UkvG31V2-aRULwOpCdC7vSGXeCX-XRPRktoDHm8MB3cc06I14sDbZGgOIoet6qDQaK4WQ9jGwwfX_URp9VISNVjh8cL0qYMjw4MZbQlOD2RjptDi9rqsKlZrjoF3QaulEXVbn-xf3pA/s2405/IMG_7164.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="2288" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8jkj0iu4iJBDY7AgfsW3jhtNE33-N7hb07lVwne4ksY4XB3UkvG31V2-aRULwOpCdC7vSGXeCX-XRPRktoDHm8MB3cc06I14sDbZGgOIoet6qDQaK4WQ9jGwwfX_URp9VISNVjh8cL0qYMjw4MZbQlOD2RjptDi9rqsKlZrjoF3QaulEXVbn-xf3pA/w608-h640/IMG_7164.jpg" width="608" /></a></span></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I had some
difficulty with the ribbon around the heel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The suede panel on the heel became very stiff when painted, and I wasn't
able to flatten out the curve enough to successfully lay the petersham from the
inside.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It turned out to be easiest to
run a second piece over the back of the heel, working outside-in. This extra
piece is not symmetrical on one shoe - when i was gluing it down, the glue
spread out from under the top layer and stained the bottom piece, so i had to
rip the patch off and start again with a longer one to cover the
stain!</span></div>
<p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8xNlfoWOXzGhEHsoqa6rWQMrvQEBDO1QilnxFcGxJuMICiplNZZFxITKs6w9vus9KERaD1DFKHVRNdMfjZ_C8VRk7Ya-eXzlT_xL0c-cVinvsamUiqNzTDI8IGbuGr9bwwYyHWg1y7Tf9tNPP2MLi-0WyaJS1sqj7tbsa_bV2CODh8_03do4oZsyfw/s2312/IMG_7166.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2312" data-original-width="2058" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8xNlfoWOXzGhEHsoqa6rWQMrvQEBDO1QilnxFcGxJuMICiplNZZFxITKs6w9vus9KERaD1DFKHVRNdMfjZ_C8VRk7Ya-eXzlT_xL0c-cVinvsamUiqNzTDI8IGbuGr9bwwYyHWg1y7Tf9tNPP2MLi-0WyaJS1sqj7tbsa_bV2CODh8_03do4oZsyfw/w570-h640/IMG_7166.jpg" width="570" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And voila - there they were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My fingers
were a mess of glue blobs and petersham threads, but the shoes were a POEM in
pink and yellow, ready for field tests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUoHR1IxX1HyVNuIdk5mxmECA0EjI2493wTqyg-TsaNIGqMPrTCmbu8uoEAHL-1PLfGY8f_k8b-Tg4Qofnii1xCBNJ0urDB1PxL5FXQKmPaAZyVSnjm64AQYrkO32qcNckZFGofXU78Hf1s5_yYOuL6yG5QPQgPUQEX9ph3WtN-UCVFxQ31WsFEU5MA/s3284/IMG_7191.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyUoHR1IxX1HyVNuIdk5mxmECA0EjI2493wTqyg-TsaNIGqMPrTCmbu8uoEAHL-1PLfGY8f_k8b-Tg4Qofnii1xCBNJ0urDB1PxL5FXQKmPaAZyVSnjm64AQYrkO32qcNckZFGofXU78Hf1s5_yYOuL6yG5QPQgPUQEX9ph3WtN-UCVFxQ31WsFEU5MA/w590-h640/IMG_7191.jpg" width="590" /></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
Or almost - I wanted pompoms on the toes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><br />
I largely followed <a href="http://frolickingfrocks.blogspot.com/2013/02/painted-pemberleys.html" target="_blank">Frolicking Frocks' tutorial</a> for this. I made four pompoms out of silk embroidery floss, tied them off in the center,
and layered them on a pair of shoe clip blanks: two pompoms per blank, stacked
cross-ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
Once they were stitched tight, I cut the loops and trimmed the shaggy
edges.</span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EQWj5VM7jtALm9aBPO_vf8eslXTvQ8f9c3GYh4Y9hBtFvhVvDOcUMSQaIu5KI509Z-aXMFmfqDgGCVMqJEkCma436_6ZsDcymXpFmTKFd7M5i_Cmz5sbLAZEraBEdRIr7Cfj5W7i3qMvKR1pPrDkFaZPCHMJactN1WJtgEGl4-MPqoR7t6Iz8m1zuQ/s1915/IMG_8636.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1915" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5EQWj5VM7jtALm9aBPO_vf8eslXTvQ8f9c3GYh4Y9hBtFvhVvDOcUMSQaIu5KI509Z-aXMFmfqDgGCVMqJEkCma436_6ZsDcymXpFmTKFd7M5i_Cmz5sbLAZEraBEdRIr7Cfj5W7i3qMvKR1pPrDkFaZPCHMJactN1WJtgEGl4-MPqoR7t6Iz8m1zuQ/w640-h534/IMG_8636.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
I'd covered a pair of American pennies in a scrap of silk for the centers, but
my pom-poms were rather small.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I only
had one skein of pink silk floss, and carefully portioning it out into four
pom-poms left 'em definitely on the petite side. Not even wishful thinking could make it work.</span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboL0T9vlhLVr6oM4nZLfyDQxIwWzcwfXSf---Oniw5psDUjgvfzFf4QBmTwTe02-lhIvbUd-DUUlW7Zek62AsJI-x6FO9B3LKBJakRmALvW9BNuv-WyrwmPs0JdtgB55rbfPbktb2UNoFXwn9EDJQxbgPfFO2Z1L7RMUKJe-J3zsDBrZuTw41z53IQw/s4032/IMG_8642.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhboL0T9vlhLVr6oM4nZLfyDQxIwWzcwfXSf---Oniw5psDUjgvfzFf4QBmTwTe02-lhIvbUd-DUUlW7Zek62AsJI-x6FO9B3LKBJakRmALvW9BNuv-WyrwmPs0JdtgB55rbfPbktb2UNoFXwn9EDJQxbgPfFO2Z1L7RMUKJe-J3zsDBrZuTw41z53IQw/w480-h640/IMG_8642.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In my button box I found a
pair of small mother of pearl shank buttons, so I stitched them on in place of
the silk buttons. <br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXD1yX-hYGmkkA9K-nAVr8NTgMyK60pqLx2-qb1RaFblTR-HRzLTc0a3--F0HoH4bhDaqK5xmdA7ttMbmdvhxbMYKzTbulqcPDdQ28gN5awzuZ_BdSRqusTL_1d5lEEg6DjAC8NMtupzMKXTXhq86jLv2gVEcVvCXc2IctJBY2aLPpZFboUMg1gvQig/s4032/IMG_8640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGXD1yX-hYGmkkA9K-nAVr8NTgMyK60pqLx2-qb1RaFblTR-HRzLTc0a3--F0HoH4bhDaqK5xmdA7ttMbmdvhxbMYKzTbulqcPDdQ28gN5awzuZ_BdSRqusTL_1d5lEEg6DjAC8NMtupzMKXTXhq86jLv2gVEcVvCXc2IctJBY2aLPpZFboUMg1gvQig/w480-h640/IMG_8640.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And - Voila! all over again - these shoes have gone from cotton-candy sweet to bleeding
ADORABLE.</span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUalfI8vozaKEbnmDDYGB_6KYZEiJRvknVQAoaP8xe6uM1I46N2POcnISQtvWX-Ya5XYZw55bmDQKhYSDRqqX1QM40SE3v3H6h4ZkpjXQI_SDxVJ_OzE8XrU-ElQABeHsI5er9rWLxLVzwyglWvgpMlhfRUGeH9ndmHT0lEHNAPv1EBOGEGJJP5YwsQ/s3155/IMG_8860.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3155" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLUalfI8vozaKEbnmDDYGB_6KYZEiJRvknVQAoaP8xe6uM1I46N2POcnISQtvWX-Ya5XYZw55bmDQKhYSDRqqX1QM40SE3v3H6h4ZkpjXQI_SDxVJ_OzE8XrU-ElQABeHsI5er9rWLxLVzwyglWvgpMlhfRUGeH9ndmHT0lEHNAPv1EBOGEGJJP5YwsQ/w614-h640/IMG_8860.jpg" width="614" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-37913481421240224662023-05-25T08:58:00.017-04:002023-06-16T19:34:13.049-04:001790s Painted Shoe Tutorial: Part I<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xl9rvw-ncrYfB1C5BirFFOVQ_E3kHa_kdHE5nk29En1c7V6xKxLa1pPi5bBjurY-wGOxhFcfz9TFXlVFBXMPQnPIeGmLGTarUQ2jZ4KQQS_pejzTiKSPdq6oor_NlGMPTLq9_X2_Df4d4m6HGyzlGWLwuGQHFfdnN-OAjDS7AcpVZ9cRP9FT3tyE6Q/s3284/IMG_7191.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xl9rvw-ncrYfB1C5BirFFOVQ_E3kHa_kdHE5nk29En1c7V6xKxLa1pPi5bBjurY-wGOxhFcfz9TFXlVFBXMPQnPIeGmLGTarUQ2jZ4KQQS_pejzTiKSPdq6oor_NlGMPTLq9_X2_Df4d4m6HGyzlGWLwuGQHFfdnN-OAjDS7AcpVZ9cRP9FT3tyE6Q/w590-h640/IMG_7191.jpg" width="590" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Up in Reno last
September, I was lucky enough to score a pair of American Duchess Kensington
shoes on Poshmark.<span> </span>I've always liked the
idea of using bright yellow as a neutral shoe color, and this pair seemed a
very good opportunity to color myself a pair of bright yellow mid-century
shoes.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-7LoQxX05P7H_WorUJI799ANgMoUL-6Z9xdR0YK9WMCKCtM6m1GzqU-OUTi7n9MHr0qKR-T6wwwjdRWl_ONFrDk8ePPzQsv7MuQrugEbdcBC-fxzFCUvhCsHa6xsGa4C9otjdnE23zLTvSQVBGzdeAgysGQ_xwW6ykRleWE_WYSC-kpjsesmQdWUxQ/s587/AD%20Kensingtons%20White%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="587" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-7LoQxX05P7H_WorUJI799ANgMoUL-6Z9xdR0YK9WMCKCtM6m1GzqU-OUTi7n9MHr0qKR-T6wwwjdRWl_ONFrDk8ePPzQsv7MuQrugEbdcBC-fxzFCUvhCsHa6xsGa4C9otjdnE23zLTvSQVBGzdeAgysGQ_xwW6ykRleWE_WYSC-kpjsesmQdWUxQ/w640-h600/AD%20Kensingtons%20White%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
I've never worked with leather before- in any manner- so I did a lot of
reading.<span> </span>Most costumers <a href="http://frolickingfrocks.blogspot.com/2013/02/painted-pemberleys.html" target="_blank">seem </a>to <a href="http://theladydetalle.blogspot.com/p/how-to-paint-american-duchess-pemberley.html" target="_blank">favor</a> paint, but a few <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZHC-HggM6c" target="_blank">use leather dye</a>.<span> </span>Both
approaches seemed reasonably reasonable, so I took myself off to the Reno Tandy
leather store, where dithering over the racks of paints and dyes, I was
approached by a fellow most GLORIOUSLY decked out in a leather apron painted in
all sorts of swirls and swatches. We had a talk about the merits of dye vs
paint and which would wear best - by which I mean I mentioned both options, and
he asked if I'd worked with leather before, and on hearing me say "No, but
-" stopped me at the "no" and told me in no uncertain terms that
as a first timer, I would definitely be going home with the leather
paints.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
I came home to Chile with bottles of <a href="https://angelusdirect.com/" target="_blank">Angelus </a>leather preparer, Angelus leather finisher
and Angelus leather paint.<span> </span>I also came home with
a second pair of shoes.<span> </span>I didn't want to
jump straight to my precious Kensingtons, so I went on ebay and bought an
inexpensive pair of Sam Edelman leather flats to use as a test bunny for all my
new bottles.<span> </span>With<span> </span>a little luck, my <a href="https://yousewnice.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-green-blob-in-fall-1790s-gown-goes.html" target="_blank">1790s Green Blob gown</a> would also end up with a lovely pop of yellow peeping out from below the
hem.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
Back home, I worked on the two pairs at once -<span>
</span>testing each step on the flats, and then moving onto the Kensingtons.<span> </span>This post will be warts and all
description of what I did and how it did it.<span>
</span>My hope is that my process - mistakes, corrections and the lot - may
prove useful for anyone else thinking about a pair of custom colored historical
shoes!<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
<b>Step One: Prepping the Leather.</b><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
The first order of business was to remove existing glaze and polish. It was a straightforward operation: I put some Angelus leather Preparer/Deglazer
solution on a clean rag, and wiped carefully over the shoes.<span> </span>I wiped down all 4 shoes, and
then I did it again, just to make certain I had caught all the folds and wrinkles in the leather.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLBKpBP6tLeUmVDlCKSh0QUQjt0maX2KxD5LjmTS-TK-tE_bRxzppV3zWlUKAwO2yvXIFurrSeocdQkU6P3GnoiZdYwbu9-knME-96gfLn0r6Nr6biGbA118yL0HY7mXhm5deBULwApMdVaDuvrQTGS0sKCz-Vn2n2UnZj6Q6htXFIHoyub4moWFU2w/s2295/IMG_3940.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="2295" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkLBKpBP6tLeUmVDlCKSh0QUQjt0maX2KxD5LjmTS-TK-tE_bRxzppV3zWlUKAwO2yvXIFurrSeocdQkU6P3GnoiZdYwbu9-knME-96gfLn0r6Nr6biGbA118yL0HY7mXhm5deBULwApMdVaDuvrQTGS0sKCz-Vn2n2UnZj6Q6htXFIHoyub4moWFU2w/w640-h480/IMG_3940.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The stuff works pretty much instantaneously - you can see and you can feel the
difference between the polished and the deglazed shoe.<br />
In fact, so powerful is this stuff, that I left the rag sitting on the toe of
one of the flat shoes for all of 10 seconds while I put the lid back on the bottle,
and it stripped right through the glaze and the leather dye, leaving a large
irregular mark that took several extra layers of paint to cover up.</span></p><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GaUEisFVDPsrpthitVgzPGrDtxsQkraQQI5FrnonNtrUvsnnSc9WkihCTvOb86KFmJD32GUX8QnoGuTkzExrYcehr_6dxBNTKOl1DXyph0u_qNHTvQC39HoGLlawFAQf_SVUigWzx_4osIu9YBy9u3-HsSkaVs8tScKzUsCQ5qTTLQq7uiTDJ3ZtRw/s4032/IMG_3941.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2GaUEisFVDPsrpthitVgzPGrDtxsQkraQQI5FrnonNtrUvsnnSc9WkihCTvOb86KFmJD32GUX8QnoGuTkzExrYcehr_6dxBNTKOl1DXyph0u_qNHTvQC39HoGLlawFAQf_SVUigWzx_4osIu9YBy9u3-HsSkaVs8tScKzUsCQ5qTTLQq7uiTDJ3ZtRw/w480-h640/IMG_3941.jpg" width="480" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I found this
accident quite reassuring. Clearly, if I really screwed up with my paint job, I
would have absolutely no problem stripping my work and starting
again.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b>Caveat: </b>Later, when I began
painting the Kensingtons, I discovered that I had not removed all of the
original glaze.<span> </span>The paint was skating
over patches of leather like watercolor paint over a<span> </span>wax resist.<span>
</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oQ4tjj85BlSw_xJ96DHG5-LwM03Lp_l-bDT9LJ_wNrFOst2E07TCrMCtOJfo2n0za3CH48oTuxY3HLH4dwU33BxurCbEtODysJ0hSd56gbPSHve3IraEJSJHWalQFLvmojWk7XjIH5GngQwc0kze1Y5NlfvY0XG_SxHGzmJUIS-I9z3VBXgMVsApjQ/s3024/IMG_3988.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="2637" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6oQ4tjj85BlSw_xJ96DHG5-LwM03Lp_l-bDT9LJ_wNrFOst2E07TCrMCtOJfo2n0za3CH48oTuxY3HLH4dwU33BxurCbEtODysJ0hSd56gbPSHve3IraEJSJHWalQFLvmojWk7XjIH5GngQwc0kze1Y5NlfvY0XG_SxHGzmJUIS-I9z3VBXgMVsApjQ/w558-h640/IMG_3988.jpg" width="558" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
With multiple coats of paint, I was eventually able to cover these
areas, but it was an interesting lesson in how shoe polishes and glazes differ
from brand to brand. The Sam Edelman flats had stripped very easily, but the AD
formula is more tenacious.<span> </span>When you do
your pre-paint stripping with the Angelus Preparer/Deglazer, do your AD shoes again. And possibly a third or fourth time as well, just to be
certain.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br />
Step 2: Taping the Heels and Soles</b></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggC91Jrea0k467l5yFXaDNu8Tgu5lfdcsiUlQDSSTQ8jLayR5DZF7JW1Mwtz9ZLmR6xpppI3mqiI_pJUzK9Lw7ngVcOEln67lhAonJ19GV18zZDYJLmeyY2qlfujKMiwP9AFcEIv3zPv0UZxepyFXrvp6Y0gAoCime5pDndb8n9m5AFyTols8vjkn3vg/s3796/IMG_3945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3796" data-original-width="3013" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggC91Jrea0k467l5yFXaDNu8Tgu5lfdcsiUlQDSSTQ8jLayR5DZF7JW1Mwtz9ZLmR6xpppI3mqiI_pJUzK9Lw7ngVcOEln67lhAonJ19GV18zZDYJLmeyY2qlfujKMiwP9AFcEIv3zPv0UZxepyFXrvp6Y0gAoCime5pDndb8n9m5AFyTols8vjkn3vg/w508-h640/IMG_3945.jpg" width="508" /></a></b></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was thorough about this.<span> </span>I was VERY thorough about this - cutting and pressing many infinitesimal bits of painters
tape onto the curves of the heels on the Kensington shoes, and I<span> </span>will say up front that this was probably the
biggest mistake that I made in the whole exercise:</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLTnO5mInVPo122dVUJ5B2MUNazWZVISID3TJxM1BkJDQbAc-YwKCfdxRs9DelL_X9BkJUqHlDOtlW1w0FZ3snC1t1TvNG3_0BjlVgX0Lg8v-fAla7frYHdcUygpR6Ui5Xpexlun_gw0G4sd-K_aXtCDOrzxn_dWx76xGmxrVNHI1aY4O4OOWnG2aTg/s4032/IMG_3974.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLTnO5mInVPo122dVUJ5B2MUNazWZVISID3TJxM1BkJDQbAc-YwKCfdxRs9DelL_X9BkJUqHlDOtlW1w0FZ3snC1t1TvNG3_0BjlVgX0Lg8v-fAla7frYHdcUygpR6Ui5Xpexlun_gw0G4sd-K_aXtCDOrzxn_dWx76xGmxrVNHI1aY4O4OOWnG2aTg/w480-h640/IMG_3974.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Angelus leather paint is an acrylic paint.<span>
</span>This means that it doesn't sink into the surface of the leather. It sits on it and makes a film on top of the shoe - and on top of the tape where I
splashed over the edge of the heel, and when I<span>
</span>removed the tape at the end of the paint job, I ripped entire strips of paint
away with it.<span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The way some costumers ended up painting the edges of their shoe soles black
at the end of the whole process started making a whole lot more
sense.</span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6MgL8t_UHiAcABWd5kqfDywyEXnA5UG0PN4Y_whwtDFsTPrE5ra0ag032XDWIebSTOVhhB4OJCtIH8oqRDEAzD9PRuylW42DoLtL9fmhKT7SWCsQgLAHaP_sDWqtMcHajpeWqaNx8u5L7rTzgOn4g5S2buArRnefvFm4klriiixXBkekv0bJ-B9pCg/s3336/IMG_3973.jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3336" data-original-width="2995" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK6MgL8t_UHiAcABWd5kqfDywyEXnA5UG0PN4Y_whwtDFsTPrE5ra0ag032XDWIebSTOVhhB4OJCtIH8oqRDEAzD9PRuylW42DoLtL9fmhKT7SWCsQgLAHaP_sDWqtMcHajpeWqaNx8u5L7rTzgOn4g5S2buArRnefvFm4klriiixXBkekv0bJ-B9pCg/w574-h640/IMG_3973.jpg.jpg" width="574" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> Step 3: Painting the Shoes</b><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
I didn't want to use the yellow color straight out of the Angelus bottle. I
wanted a softer, more lemon-y shade.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDEJZHcCLTjeC0vxyHdQ28pRlYqkLxlVix6H4RnjhpuJz75ZU8QADs-M6i12z8StwxnhY9PZMTkN7V4IWtPu66eoe6O-ZFNc9EO7qFOCTj8JB3xUcfys50HQDwX-fxJe7W8SkrhtKLcYuAO_v-AHWkGiyCptJQvxJ7Ju_Aox7MKyCOx1LoSxzCs3YbQ/s3527/IMG_3986.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2489" data-original-width="3527" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdDEJZHcCLTjeC0vxyHdQ28pRlYqkLxlVix6H4RnjhpuJz75ZU8QADs-M6i12z8StwxnhY9PZMTkN7V4IWtPu66eoe6O-ZFNc9EO7qFOCTj8JB3xUcfys50HQDwX-fxJe7W8SkrhtKLcYuAO_v-AHWkGiyCptJQvxJ7Ju_Aox7MKyCOx1LoSxzCs3YbQ/w640-h452/IMG_3986.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
In a lidded plastic tub, I mixed yellow with white, and thinned it out with
water.<span> </span>The tutorials had recommended
quite a thin mix - and here, again, I overdid it, and mixed up a lovely thin
glaze of color that painted on without streaking or lumping, but when I had
reached 10 coats on the flat shoes, I realized I may have gone just a little
off the rails, and I left the lid off of the paint tub to evaporate some of the
water out.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
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<b>Tips for Painting: </b></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
DO use thin coats.<span> </span>It doesn't have to be
translucently thin, but it needs to be thin enough to flow cleanly over the
shoe without stippling or streaking.<span> </span>I
did find that a smaller brush tended to result in less streaking than a large
one.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEviW9gtS1SZLzLPWMY5lLvV_lbObhQ2Ocn9U9K_T68qOUE92BlNlz2z3Uus_cbiydgU1s24FCvuOydRvcLkPfrZn30MZJ2wemEHrOBiujfE65SnJW_Mur93omjugu1tBrD6JOS60rfdMfvu8Tj7sX160YfgrmKkzMTvYpgpIv32BJ9U-CzfhKtjlRA/s2921/IMG_3955.jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2071" data-original-width="2921" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCEviW9gtS1SZLzLPWMY5lLvV_lbObhQ2Ocn9U9K_T68qOUE92BlNlz2z3Uus_cbiydgU1s24FCvuOydRvcLkPfrZn30MZJ2wemEHrOBiujfE65SnJW_Mur93omjugu1tBrD6JOS60rfdMfvu8Tj7sX160YfgrmKkzMTvYpgpIv32BJ9U-CzfhKtjlRA/w640-h454/IMG_3955.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I found that the best results came from letting the paint dry completely
between coats. It is quite humid where I live, and I found the best thing was
to lay down a coat of paint, seal the lid on the plastic paint tub, and walk
away and do something else for 15-30 minutes. Take your time, go gently, and
build your color.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
When you come back to the next coat, make sure to stir your paint before you
apply the next one! The paint pigments have different densities, and if you
don't remix your color you're liable to find you have lighter and darker
patches across your shoe.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
When you have built up the color to a strength that you like, stop, take a
moment, and think "Holy HECK. If I scuff these shoes, I am never ever ever going
to match this custom color.<span> </span>I should
have used the paint as it came, straight out of the bottle."<span> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_zmNBki4kI2kuKtfoLTcUoNv7WiSCp0LkBoKEFvSXVzwB5EZWJTASjYf_cTfeEIBLVQxfXailbQyXAPOuNifQimpvNcLb-Jp1vTeDLCSFsK0eAC5QQxOi_cfaYSDQHprpDRd85SP5XOnRxYAxOlqs-1tH47IjJVZvxTh3n6cgG-VbRG09EgBnQRieQ/s3531/IMG_3977.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3531" data-original-width="2984" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm_zmNBki4kI2kuKtfoLTcUoNv7WiSCp0LkBoKEFvSXVzwB5EZWJTASjYf_cTfeEIBLVQxfXailbQyXAPOuNifQimpvNcLb-Jp1vTeDLCSFsK0eAC5QQxOi_cfaYSDQHprpDRd85SP5XOnRxYAxOlqs-1tH47IjJVZvxTh3n6cgG-VbRG09EgBnQRieQ/w540-h640/IMG_3977.jpg" width="540" /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> <br /></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But it will be too
late for regrets by then, so bury your feelings down deep and move on to -<br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
<b>Step 4:<span> </span>Removing the Painters
Tape</b><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
As I wrote above, this was where I ran into my first real snag.<span> </span>Removing the tape around the heel edges, I
also removed strips of paint!<span> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBb6G8GY0cyP5uvN4TcTzEqNEmt9tyUVBvQlwQad7ys-sO9yyntcAg65VwJf35snP_xLZiHhXQrIr_eVwXCR_LBPeeGQyzfq192y-6oOQrVGX9cETF7g3GX1BIcbE7QHIIbdLRaQShOk0JdQWCRXcQgNFrpIY8jy3o8zw17WUOWKvICCLoGcNIRoVpg/s4032/IMG_3981.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBb6G8GY0cyP5uvN4TcTzEqNEmt9tyUVBvQlwQad7ys-sO9yyntcAg65VwJf35snP_xLZiHhXQrIr_eVwXCR_LBPeeGQyzfq192y-6oOQrVGX9cETF7g3GX1BIcbE7QHIIbdLRaQShOk0JdQWCRXcQgNFrpIY8jy3o8zw17WUOWKvICCLoGcNIRoVpg/w480-h640/IMG_3981.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At this
point I stopped stripping, and went around the entire edge of the heel with a
craft knife, digging deep into the join between leather heel and shoe body. And
then I removed the rest of the tape. Very carefully.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBepN03R-6kNNc_T4ZWLrPH0xARFOP00q-KcV5Qm7wigfip9XlkW95_Nh-2LWzXgEh1HuFVgODPXta3jArWUzQiXpnSzTMm9b_vcSK49IITz1K7fYokWuOov72RKFcP5EOIUfAwZATFINkZsPF3U95gY_DgGsbSILbkWkNYmIpihDr2m4uk4MjdeiNQ/s2676/IMG_4016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="2007" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOBepN03R-6kNNc_T4ZWLrPH0xARFOP00q-KcV5Qm7wigfip9XlkW95_Nh-2LWzXgEh1HuFVgODPXta3jArWUzQiXpnSzTMm9b_vcSK49IITz1K7fYokWuOov72RKFcP5EOIUfAwZATFINkZsPF3U95gY_DgGsbSILbkWkNYmIpihDr2m4uk4MjdeiNQ/w480-h640/IMG_4016.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
Fortunately, the stripped patches filled in quite easily.<span> </span>The texture is faintly blobby, but it is
hidden in the under-curve of the shoe body, and anyone close enough to see that deserves all the satisfaction they get.</span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
A bigger problem for me was all the paint that had gotten under the
tape and onto the heel.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RoGyMedtmk8fVxr7L97ZriGhETKMYvJapwMAG4wg424jdtDoV-n0rIigrjnE3neveDDlx5eBiVyC38piox-LEOrJVzlbkyfHGSbSjx8Q8lTaCia4pLByKUXtweDfaik9pgGpCuUdRiflnKC-lstM9uRnIaHNbBJmCkJ9s34UWgozVB3CBFzGmDt9SQ/s4032/IMG_6820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RoGyMedtmk8fVxr7L97ZriGhETKMYvJapwMAG4wg424jdtDoV-n0rIigrjnE3neveDDlx5eBiVyC38piox-LEOrJVzlbkyfHGSbSjx8Q8lTaCia4pLByKUXtweDfaik9pgGpCuUdRiflnKC-lstM9uRnIaHNbBJmCkJ9s34UWgozVB3CBFzGmDt9SQ/w480-h640/IMG_6820.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
At this point I was thinking some pretty serious thoughts about all the time I'd spent
taping the damn things. I tried chipping with a knife, but didn't make much
headway. I tried dabbing with the Preparer/Deglazer, but discovered that the
dark color of the sole edges was coming off and leaving bleached spots! At this
point I decided that I could either paint the heels entirely or leave them as
they were, but as I</span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">a) didn't have any
brown or black paint </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">and</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">b) figured I'd just end up splashing back up onto
the shoe body if I tried, I decide to move on and let it go. If someone sees
it, good luck to them.<span> </span>Lying down with
your nose in the grass to critique a paint splash on the underside of a shoe
deserves SOME sort of win.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFj_OQqEt7YXgmcOxXztNMT5_bkVQKKgKr05PrjrO42J05vIMnEBCVqe00D__jKV9FrKRwXbWTivQuCOBaAanwjNWlblnIRaDw5OarPproNI6KvI-c7POtZ9OlnYlY1jxo8IdE8jGn17v6YQe9g3zSL7cBZsJjmjRqko2oAXvRzhGQj1SXVTU0pqNOg/s2402/IMG_4131.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="1832" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFj_OQqEt7YXgmcOxXztNMT5_bkVQKKgKr05PrjrO42J05vIMnEBCVqe00D__jKV9FrKRwXbWTivQuCOBaAanwjNWlblnIRaDw5OarPproNI6KvI-c7POtZ9OlnYlY1jxo8IdE8jGn17v6YQe9g3zSL7cBZsJjmjRqko2oAXvRzhGQj1SXVTU0pqNOg/w488-h640/IMG_4131.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
<b>Step 5:<span> </span>Sealing the Shoes<br /> </b></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Color applied and
holes patched, it was time to seal and varnish the shoes.<span> </span>The procedure was pretty simple - pour a bit
of Angelus satin shoe sealer into a bowl and apply it with a brush.<span> </span>Again, a smaller brush was more effective
than a larger one, and again, I applied several coats, with resting time
between each.<span> </span>In consideration of future
difficulties matching a custom color, I had some idea that more coats would
provide more protection against scuffs.<span>
</span>I have no idea how effective this will turn out to be.<span> </span>It will be an interesting experiment.<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
Using the sealer is where I discovered my second and third mistakes -
<br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
<b>Mistake 1: </b></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> </b></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I strongly suggest
that when you seal your shoes, dry the sealer coats with the shoes sitting
beneath an overturned plastic tub.<span> </span>Or else knock up your local high school chemistry department
and ask to borrow their fume hood.<br />
Any dust that settles on your shoes will get stuck in that varnish. And if
you're not paying particular attention, you may not notice this until the
second or third coat, and then that cute little grey curl of dust across the
tip of your pretty yellow shoe?<br />
It's there FOREVER.</span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
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My third mistake was a GLARING one. In doing my pre-project research, I had seen that a small minority of people
were choosing a matte varnish over the satin one, claiming that the satin was
just too shiny.<span> </span>The Tandy leather man
had voted for the satin, so I went that way as well, and HOLY HECK - on these shoes,
that satin-coat finish was about as satiny as a brand new patent vinyl
raincoat. Under a stage-light. You know that very twentieth-century
ultra-high-gloss high-beam plastic leather finish?<br />
Yeah, that one.<span> </span>That's what my shoes
looked like.</span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM92kZBOntyg2vTDXl8jtTWwAeYXNpKh4C5XbE8n-UCDPF0_5qqccv3LEFKh-yvU-56Sm9lOhA3cVlLVMWIgkPBqyRc8He8vcPhhq7mRUkueIeRJRulEGGbulCxyphf-MfSy7O9wB1hFNeRfCUIagrkMyG7KWSFytQZhgzQOwEJbSZqDUEPRttDJ8wFA/s2764/IMG_5049.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2764" data-original-width="2232" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM92kZBOntyg2vTDXl8jtTWwAeYXNpKh4C5XbE8n-UCDPF0_5qqccv3LEFKh-yvU-56Sm9lOhA3cVlLVMWIgkPBqyRc8He8vcPhhq7mRUkueIeRJRulEGGbulCxyphf-MfSy7O9wB1hFNeRfCUIagrkMyG7KWSFytQZhgzQOwEJbSZqDUEPRttDJ8wFA/w516-h640/IMG_5049.jpg" width="516" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />
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Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-23143171380644782942023-04-26T10:00:00.017-04:002023-06-16T19:32:40.631-04:00A Bergere Hat with Ribbons On: A Tutorial for a Trimmed Hat.<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here's the short version:<span> <br /></span></span></span></div>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I fell in love with
a painting.<br />
I bought several yards of watered acetate ribbon.<br />
I bought a straw hat blank.<br />
I bled a bit.<br />
And then I fell in love.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBErJx6ZuKU8chaRMYSNGSbOKVKvCbqNTN2Tn8hIvt8iTTMIw6nMDqL6eg6-SVfBKgR83YeTKDNE68ipaItoAOYnEpFCS4-xOTU4LpMRC-IEdQw_uTtgKPuVeWD_OhCNlHtVhkshfE649uuFNA_cTcpAO0rlPuISwOOiRMym-ofCOtJfdPQ8xz2_7iA/s3383/IMG_5139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3383" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBErJx6ZuKU8chaRMYSNGSbOKVKvCbqNTN2Tn8hIvt8iTTMIw6nMDqL6eg6-SVfBKgR83YeTKDNE68ipaItoAOYnEpFCS4-xOTU4LpMRC-IEdQw_uTtgKPuVeWD_OhCNlHtVhkshfE649uuFNA_cTcpAO0rlPuISwOOiRMym-ofCOtJfdPQ8xz2_7iA/w640-h572/IMG_5139.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A bergere hat is a flat-brimmed hat with a shallow crown.<span> </span>They started to show up in the second quarter
of the 18th century, and as the wide flat brims balanced the wide panniered
skirts of the 18th century, they stayed popular until skirt widths<span> </span>began to collapse again in the 1790s.<span> </span>Earlier hats were decorated quite
simply</span>:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxDSWRujWHu2krEPlFoi8socJicIse3NaI_Z1_eOEQFAB6VXwt7UzqN5OaxsNJyz4uiGfw-7mladD2dRl4hTjeybGLF38bcfMEtoRXznAttYwwmFX-q8yLH1b7FswSKR1PYnMWxdRDIZX7M1DaWsx77sArgD-sOrLwy_lEVtnSbaUVy6ozWBKAKrWdg/s1200/c%201760%20hat%20via%20the%20met.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1030" data-original-width="1200" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxDSWRujWHu2krEPlFoi8socJicIse3NaI_Z1_eOEQFAB6VXwt7UzqN5OaxsNJyz4uiGfw-7mladD2dRl4hTjeybGLF38bcfMEtoRXznAttYwwmFX-q8yLH1b7FswSKR1PYnMWxdRDIZX7M1DaWsx77sArgD-sOrLwy_lEVtnSbaUVy6ozWBKAKrWdg/w640-h550/c%201760%20hat%20via%20the%20met.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hat, British c. 1760 via the <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80034650?img=2">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">but as fashion styles grew more complex, they literally BALLOONED.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRyxPW3b8GwxFudOLlGSEnFxvrATEC_t5DfdSH2R-JiE_Cm5hrRdQLEr8mEyMNSBNn94TIWAJMP7192ZpmOHzmHjUMIUsOlBlTi8DDI9VXC7hlhddyZSxtOKpPg9VpVPuF4EqnDUdp5cs7mmb3uH8JdtAhdt09Gc8G-YUKjR9rvVlsKOOQlz2ZKf2eQ/s564/Cabinet%20des%20Modes%20ou%20les%20Modes%20Nouvelles,%201%20Novembre%201786,%20pl.%20III.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="564" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPRyxPW3b8GwxFudOLlGSEnFxvrATEC_t5DfdSH2R-JiE_Cm5hrRdQLEr8mEyMNSBNn94TIWAJMP7192ZpmOHzmHjUMIUsOlBlTi8DDI9VXC7hlhddyZSxtOKpPg9VpVPuF4EqnDUdp5cs7mmb3uH8JdtAhdt09Gc8G-YUKjR9rvVlsKOOQlz2ZKf2eQ/w640-h390/Cabinet%20des%20Modes%20ou%20les%20Modes%20Nouvelles,%201%20Novembre%201786,%20pl.%20III.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Cabinet des Modes ou
les Modes Nouvelles, 1 Novembre 1786, pl. III</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">nd some of them are
simply, quietly, elegantly <i>beautiful</i>.</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGgAkk8v8q_o-M2AVLtXuETnYFmI2gb6WtyJh48zJHMOHILXB4hXgz9cQriFVcjo9mmBGAOhp65uB4LoZ3ZB0gctzfTg_0mBrFq24QwINE-o_chDjSrM0i6XtFbrxGtK2z2nF7lVQ8R7e1HK7fvF5Bzw8EjYDevOhsTYDhIY7zu-YGoCsC_D2JoMmCw/s1920/A%20Nabobs%20Return.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1231" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGgAkk8v8q_o-M2AVLtXuETnYFmI2gb6WtyJh48zJHMOHILXB4hXgz9cQriFVcjo9mmBGAOhp65uB4LoZ3ZB0gctzfTg_0mBrFq24QwINE-o_chDjSrM0i6XtFbrxGtK2z2nF7lVQ8R7e1HK7fvF5Bzw8EjYDevOhsTYDhIY7zu-YGoCsC_D2JoMmCw/w410-h640/A%20Nabobs%20Return.jpg" width="410" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Nabob's Return
by Nathanial Dance c. 1769 via <a href="https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/a-nabobs-return-the-pybus-conversation-piece-by-nathaniel-dance-2/">National Gallery of Victoria</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tacking ribbons to a straw hat is not particular difficult. However, I wanted
this bergere to be lined, so that the straw blank wouldn't catch on my hair or
on the fine, delicate fabric of fine delicate caps.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Sewing the Lining:</b><br />
I began by pinning a piece of silk taffeta into the crown of the hat, and then
pinning until the silk was more or less caught more or less neatly against the
straw shell of the hat.<span> </span>And then I
stitched.<span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /><i>Note: the photos of the lining being sewn are from a different hat with a covered top. This is why you're seeing an intimidating number of pins sticking through from the other side. </i></span><i>(Yes, there was blood. Just a
splash. But it got the job done.)</i><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span>
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To cover the underside of the brim, I traced the outline of the hat on another
piece of silk taffeta, and cut myself a circle of roughly the same size.<span> </span>I laid the silk onto the underside of the
brim, pinned it into place and stitched down the outer edge.<span> </span>The stitching line is hidden by a bound
ribbon, so you can hand-sew or use a machine -<span>
</span>whichever feels more comfortable.<span>
</span>Once the outer brim is caught, pin it securely about an inch and a half
away from the inner edge of the brim and cut through into the open center.<span> </span>Cut the excess away, leaving an inch or so of
seam allowance, and then bit by bit, fold the raw edge under.<span> </span>Once you have MORE pins in place, stitch down
your edge with whip or catch stitches (whichever bleeds less.)<span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeYjn2rRc0QFjuo6ZRv86TAF0aL2YOjlJCpPAeEhM_cSrbdRKehbd2ijwBijqxRTGMKwF3f4qzeYoJPHmXEWVIAx8XILyEI10p2QVDKQ9MabE_VfKCUYUYwpMYorHl1SvvPS3GrAJdZfVruTDOr8JTUCvJrQbXkKq7NhT_5vMCQPdJ3fxWbckF_voEw/s4029/IMG_4395.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4029" data-original-width="2688" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeYjn2rRc0QFjuo6ZRv86TAF0aL2YOjlJCpPAeEhM_cSrbdRKehbd2ijwBijqxRTGMKwF3f4qzeYoJPHmXEWVIAx8XILyEI10p2QVDKQ9MabE_VfKCUYUYwpMYorHl1SvvPS3GrAJdZfVruTDOr8JTUCvJrQbXkKq7NhT_5vMCQPdJ3fxWbckF_voEw/w426-h640/IMG_4395.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Binding the brim:<span> </span></b></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Take your binding
ribbon and begin to fold it around the edge of your hat brim, holding it in
place with pins or clips.<span> </span>I personally
love quilting clips for this job<span> </span>- they
grip nicely without marking the fabric.<span>
</span>Begin tacking down the ribbon with small stab stitches - if you've
balanced the ribbon over the top and bottom edges, you can catch both sides of
it at once.<span> </span>Sew your way slowly around
the edge of the hat brim, catching the small gathers in your stitches as you
sew around the curve.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRlkZSTM4ItN8KnPxqfQ671aGbTx7nohoLzKRYgxoUMJoVKL5llK8ITh-LYwUxVe5GhpmAn-gPsHEIGVt7I_SZ4TxzZd_52QPg6SX9e44JBHCs7_GzdaLtYF_R4uelb9NpfFCL3_4r3oQc-Xi4zMaelUyHiBXqYv5m91Sj8AtTGfczycd4H67RCKkvA/s3612/IMG_4170.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3612" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYRlkZSTM4ItN8KnPxqfQ671aGbTx7nohoLzKRYgxoUMJoVKL5llK8ITh-LYwUxVe5GhpmAn-gPsHEIGVt7I_SZ4TxzZd_52QPg6SX9e44JBHCs7_GzdaLtYF_R4uelb9NpfFCL3_4r3oQc-Xi4zMaelUyHiBXqYv5m91Sj8AtTGfczycd4H67RCKkvA/w640-h536/IMG_4170.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
<b>And now you can trim your hat!</b><br />
Work slowly - take your time deciding where you want your ribbon placement - do
you want tight puffs? Loose puffs? Large ones? Small ones? One row? Two?<span> </span>Bows? Do you have a very soft silk
ribbon?<span> </span>A crisper taffeta one? </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I trimmed this
particular bergere with two rows of ribbon puffs - one stitched down at the
base of the crown, and one half an inch or so further up.<span> </span>Let the ribbon show you how it wants to fall,
and you'll find that it is doing more than half the work for you.<span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRf36zEU_z92zbxaCch8RzFnovrExatWs1FybUMm5F0cI3okWXwblsAULwydmZN4ewbZPiuhr_ZudmQVlRBPCBIAxkCIwxK-7ybv0e_l0ocWNBqxZewYXePPDVkDyfYICbkNIpCxIwjrVTY_Ab1iIfu8TlLtVpzkFvG33OGw1bkBinroGmTErtmHL5g/s4032/IMG_4361.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzRf36zEU_z92zbxaCch8RzFnovrExatWs1FybUMm5F0cI3okWXwblsAULwydmZN4ewbZPiuhr_ZudmQVlRBPCBIAxkCIwxK-7ybv0e_l0ocWNBqxZewYXePPDVkDyfYICbkNIpCxIwjrVTY_Ab1iIfu8TlLtVpzkFvG33OGw1bkBinroGmTErtmHL5g/w640-h480/IMG_4361.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-family: arial;">Play with the ribbons, stock up on bandaids, and at the end of it all, you'll
have a beautifully lined, beautifully trimmed confection! <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJ4HlS6MM_cGCjrbUCBtyIyIB7UIHREVF2yd_bmjB7olrZWmkLudO6ee6oc9PtEMjcW54u-lOb1LUvnRe86PjfKjtTzL3Tt7FkcTNXADNhsR8jZGmTx1INKDqaiCOlyBwpziKVSEIwednU9lrL81cOG02uy1DEm66l0LsD1jDBpDF6rHFmHQ1bu6lqA/s4032/IMG_4423.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJ4HlS6MM_cGCjrbUCBtyIyIB7UIHREVF2yd_bmjB7olrZWmkLudO6ee6oc9PtEMjcW54u-lOb1LUvnRe86PjfKjtTzL3Tt7FkcTNXADNhsR8jZGmTx1INKDqaiCOlyBwpziKVSEIwednU9lrL81cOG02uy1DEm66l0LsD1jDBpDF6rHFmHQ1bu6lqA/w640-h480/IMG_4423.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p>
</div>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-46475066112517351982023-04-21T10:14:00.003-04:002023-06-16T19:31:47.483-04:00The Glamour Beneath the Glitz<p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUT8oEpoa-j-mdzrwp8XjWWDiaJheiWWueJBsvuy314zeT-Li7z-nuG4cgSr0i569cw2Bfi8VBF6ZCzeFnJwkwv4extyQVp1nIhRlUDw_2DCTvhrNARXlqFvJlHwqvQNiJqttIsXANMgrymyBOeYUFUGcQvGOS7qQ2vgvPDyKyb_UCCtc9yU4dFANXiw/s4032/IMG_0790.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUT8oEpoa-j-mdzrwp8XjWWDiaJheiWWueJBsvuy314zeT-Li7z-nuG4cgSr0i569cw2Bfi8VBF6ZCzeFnJwkwv4extyQVp1nIhRlUDw_2DCTvhrNARXlqFvJlHwqvQNiJqttIsXANMgrymyBOeYUFUGcQvGOS7qQ2vgvPDyKyb_UCCtc9yU4dFANXiw/w480-h640/IMG_0790.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">You forget to pack
your stockings. Two pairs of modern thigh-highs doubled up might do it -</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So off in a hurry to
the big box stores and - ta-dah!</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Except the pack you
grabbed are NOT one-size fits most. They fall off.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To the rescue, your
mother-in-law and her elastic grab bag! A happy ending for
everybody!!!</span></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ah, the glamour
beneath dressing up like pretty pretty princesses in big skirts!!!!</span></span></p>
Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-81243173587907352512023-04-12T10:26:00.005-04:002023-06-16T19:31:04.438-04:00The Green Blob in the Fall: a 1790s gown goes on a progress<div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6hexCSb8rtpBUYJ5vDJ3WzkF_Ch9WagRn7gHgFqRgN7IAsE5Us3tTI91Ko0SiYrplZa5z1JT9ngDMzR-ZHDEg-c_Y9UUCjchP9NbJq4eD-M3t1xKGcUGFkYcQw92_G_5kt-CzUIS-m_xRqgCXAyTd_ZlwcW0YvRqVIctb6FX3LKeo-6LWmub2zii1Q/s4032/no%20leaf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB6hexCSb8rtpBUYJ5vDJ3WzkF_Ch9WagRn7gHgFqRgN7IAsE5Us3tTI91Ko0SiYrplZa5z1JT9ngDMzR-ZHDEg-c_Y9UUCjchP9NbJq4eD-M3t1xKGcUGFkYcQw92_G_5kt-CzUIS-m_xRqgCXAyTd_ZlwcW0YvRqVIctb6FX3LKeo-6LWmub2zii1Q/w480-h640/no%20leaf.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last fall I went up
to Reno.<span> </span>I took the Green Blob with me
to get some photos with the autumn color. High summer in Malta had required a
fairly minimalist approach to 1790s chic, but the cool crisp weather of October
was very suitable for a more decked-out formal approach!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWh1vGV2S6BJIipUT4YeeWsSf5FLRkbxnqV22GZbf-2JNTeeERaGPK_1gJ50qs4AuC5SkXD6fQzxZG2GPZMMHiVW_nxTl5XYL1RE5E-01gZ5FhwE1wrUG5LJXse2J1QfHMWpEcBVtNxRNvR60RPQgVsMqdl3BGXfs1nhEeeZ3bGjJTWg9arymcPFFbw/s3491/IMG_0921.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3491" data-original-width="2358" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWh1vGV2S6BJIipUT4YeeWsSf5FLRkbxnqV22GZbf-2JNTeeERaGPK_1gJ50qs4AuC5SkXD6fQzxZG2GPZMMHiVW_nxTl5XYL1RE5E-01gZ5FhwE1wrUG5LJXse2J1QfHMWpEcBVtNxRNvR60RPQgVsMqdl3BGXfs1nhEeeZ3bGjJTWg9arymcPFFbw/w432-h640/IMG_0921.JPG" width="432" /></a></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
I arrived just as the leaves were beginning to turn.<span> </span>Every day while I was there, I would say
"today?" and my Mother-in-law would say "Wait, wait -
"<br />
And then - two days before I flew home, she said "NOW."<span> </span><br />
And I dressed, and we went - and there just aren't words.<span> </span>It was magnificent.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRDFJOitBtSCaKtotXvqumC1Vt999Yk8pkLR1NTnFbJk7-tKDunc4l5G7BFUcj9Gaazsucos7jt4ovJvTusR4DcmGKQINwxz2Q1-kkPBS1Gj9874ISJXRxiMeUhJmgaheOt4y0NQfFdD8vzCZMkopBM_H5i-6Kx-c1DbW8g1vLRik5Grj_svgj-_mIg/s3854/IMG_0885(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3854" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIRDFJOitBtSCaKtotXvqumC1Vt999Yk8pkLR1NTnFbJk7-tKDunc4l5G7BFUcj9Gaazsucos7jt4ovJvTusR4DcmGKQINwxz2Q1-kkPBS1Gj9874ISJXRxiMeUhJmgaheOt4y0NQfFdD8vzCZMkopBM_H5i-6Kx-c1DbW8g1vLRik5Grj_svgj-_mIg/w640-h502/IMG_0885(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
The Green Blob was glorious! Everything was glorious!<span> </span>I wasn't limited to traveling light and I
brought along some of my carefully collected accessories - antique lace,
vintage leather gloves, antique portrait brooch and a celluloid </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">brisé </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">fan.
Instead of a large sash, this time I wore a simple tassel cord, tacked into
place at the peak of the raised back waist.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDlbWebe2PibxjOixBp7lEsbdkDYxVaE1NpxzLSj-wh6bbAVfYalB9R7tXd996NaBS-AwH9j30F9-oC2iBo77dS9y0JQpA7OVUd0IVMOS2J-wRQ0txsSKMQDpGRbUPUghjA3iFKjAN3BbXfpLdGXDk2x9ywZGDl98S-zeW3lMvlL-0S1rBTTwGYYnZQ/s4032/IMG_0863.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlDlbWebe2PibxjOixBp7lEsbdkDYxVaE1NpxzLSj-wh6bbAVfYalB9R7tXd996NaBS-AwH9j30F9-oC2iBo77dS9y0JQpA7OVUd0IVMOS2J-wRQ0txsSKMQDpGRbUPUghjA3iFKjAN3BbXfpLdGXDk2x9ywZGDl98S-zeW3lMvlL-0S1rBTTwGYYnZQ/w480-h640/IMG_0863.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Honestly, I swanked.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #595959;"><br />
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I also debuted my new wig - the classic "80s Boogie Babe,"<span> </span>available on amazon and quite a lot of party
store websites, and REMARKABLY good value for an over the top 1790s look. My
mother in law and I did want over the top<span>
</span>- in fact, we were so enthusiastic that we layered two Boogie Babes on
top of the other! </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrMkSzFeo87LKvDcWFuyW37jBRctSD-lnAn5sBx_YkTB17z8DgZN1Vxg19kV5cRWinROLywGqRwXjtkym3rQe-0ul710Fl3LABGjeaGRhOOE0O2vh2-bma1o_OZxSB24pvfRXIuLMZJI7UBxCAM-EgctBh8gFlp-Y_lV13mbVvTtO_JoYm1en4C9-jQ/s4032/IMG_0770.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUrMkSzFeo87LKvDcWFuyW37jBRctSD-lnAn5sBx_YkTB17z8DgZN1Vxg19kV5cRWinROLywGqRwXjtkym3rQe-0ul710Fl3LABGjeaGRhOOE0O2vh2-bma1o_OZxSB24pvfRXIuLMZJI7UBxCAM-EgctBh8gFlp-Y_lV13mbVvTtO_JoYm1en4C9-jQ/w300-h400/IMG_0770.JPG" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The result was
possibly excessive. I mean, it wasn't excessive if the year was 1985, the genre
was hair metal, the venue was Rio de Janeiro and you were Whitesnake,<span> </span>but for a genteel jaunt through a golden fall
in in the year 1797 when they hadn't yet invented hairspray or the ozone layer
- possibly it was a little too much. Possibly.<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Oa0XL4vZktLXcE-kStTWtyeWEwvacKCX32zdBBebg3weCYCrCRbrBGcJQU21Je_7U1oDtgZA31p3g3Yb-GtY_q5Ch0kXnBlAJRCHRZGtAhy6SdWPtFLFo4XpyXfCNT7uAXfYVIqofV9nJBjvbAnOUbOa1qxqJus56o29gQ6UNdSbw7Uy6DuRO2ZWXQ/s4032/IMG_0773.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5Oa0XL4vZktLXcE-kStTWtyeWEwvacKCX32zdBBebg3weCYCrCRbrBGcJQU21Je_7U1oDtgZA31p3g3Yb-GtY_q5Ch0kXnBlAJRCHRZGtAhy6SdWPtFLFo4XpyXfCNT7uAXfYVIqofV9nJBjvbAnOUbOa1qxqJus56o29gQ6UNdSbw7Uy6DuRO2ZWXQ/w300-h400/IMG_0773.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
Regretfully, perhaps, we came down on the side of restraint and I only wore
one.<span> </span>I did wind a purple lamé scarf from
the actual 80s around my head, so I wasn't entirely bereft of a little rock
chic. </span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My jewelry was glorious as well - my necklace and my HONKING pearl earrings
(honestly, I reckon I could indeed have worn the double-layered hair just to
balance out these divine things) are both by Taylor of<span> </span><a href="https://www.damesalamode.com/">Dames a la Mode</a>. She is doing some wonderful
1790s stuff right now - and it is sized to work for both the late Georgian
period and 1980s hair metal.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZr7kZnrotck6rH_d3BrBiZaIqf38Ji7ZvAOyQzPxGXKqDCgIwvjd9H5zfo8hOc_4MFQpAxPU5BTPm2oevZCSBP4JbFyBWJISWmyYPqnnrhgZR4W3-luWO1w19FuCIdZttZbceJxScoeCIzSDx6yRDtDDu5rO5mdV0QicdYPXjgT9ROkM1iucwIhXlQ/s4032/IMG_0919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZr7kZnrotck6rH_d3BrBiZaIqf38Ji7ZvAOyQzPxGXKqDCgIwvjd9H5zfo8hOc_4MFQpAxPU5BTPm2oevZCSBP4JbFyBWJISWmyYPqnnrhgZR4W3-luWO1w19FuCIdZttZbceJxScoeCIzSDx6yRDtDDu5rO5mdV0QicdYPXjgT9ROkM1iucwIhXlQ/w480-h640/IMG_0919.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So there I was - decked, dressed, and deeply elegant - and the Autumn sun was
pouring down and drenching the world in liquid gold - </span></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>
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Guess who stomped around like a pretty pretty princess?<br /></span></span></p>
</div>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-82874616662800174892023-04-06T15:03:00.007-04:002023-06-16T19:28:13.406-04:00Those Frenchies Seek My Ruffles Everywhere: a Swashbuckling Fichu in Dotted Swiss <div><div><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_8E2ZXnkNhNETd9QCKQqc-HaS_9EgURyxdzuLVufLFZh37rPqQduXD_VBPk5kqxz5rfALm8RWhsI5w6tt3REp4D6i9CbEM2lth5WvGy8jtniA0ISs5l1i18ndMOSOVGRyEUrJfZWQOhX6sXxDCLKlBFE458tyUaiIKHHUvYy6XHDT_J3baOj8Jr4ag/s3088/IMG_1154.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo_8E2ZXnkNhNETd9QCKQqc-HaS_9EgURyxdzuLVufLFZh37rPqQduXD_VBPk5kqxz5rfALm8RWhsI5w6tt3REp4D6i9CbEM2lth5WvGy8jtniA0ISs5l1i18ndMOSOVGRyEUrJfZWQOhX6sXxDCLKlBFE458tyUaiIKHHUvYy6XHDT_J3baOj8Jr4ag/w480-h640/IMG_1154.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They seek it here,
they seek it there - they seek really good dotted Swiss cotton everywhere!</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Last time I was in
Australia, I was let loose<span> </span>on my
birthday in <a href="https://allamoda.com.au/collections/all">Alla Moda Fabrics</a> in Fortitude Valley, where I picked out a
beautiful dotted Swiss cotton.<span> </span>White, sheer, spotted, and crisp with body for DAYS<span> </span>- here was only one reasonable thing to do
with a fabric like that - make a honking great ruffled fichu.<span> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was thinking
something rather like this one in the met - a fluffy, froofy, hold your chin
high or drown in flounces sort of fichu.<span> </span></span><br /></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXSZlpyBKT-HdJs_HTwVRI3raGNU1bBi-fuaBe3NJZ3NtStKMFGK0iaPSSw0adzxPDP7sgILxgMRySGSoggG_TiPveUvlPe6HIskr_Eniz4I1BlaTL_FEWh-7Ok1t4NsZ42JSkCdcf18N1ciSm00zrh6gUkrn7MZHzPVnavzEpz3FLtJzUVPYb7E-dA/s3213/c%201785%20French%20Robe%20Anglaise.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3213" data-original-width="2436" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKXSZlpyBKT-HdJs_HTwVRI3raGNU1bBi-fuaBe3NJZ3NtStKMFGK0iaPSSw0adzxPDP7sgILxgMRySGSoggG_TiPveUvlPe6HIskr_Eniz4I1BlaTL_FEWh-7Ok1t4NsZ42JSkCdcf18N1ciSm00zrh6gUkrn7MZHzPVnavzEpz3FLtJzUVPYb7E-dA/w486-h640/c%201785%20French%20Robe%20Anglaise.jpg" width="486" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">French
Robe à l'Anglaise and fichu via the <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/81105?ft=*&pos=10&rpp=30&pg=1&when=A.D.%201600-1800&rndkey=20160207&high=on">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0in;"></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"> </p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I started on it
almost immediately, but almost immediately after I started, I went home to
Chile and accidentally packed the unfinished work in my sea freight instead of
my suitcase. And almost as soon as my little sea shipment arrived (on a slow
boat that saw most of the major ports in the Asia-Pacific region before it slid
into the Chilean Port of Valparaiso) we packed everything up again and moved
north to Iquique.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
It took several more months, but at very long last and a very long time later,
the fichu was finally unpacked, and I was able to finish it
up.</span></span><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3--MoRBK1Oe8ZObr9yZdJOjH71pPlC1X2ZMZFXxxR91-81eJxJBdV5S-j7sxFjab6riEyfh-9c9DejmIVhg2MfM75dipTU4zu0UAUPm0KWviHEqNR6Gefm0bvets5KZuv4CH1-PUQGxOeEpFDMIHEvc2rOVVDvYFZwfQfe1wH7QHBzsHUYTqhncfpA/s1091/DD0CC6D2-5C1F-423E-8B8D-D11485E0656D.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1091" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm3--MoRBK1Oe8ZObr9yZdJOjH71pPlC1X2ZMZFXxxR91-81eJxJBdV5S-j7sxFjab6riEyfh-9c9DejmIVhg2MfM75dipTU4zu0UAUPm0KWviHEqNR6Gefm0bvets5KZuv4CH1-PUQGxOeEpFDMIHEvc2rOVVDvYFZwfQfe1wH7QHBzsHUYTqhncfpA/w640-h488/DD0CC6D2-5C1F-423E-8B8D-D11485E0656D.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
I enjoyed this little project SO MUCH that I'm finding myself needing to use
all-caps when I write about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
fabrics fight you, but others behave like they WANT to be sewn, and just need
you to show them the way. Who else gets the happy wriggles from a really good
rolled hem?</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAXGAJf7-ZKKD5wbd6quyVL4QrOvfEcxa3z9ZDyeJ3DCHRomv29LRro9kVZ5vM2Tnz7YssiN0RK2eRNj-_zZZ1Q44lg_SBK2obz-22RfXVIBbq4daLWyTHTqm7UEZfMJNRu7yv84XctYsxQvWi_OyUT4vjbOXCn8KPpVut_lNjSr8gITXteJD2cfLrQ/s3780/B456AD36-2B39-4B3E-8344-461987D0C2A3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBAXGAJf7-ZKKD5wbd6quyVL4QrOvfEcxa3z9ZDyeJ3DCHRomv29LRro9kVZ5vM2Tnz7YssiN0RK2eRNj-_zZZ1Q44lg_SBK2obz-22RfXVIBbq4daLWyTHTqm7UEZfMJNRu7yv84XctYsxQvWi_OyUT4vjbOXCn8KPpVut_lNjSr8gITXteJD2cfLrQ/w512-h640/B456AD36-2B39-4B3E-8344-461987D0C2A3.JPG" width="512" /></a></div></span><p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The styling of this
fichu sits squarely in the later 1780s - a half-circle with a whip-gathered
ruffle along the curved edge. It is one of those garments where the
construction is very simple and the effect comes down to the quality of the
fabric and the needlework - in this case, the extra-ordinary cotton did more
than half the work for me, and the rolled hems just sort of happened all by
themselves while I watched.<br />
</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Technical Details
for those who want a giant white neck caterpillar of their very own:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
The base of the fichu is a half-circle with a 26 inch radius.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I wanted a ruffle
that looked BIG on my 5'7", broad-shouldered frame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After some playing around, I concluded that
the ruffle should be between 3.5" and 4.5" total FINISHED width<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- with the gathering line running at 1/3 of
the way in from the edge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">That range will take
you from restrained to Ding-DONG, without looking clownish. I wanted a full on
ding-dong honker, so I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cut mine for
4.5".<br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
I finished the edges of the kerchief and the ruffle with a rolled hem, and whip
gathered the ruffle (along that 1/3 line) to a 2:1 ratio, and tacked it down.</span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Does everyone else
find the sewing itself as beautiful as the finished piece?<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></p>
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a finished fichu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This fichu has a
real element of “Off-Broadway does 1776” about it, but it gives me the
Scarlet Pimpernel vibes - and what else are we in this hobby for?</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPIsdLFavgyoDDtaUAu1gSCad4Yntbcid8ya0TEzcK1OgCOwUp7yRy2e2l4WKIIpFdKcvBKQhKeOdVjB-JTCX4tB0e5IcZRmrQbv958ZCn2RsvPuie_z3BG5dJ6uX_xqgqkTgf2KEkvv8yhf6KxfC2iBLwAeKVXnbmDt5Ggua0iboiIlyNV-QfMBSTg/s3088/IMG_1160.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2304" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPIsdLFavgyoDDtaUAu1gSCad4Yntbcid8ya0TEzcK1OgCOwUp7yRy2e2l4WKIIpFdKcvBKQhKeOdVjB-JTCX4tB0e5IcZRmrQbv958ZCn2RsvPuie_z3BG5dJ6uX_xqgqkTgf2KEkvv8yhf6KxfC2iBLwAeKVXnbmDt5Ggua0iboiIlyNV-QfMBSTg/w478-h640/IMG_1160.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /></div>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-16104895984774928112023-03-28T15:24:00.012-03:002023-06-16T19:27:10.324-04:00The Infinitely Ruffled Apron
<p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjbu0Ug0nqrkyH1xPiB4zH2wB5djXMVoR1MR07ithZycNszxuKDGufKupt7JVqOmRfkXRKXqsD_dpbO6Wua_s6KUcNJ8jvvluAAc1Dj4UJEbq_4BrXTFtqfUpZSxzlB5QUoKziiYPIKC8lpEOTCmveN1x2LEkNVyrOA-lRH-KbthiUPFHsHSAmdWhQg/s4032/IMG_0654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7m_QWRUmydcYtmzzZKs8sKbG9yl5Hx2iyD_zTC1PotTJU5hmkp8lwzKiAtA1Bkr87AJmYIcCOnEPxUARUgeaGY97kmVKXG25Liw_-8qTLAVGXKmGOYVF_KWYlmdmRLoF_Chlmfo2g2L4dXRNNGCy1faf6KmaGrHbd4pOE1v6rleHAECoY8XN7xkSDQ/s1645/IMG_0671.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1645" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7m_QWRUmydcYtmzzZKs8sKbG9yl5Hx2iyD_zTC1PotTJU5hmkp8lwzKiAtA1Bkr87AJmYIcCOnEPxUARUgeaGY97kmVKXG25Liw_-8qTLAVGXKmGOYVF_KWYlmdmRLoF_Chlmfo2g2L4dXRNNGCy1faf6KmaGrHbd4pOE1v6rleHAECoY8XN7xkSDQ/w438-h640/IMG_0671.jpg" width="438" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This apron began all
the way back in 2018.<span> </span>It was my second
project out of the <a href="https://www.americanduchess.com/products/american-duchess-guide">American Duchess dressmaking book</a>, and at that point I hadn't much
experience with hand rolling hems, and this apron - well, this apron had a lot of rolled hems.<span> There were </span>3 yards in the apron body, 6 yards up
one side of the ruffle<span> </span>and 6 back down
the other side.<span> </span>Just <i>thinking </i>about it,
I needed a fainting couch and a handsome gentleman (yes, Mr Tabubil -
that IS you) to sponge my temples. At my slow, painstaking rate of rolled
hemmery, 15 yards of hem felt like <i>miles</i>.<span>
</span><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
I started with optimism - mostly at night, in front of the
television, where I didn't have to think of the miles and <i>miles </i>and <i>MILES </i>of
hem (the estimate grew, exponentially, with every stitch) and I worked on it
on and off, and on and off,<span> </span>and on, and
on, and <i>ON </i>- <br />
I came to think of it as the Infinite Apron : when I was feeling down and
like life had no meaning, I'd pull out this horrible apron and confirm that I
was right. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGd4lArQI5Z7v3A8ruWgWADHxWQEgtX1jy2IIFCxDZZaxSXEnRXOJ9HingbxvCpes1z0aR8UZ7sDtR64HelnhALbAN6g82hes5WLsMCmS2quMztyoSQKFs9a7ql_NGSaEVFprm7mN2ncspIR3ZMWjNIM6tCw8X3UwJjxapMRxNmqrFB0Un_8c-KM1lkQ/s4032/2019-07-13%2019.46.15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGd4lArQI5Z7v3A8ruWgWADHxWQEgtX1jy2IIFCxDZZaxSXEnRXOJ9HingbxvCpes1z0aR8UZ7sDtR64HelnhALbAN6g82hes5WLsMCmS2quMztyoSQKFs9a7ql_NGSaEVFprm7mN2ncspIR3ZMWjNIM6tCw8X3UwJjxapMRxNmqrFB0Un_8c-KM1lkQ/w640-h480/2019-07-13%2019.46.15.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then 2020
happened.<span> </span>Circumstances saw me stuck
outside of Chile for 18 months, where I sewed - and hemmed - other things.<span> </span>Uncertain, unmoored, waiting for vaccines
and badly missing Mr Tabubil, I sewed for my sanity's sake: caps, fichus,
mantelets, wrapping gowns, petticoats - <span>
</span>I seamed, I gathered, I whipped, and I hemmed - </span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Practice brought experience, and eventually
expertise, and somewhere in the middle of it all - rolled hemming changed from proof
of the dreary infinite to something that was <i>fun</i>. <br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
When I finally made it home to Chile in 2021, I pulled out the
horrible infinite apron and found that as a project, it had become
benign. It had become something almost small. <br />
So I finished it.<span> </span>I took that heap of
half-hemmed voile, I unpicked my laboriously bungled whip-gathers, and then I
sat back, cracked an anticipatory grin -</span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
I re-whipped my ruffles. I tacked them down.<span> </span>I stroke-gathered the waist to a band, and then I stopped, and looked
for a bit, and<span> I </span>took some vast and
serious pleasure in the formal, measured beauty of the strokes. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHngiO3nUQPUig4lyNn3I2iDtCqB3QIZZJfdjYZGEyagLlE4Ib7XIaeHhEQOUIIOZxMg81tdfk5bWYz_AMeouBTox4j-ooTAboM0oHiyno1gsSFz7AEyv7grFDVX0P3Ig2X8bzafgUmo_V9F3RE29fmk3RL-Gd3LVcs0cmJD6XgSDFeaGWuXDfBVtteQ/s2211/IMG_0619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2211" data-original-width="1799" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHngiO3nUQPUig4lyNn3I2iDtCqB3QIZZJfdjYZGEyagLlE4Ib7XIaeHhEQOUIIOZxMg81tdfk5bWYz_AMeouBTox4j-ooTAboM0oHiyno1gsSFz7AEyv7grFDVX0P3Ig2X8bzafgUmo_V9F3RE29fmk3RL-Gd3LVcs0cmJD6XgSDFeaGWuXDfBVtteQ/w520-h640/IMG_0619.jpg" width="520" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This apron had become metaphorical as hell.<span> I felt </span>existential whiplash with every step.<span>
</span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnkuN8XT3jXX87jp9CqgjYUkoJbkJGIAttsBCx_46jxlFM7-NP_EGKyqHm0IwgIV0DvESG1io5fHI4lqwo5K4LvecY7ay8Na_DNl130uIgMAk9kGTmjRoXtTsZxuAL6_H6BQdns5M3dTWYTVWWNYfIohO9voM8BY4C_ofds3Qod1ZFYUYuVGWUuWxgw/s1637/IMG_0620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1637" data-original-width="1459" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnkuN8XT3jXX87jp9CqgjYUkoJbkJGIAttsBCx_46jxlFM7-NP_EGKyqHm0IwgIV0DvESG1io5fHI4lqwo5K4LvecY7ay8Na_DNl130uIgMAk9kGTmjRoXtTsZxuAL6_H6BQdns5M3dTWYTVWWNYfIohO9voM8BY4C_ofds3Qod1ZFYUYuVGWUuWxgw/w570-h640/IMG_0620.jpg" width="570" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
Until there it was - the American Duchess 1780s ruffled apron. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I liked it so much, I made another one.</span></span></div><p></p>
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like I hemmed my way home.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjbu0Ug0nqrkyH1xPiB4zH2wB5djXMVoR1MR07ithZycNszxuKDGufKupt7JVqOmRfkXRKXqsD_dpbO6Wua_s6KUcNJ8jvvluAAc1Dj4UJEbq_4BrXTFtqfUpZSxzlB5QUoKziiYPIKC8lpEOTCmveN1x2LEkNVyrOA-lRH-KbthiUPFHsHSAmdWhQg/s4032/IMG_0654.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTjbu0Ug0nqrkyH1xPiB4zH2wB5djXMVoR1MR07ithZycNszxuKDGufKupt7JVqOmRfkXRKXqsD_dpbO6Wua_s6KUcNJ8jvvluAAc1Dj4UJEbq_4BrXTFtqfUpZSxzlB5QUoKziiYPIKC8lpEOTCmveN1x2LEkNVyrOA-lRH-KbthiUPFHsHSAmdWhQg/w480-h640/IMG_0654.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p><br /></p><br /><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;">
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Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-20913551495072936772023-03-22T10:30:00.003-03:002023-06-16T19:22:32.174-04:00Accidental Sewing Renaissance<div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVxcj6IdD9EP7Q2jZiWZX8BBolJ05NbHyKEHfv3KFUZBHFMNbLuLfHdk-I3lX_0-ovO46WkzuFXprV0JximnUDSJ73YigtqBwMcOaSLXwqQC4IJP_Sj8-SMJhV5HE5MutORt9P_nXrjKzQvBdlRrDtVuxiIDDp9nRxkEtAmL4R2UElzr9VpgPDYQD7A/s4032/IMG_4309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVxcj6IdD9EP7Q2jZiWZX8BBolJ05NbHyKEHfv3KFUZBHFMNbLuLfHdk-I3lX_0-ovO46WkzuFXprV0JximnUDSJ73YigtqBwMcOaSLXwqQC4IJP_Sj8-SMJhV5HE5MutORt9P_nXrjKzQvBdlRrDtVuxiIDDp9nRxkEtAmL4R2UElzr9VpgPDYQD7A/w480-h640/IMG_4309.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> In the basement of a small hotel in Luxembourg, next to the ice machine and lit by the light from the ladies lav, there was space to set up an ironing board…</span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><h1 class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sewing something large on holidays takes determination, a certain amount of creativity, and the ability to iron by feel in low-light conditions. </span></span></span></h1><h1 class="_aacl _aaco _aacu _aacx _aad7 _aade"> </h1>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-38606489974737207902023-03-18T09:50:00.005-03:002023-06-16T19:21:44.313-04:00 A Winterhalter Princess Dress for an American Girl Doll<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxB75loQrHknNe-P1o-Oz1Owl8yDKuXaqPArZFKV8ZjqhEf-_QBcot5adr_YYbBKjcDLc5w5KhpY5zbzyLGC75_jwY522akdfgSlY4RoteGRRRHrHSxuGm4-5BKzZfR9-Yb4FABCjqNO3T_Tk4LqC0Lk60pTb-YMFMfNQcSOZDdOQvEF4g7_YGr_Q2A/s3264/winterhalter%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWxB75loQrHknNe-P1o-Oz1Owl8yDKuXaqPArZFKV8ZjqhEf-_QBcot5adr_YYbBKjcDLc5w5KhpY5zbzyLGC75_jwY522akdfgSlY4RoteGRRRHrHSxuGm4-5BKzZfR9-Yb4FABCjqNO3T_Tk4LqC0Lk60pTb-YMFMfNQcSOZDdOQvEF4g7_YGr_Q2A/w480-h640/winterhalter%203.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'm a sucker for big
bows on little dresses. Just as an example, for instance, the shoulder-bows on the fluffy white dresses on the
Princesses in the 1846 Winterhalter portrait of Queen Victoria and her family
have always been EXACTLY what floats my small dress boat.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
</p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPeNfokWhkcjhaG5jD2snhi6dAuMq5rm2hZw7Ea97FaBIFOvtv_VkueBA5wsHMMiv0tPvyJRQC-WGl4WhT-12E3LJHFm7BB927G3KTM4V6WeMssX9UAdK3sShtRQZR_AYVkdh4Xkd_DFN4fvZ8AlloabiBdLIP1Ah4wWJ3NneYDWDkTaLOFTIDwvqVQ/s1890/Franz_Xaver_Winterhalter_Family_of_Queen_Victoria.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1890" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwPeNfokWhkcjhaG5jD2snhi6dAuMq5rm2hZw7Ea97FaBIFOvtv_VkueBA5wsHMMiv0tPvyJRQC-WGl4WhT-12E3LJHFm7BB927G3KTM4V6WeMssX9UAdK3sShtRQZR_AYVkdh4Xkd_DFN4fvZ8AlloabiBdLIP1Ah4wWJ3NneYDWDkTaLOFTIDwvqVQ/w400-h316/Franz_Xaver_Winterhalter_Family_of_Queen_Victoria.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;">Franz
Xaver Winterhalter, The Royal Family in 1846 via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Franz_Xaver_Winterhalter_(1805-73)_-_The_Royal_Family_in_1846_-_RCIN_405413_-_Royal_Collection.jpg">wikimedia commons</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
When a scrap of white striped cotton floated up in my stash, I decided that it
was time to do something about it. I found some yellow French wired ribbons for
the shoulders, and I ordered some orange-to-yellow mokuba ribbon on ebay, and
while I waited for the ribbon to arrive, I drafted up a party dress for an
early-Victorian Princess.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2WuA5aAuzqWQogrxYBtFyIP5vA_TGWgmMe-zdLQVSyKDaDPZUvvbxZy9YkyS4l-vDvsz-SRf8HeDUcSNoKZnlzGoqMxqCGGeJX_NNLZX6YcEWA_mgPo5UfWd8Anx1sTf43uZ9FysQf0a-__pL3bEc74M1wKsgEbQ9eCTpU5B_7ZcVYC-6Cd_1CHyVw/s3264/2016-03-26%2023.51.28%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2WuA5aAuzqWQogrxYBtFyIP5vA_TGWgmMe-zdLQVSyKDaDPZUvvbxZy9YkyS4l-vDvsz-SRf8HeDUcSNoKZnlzGoqMxqCGGeJX_NNLZX6YcEWA_mgPo5UfWd8Anx1sTf43uZ9FysQf0a-__pL3bEc74M1wKsgEbQ9eCTpU5B_7ZcVYC-6Cd_1CHyVw/w480-h640/2016-03-26%2023.51.28%20(2).jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I wanted the bodice
to be gathered, not pleated, and I wanted the gathers to run STRAIGHT DOWN, not
sun-raying away from the neckline, so I ran multiple parallel lines of
gathering stitches, basted (excessively) the gathered fabric to a flat cotton
base, and cut a wide almost off the shoulder neckline.</span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDtOdBwmwLLmgCuPZmeq8hwgsaOCMIOPQ2g-x-6S9nWGrOSCeuHNS8mT9DFs8J2NPzDvgQ-Jj1leiRg0oc0SmDbV2dtOyD_Tzj1Txk2yIwjgdDu-ZcCMw4pBnWwVt7ymgmkrKBd59FwqvXHcODk43B-xzMFDABbki2jExxZQsUh3I6F30fKw6XSP12w/s4032/winterhalter%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDtOdBwmwLLmgCuPZmeq8hwgsaOCMIOPQ2g-x-6S9nWGrOSCeuHNS8mT9DFs8J2NPzDvgQ-Jj1leiRg0oc0SmDbV2dtOyD_Tzj1Txk2yIwjgdDu-ZcCMw4pBnWwVt7ymgmkrKBd59FwqvXHcODk43B-xzMFDABbki2jExxZQsUh3I6F30fKw6XSP12w/w480-h640/winterhalter%204.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sleeves were done similarly - a gathered puff sewn top and bottom to a
smaller cotton base, and then a ruffle added onto the bottom of the
sleeve.</span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKTM4DVGwHQS5qCj0Bjk-bWQG2ylQ5ZGoBsLs-iJpn2EdLGeSZqIJnPoYLDgxr7Gw_0imfK4UcfGzQ4WV0Om31IL0_fOk4cPuZcuiDKzpiSjDI3XZsDe-ISQpg2Mcw6vpxEIHsy9z8NK3mg-aSzgGF8tD-rArszbZWkN4Lik6VWoHXyr23SByZ1IVDQ/s3248/2018-03-16%2010.32.25%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3248" height="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKTM4DVGwHQS5qCj0Bjk-bWQG2ylQ5ZGoBsLs-iJpn2EdLGeSZqIJnPoYLDgxr7Gw_0imfK4UcfGzQ4WV0Om31IL0_fOk4cPuZcuiDKzpiSjDI3XZsDe-ISQpg2Mcw6vpxEIHsy9z8NK3mg-aSzgGF8tD-rArszbZWkN4Lik6VWoHXyr23SByZ1IVDQ/w640-h596/2018-03-16%2010.32.25%20(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When the mokuba ribbon arrived, I sewed it onto the skirt in an oversized Greek
key pattern, tacking it down with knots of cotton embroidery floss.</span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5D63QnIQS9uNYQxdGbueayZ--IcudWxvUGRVO8MUe-NrStAX0_loxtyTLYXAK4nJydxzydXsPCXvo-pne_-Zuvt27pW8LkXohAr_vf0MN-w0lkMZNjL7vn3IBViwVnwMu-xf6Ts4Cfy_pnGUnUbMTZinXVKBPDCh8z-iIMPbUsstxBfuU1UAwgiZiA/s4032/2017-01-29%2011.50.10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5D63QnIQS9uNYQxdGbueayZ--IcudWxvUGRVO8MUe-NrStAX0_loxtyTLYXAK4nJydxzydXsPCXvo-pne_-Zuvt27pW8LkXohAr_vf0MN-w0lkMZNjL7vn3IBViwVnwMu-xf6Ts4Cfy_pnGUnUbMTZinXVKBPDCh8z-iIMPbUsstxBfuU1UAwgiZiA/w480-h640/2017-01-29%2011.50.10.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
I ran a double row of ribbon around the waist, again punctuating with orange
floss. To balance all the yellow I ran a row of large orange knots around the
neckline, and as a final splash of color I made a very large bow indeed from
the striped cotton, edged it with the mokuba ribbon, and sewed it onto the back
waist!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Addy was quite pleased.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></div><div><p></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXv6vpM9nccYMHU7VKQ_wX5MA4ks2NNzrSKHIiaIeUXCY7OhoWbw65CSyLrQ3BE6ePt-uQ41cMSwqdQQ7LfwrWs6bIqc67GPr0aaKzzKxGtNB4EBJ46Bpmup_vHpDp9IdJH0k6a1KM-Xo7YHOPzNME_zk1Atj4iFY8radYwITfZiSYx7XL8PnZoSfWQ/s3264/winterhalter%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXv6vpM9nccYMHU7VKQ_wX5MA4ks2NNzrSKHIiaIeUXCY7OhoWbw65CSyLrQ3BE6ePt-uQ41cMSwqdQQ7LfwrWs6bIqc67GPr0aaKzzKxGtNB4EBJ46Bpmup_vHpDp9IdJH0k6a1KM-Xo7YHOPzNME_zk1Atj4iFY8radYwITfZiSYx7XL8PnZoSfWQ/w480-h640/winterhalter%201.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span>
</div>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-16844515595045491472023-03-16T11:30:00.010-03:002023-06-16T19:23:51.550-04:00The Dissipated Grandma Sheep (Another Lappet Cap)<div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My first Mrs Sandby cap was far too respectable. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3INuhePgZufF_f_yQMhxhvWb_dAiv_e1TkFWVnBDGreDH6aREowiRfqvMhISaA0eF0LSFsYVPDoKW0UbOXHoipXXRPgPrRUS5N0KCxulcVCN3toKyBZxdm_I4IIucGBDvQM0WXj9SpjZhLDeKvUoNph7lF8ziFhQrMtmc90RGjWc8eHWJ5GVNGrkcpA/s3088/IMG_3445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3INuhePgZufF_f_yQMhxhvWb_dAiv_e1TkFWVnBDGreDH6aREowiRfqvMhISaA0eF0LSFsYVPDoKW0UbOXHoipXXRPgPrRUS5N0KCxulcVCN3toKyBZxdm_I4IIucGBDvQM0WXj9SpjZhLDeKvUoNph7lF8ziFhQrMtmc90RGjWc8eHWJ5GVNGrkcpA/w480-h640/IMG_3445.jpg" width="480" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I mean, no-one would
go wooing a young maiden one morning in may in a cap like that. She
might flirt coyly around her lappets, but her virtue is clearly linen-clad -
and that is like iron-clad and only slightly more elastic.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No-one, if you
follow my meaning, would be stealing <i>this </i>milk-maid’s cheese. No <i>indeed </i>- lappet caps are inherently silly, and I have
made that my hill on which to gather.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
So I did.<span> </span>I recut the <a href="https://www.goodwiveslinens.com/">Mrs Sandby cap</a> in
white cotton voile, and then I gathered, and then I added lace, and then I
gathered MORE, and only when it looked like a lacy nightmare in a boudoir, did
i stop.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vVhAQu8K87jWZFLvR3yb0TOtPkZPE1XolmB8yPb2WtmOBcgD83XQL_abaGHgoOfsi-c_sFh6gp7k3UGvbY5OAImZNk6jNfLt06t9JQSN747C2rPSRbbzu8sJcieAJK_BajaJesxrwZnOaxN8qqsYWaLAKBI1oLUAO5d_EpzDz8YTsDBbv_f9GUoE1g/s4032/IMG_1118.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vVhAQu8K87jWZFLvR3yb0TOtPkZPE1XolmB8yPb2WtmOBcgD83XQL_abaGHgoOfsi-c_sFh6gp7k3UGvbY5OAImZNk6jNfLt06t9JQSN747C2rPSRbbzu8sJcieAJK_BajaJesxrwZnOaxN8qqsYWaLAKBI1oLUAO5d_EpzDz8YTsDBbv_f9GUoE1g/w480-h640/IMG_1118.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The tight u-bend
around the lappet point took a few goes to get right. Adding the lace to
the edge of the ruffle extended its depth juuust enough that the regular
gathering ration wasn’t quite enough - the ruffle spread out and turned inward
like a concave cup.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I ended up
sacrificing the gathers in the flat butt of the lappet, but in the end i got
the u-bend to lie flat. JUST.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKU1wO6Gzas5_eWD6bmB7xCUZkiXmkD50Leb6BAOAbB28SugzUEeMSdFrWY54DXTIGealqjLDT2eHqtqDSE9i4SY_u38donksRPUKKzI8Sr_kNuxPpbF9LCwN44h8BfXlnXlcx5nPrTMD6RHFE4AsACuL6SJHTwF1mezAek8bt3xNa5EVbjTvSt6H_A/s4032/IMG_1102.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZKU1wO6Gzas5_eWD6bmB7xCUZkiXmkD50Leb6BAOAbB28SugzUEeMSdFrWY54DXTIGealqjLDT2eHqtqDSE9i4SY_u38donksRPUKKzI8Sr_kNuxPpbF9LCwN44h8BfXlnXlcx5nPrTMD6RHFE4AsACuL6SJHTwF1mezAek8bt3xNa5EVbjTvSt6H_A/w480-h640/IMG_1102.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And I gathered and
I gathered, </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK15JYtrMmPrtprT1ZR8XDuQghvR8eKqykvcnob5uBL4xUttcYpcu0lEqbDgWU9BypB4iUO_1nigXtcecn40Ks7A9__z9o0xp2MsrxbrJSYXYPCnIQOQYvdVvGD8uYw59du1YoN2Crzcn0CVBxx2lYDZBo_VzDDS6xdZqZwJrsAXpAtRJubgUlOuEMww/s4032/IMG_6171.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK15JYtrMmPrtprT1ZR8XDuQghvR8eKqykvcnob5uBL4xUttcYpcu0lEqbDgWU9BypB4iUO_1nigXtcecn40Ks7A9__z9o0xp2MsrxbrJSYXYPCnIQOQYvdVvGD8uYw59du1YoN2Crzcn0CVBxx2lYDZBo_VzDDS6xdZqZwJrsAXpAtRJubgUlOuEMww/w480-h640/IMG_6171.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">until suddenly, well, golly gee - here’s an exuberant lappet cap hanging up to dry
after the marking pen has been washed out! G</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">osh it looks pretty like that.<br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span></span></span></span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWg1lV2OwnjHKOeIvGQBTAPP3CIc0JoTc5byQ-E4Rg3dJ2j1SJkWqMl5a0rQefhE-TvrfqpTKz28W2Bsuwu7Q-SdqLHMfByefyXSPd2k1PIuwpOpVPSe7Tm9wXsdcfD74B321UwN0BG8KhddP1ltTATVA1f7CArO9eRlFODX4yRuTLMCSwgsws52jIA/s4032/IMG_1346.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiWg1lV2OwnjHKOeIvGQBTAPP3CIc0JoTc5byQ-E4Rg3dJ2j1SJkWqMl5a0rQefhE-TvrfqpTKz28W2Bsuwu7Q-SdqLHMfByefyXSPd2k1PIuwpOpVPSe7Tm9wXsdcfD74B321UwN0BG8KhddP1ltTATVA1f7CArO9eRlFODX4yRuTLMCSwgsws52jIA/w480-h640/IMG_1346.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And at last - may I
present- the milkmaid's nightmare:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoMaKf6wUaBCX7EvnU9qCBB3JUGgP_5GMT-6nQDssw7cZWmkcjqg9cCml1yyf7NRNhRUpik9wp-Yf24kGlaD6GXoRLwKccXmEfbmqwrJ9SpdkOYe4-Ah-El35G0vDx_kYDRGnJ01LR6VkiAUKWspxMF7YFyYxy-liH1ODz7D64l8FTy8oBdlKz6QvGQ/s3088/IMG_1342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhoMaKf6wUaBCX7EvnU9qCBB3JUGgP_5GMT-6nQDssw7cZWmkcjqg9cCml1yyf7NRNhRUpik9wp-Yf24kGlaD6GXoRLwKccXmEfbmqwrJ9SpdkOYe4-Ah-El35G0vDx_kYDRGnJ01LR6VkiAUKWspxMF7YFyYxy-liH1ODz7D64l8FTy8oBdlKz6QvGQ/w480-h640/IMG_1342.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><cite style="color: #595959; margin: 0in;"></cite></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There is no universe
in which this look has any dignity.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I look like a
hydrangea bush.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I look like a pram
in a paper-mâchié pantomime.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I look like a
dissipated grandma sheep.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is PERFECT.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEodjKMA82Ln9Aisg4nGsM7Z53y0mV-Y_ZYt__Op_AFexh1UFTvGCz2UAgIpIBCC8z_5m46d051N9HGBBmIUlttfRuJfDLebx-kSqIk5I5IY8PSyZrTRdoAFTjT8x_UwW8a3wb7_Qls25HUy6PEXc7vbiaA_uwGAVvsXsHWhSKf9uRwvNZk3X1frcUw/s3088/IMG_3421.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuEodjKMA82Ln9Aisg4nGsM7Z53y0mV-Y_ZYt__Op_AFexh1UFTvGCz2UAgIpIBCC8z_5m46d051N9HGBBmIUlttfRuJfDLebx-kSqIk5I5IY8PSyZrTRdoAFTjT8x_UwW8a3wb7_Qls25HUy6PEXc7vbiaA_uwGAVvsXsHWhSKf9uRwvNZk3X1frcUw/w480-h640/IMG_3421.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-56357687228274101052023-03-13T12:25:00.029-03:002023-06-16T19:16:25.948-04:00Introducing Lady Hamilton in Malta<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01ZEkP6ufWSuc0DQ-JTk6gnY8BDGdI_UZ-lK9XDbhsZFIWjG41acthNB9x4DO_FXgjiQ0KhvILaHGNMC_iXn-c7euCYpc14vXR28zwrjpcnBUYjwfznPfexmoWw9PrpJiKnVLTGC6gfu0tsn3U_l6iaOa_fB3HxypNSzYbM7R34hNIwhqVyE-JNxm7g/s6000/IMG_8385.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01ZEkP6ufWSuc0DQ-JTk6gnY8BDGdI_UZ-lK9XDbhsZFIWjG41acthNB9x4DO_FXgjiQ0KhvILaHGNMC_iXn-c7euCYpc14vXR28zwrjpcnBUYjwfznPfexmoWw9PrpJiKnVLTGC6gfu0tsn3U_l6iaOa_fB3HxypNSzYbM7R34hNIwhqVyE-JNxm7g/w640-h426/IMG_8385.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I took off that
bloody petticoat!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And now this voile 1790s gown
MOVES!</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There is no bustle
pad at the back, as the bustle pad had been sewn to the under-petticoat, but that’s
a small loss when I'm looking like a Greek goddess on a spring picnic instead
of like her laundry hamper.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWmVZ6pPrQpVCcpVTo7CHVfXy_FCe4yAdC3H4UhJwLjemKL7WdlLjXxi9PlRyTS55NyLQhrRZsA4BJXuvO0DnFe2eMWOeTJcNY-d9BF3UgRkrxzgdiI7_ixaCQgVtx-zS5lOoc6LwvQub463vtfnd9VtNTrHnloPfGrrk-d8_Zgd51JeedxST8iFHpQ/s6000/IMG_8388.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWWmVZ6pPrQpVCcpVTo7CHVfXy_FCe4yAdC3H4UhJwLjemKL7WdlLjXxi9PlRyTS55NyLQhrRZsA4BJXuvO0DnFe2eMWOeTJcNY-d9BF3UgRkrxzgdiI7_ixaCQgVtx-zS5lOoc6LwvQub463vtfnd9VtNTrHnloPfGrrk-d8_Zgd51JeedxST8iFHpQ/w640-h426/IMG_8388.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And the purple silk
sash against the green in the strong Mediterranean sunshine is just…(chef’s
kiss). <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB495HzHuo1s0INqj7lNIBGvXM-Y2NDvRh34bB9YOPmXB3HTzG0KNccpIumzksLsHQoty13VS286ud3LXP6p0Qj74q30ve9ddgedT56u6sRDwhA6fUUUX81J3TCmEbL_I9p53JCgv40-JVB4pCbwaDXfDJJVd8vO3NyHjeblnAAaFrP9znxhyhBpwp9Q/s3137/FullSizeRender(67).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2353" data-original-width="3137" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB495HzHuo1s0INqj7lNIBGvXM-Y2NDvRh34bB9YOPmXB3HTzG0KNccpIumzksLsHQoty13VS286ud3LXP6p0Qj74q30ve9ddgedT56u6sRDwhA6fUUUX81J3TCmEbL_I9p53JCgv40-JVB4pCbwaDXfDJJVd8vO3NyHjeblnAAaFrP9znxhyhBpwp9Q/w640-h480/FullSizeRender(67).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lady Hamilton is
very fashion forward with her stylish sandaled feet, but she is also sentimental, and she is wearing a necklace that her husband (Sir William Hamilton) bought for his
first wife before she died (in 1792).</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And she didn’t have
time to style her wig before she got on the airplane to Malta, so she slapped
it onto her head, tied a scarf around it and hoped for the best.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Which she got, of
course. Emma, Lady Hamilton makes her own chic.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshQGOpO_BWl94tTb4HNI8EEyY6oPBo554YUygVlvAFnWabsZ5XRCps4-Ag5xPcxSZhCZOiG91zeXRunC8eBe6xjC_bloZke7wUIb-kzfu9RQMHTxo4D6PpHa67ep2z23T1bMPtDh2Zm1CtP-6NLYVKdpSAo4Xf8ScB82zXTb-pRt5dgA1tf6GEbO_XQ/s6000/IMG_8394.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgshQGOpO_BWl94tTb4HNI8EEyY6oPBo554YUygVlvAFnWabsZ5XRCps4-Ag5xPcxSZhCZOiG91zeXRunC8eBe6xjC_bloZke7wUIb-kzfu9RQMHTxo4D6PpHa67ep2z23T1bMPtDh2Zm1CtP-6NLYVKdpSAo4Xf8ScB82zXTb-pRt5dgA1tf6GEbO_XQ/w640-h426/IMG_8394.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I do declare - Emma,
Lady Hamilton, is something of a vamp.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzp4EMWRmVOyjHm8kY4IR4GuNFueEku3DtRAflcsf3WtsWuN1HRjaq95e2P1XEaTHLXA3gE1eyyVlKj5aTryFYO_2E4eetbr0JKl1e0awWD6HGZ78q_EzLQwwNUEQgJ-Btd149254zk3Na9mX1Pws5xDuKW0rS-8VviK5JFtBmp_I3AxD3K5aFAdBKg/s6000/IMG_8395.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGzp4EMWRmVOyjHm8kY4IR4GuNFueEku3DtRAflcsf3WtsWuN1HRjaq95e2P1XEaTHLXA3gE1eyyVlKj5aTryFYO_2E4eetbr0JKl1e0awWD6HGZ78q_EzLQwwNUEQgJ-Btd149254zk3Na9mX1Pws5xDuKW0rS-8VviK5JFtBmp_I3AxD3K5aFAdBKg/w426-h640/IMG_8395.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(Historically
accurate photograph of a merveilleuse wrangling her acres of silly skirt.)</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-58308929176085532672023-03-09T12:19:00.025-03:002023-06-16T19:15:52.782-04:00The Green Blob Goes Forth!<div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_O25nJ-qEYmlh2jhG-My__C_kJRHh3Ek086PXxxBo4antG4I3UUyjE7ybr383BaoirdnmuPIXVRXgjaq_UeoYhIqeLXXByIlZtiUBccbb_2sj9qlbksKtOCQUkbysF2vDxrrNAUqpdtVNienwfdZaFebcUjujIDv4ZcviP4e14iGsHDazKWXteTw00w/s4032/IMG_4360(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_O25nJ-qEYmlh2jhG-My__C_kJRHh3Ek086PXxxBo4antG4I3UUyjE7ybr383BaoirdnmuPIXVRXgjaq_UeoYhIqeLXXByIlZtiUBccbb_2sj9qlbksKtOCQUkbysF2vDxrrNAUqpdtVNienwfdZaFebcUjujIDv4ZcviP4e14iGsHDazKWXteTw00w/w300-h400/IMG_4360(1).jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>
About 3/4 of the way into the construction of the Green Blob, I went on
holidays!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vaxxed,
double-boosted, and in the heightened immunity window of having recently
recovered from the C myself, I flew off to Europe. Knowing I was heading to places with<span> </span>far
more scope for neoclassical backdrops than can be found in Iquique (known
neoclassical building<span> </span>count: zero), I
bundled the Green Blob into my suitcase and brought it along.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I
put the last stitches into the Green Blob on Malta, and very early one morning,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOTFxMCOvH-Mt0w-LdQXsAYQfQC-xty5Nd_gRqySR7mpTMonnL3PtIlnH3D-DmoiYnMVdaHY18NkGdAEVRiNgknddM4lU49LFWMomH1kI6N4fGCHdrhLJrcGjE6II9uysxNcUcmGTKVSN_3Hx7VEPb2U9BfHiimGJHQi4p7eB-5yH5xiHZrFsBixFeQ/s4032/IMG_5252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaOTFxMCOvH-Mt0w-LdQXsAYQfQC-xty5Nd_gRqySR7mpTMonnL3PtIlnH3D-DmoiYnMVdaHY18NkGdAEVRiNgknddM4lU49LFWMomH1kI6N4fGCHdrhLJrcGjE6II9uysxNcUcmGTKVSN_3Hx7VEPb2U9BfHiimGJHQi4p7eB-5yH5xiHZrFsBixFeQ/w480-h640/IMG_5252.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">before the heat rose up</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVv7kK2E-A_0p8kVOUZ_0ZHpiFJ5xgbrhomHY1HSGZ2BUT-riFWO3vwY-iwJkC8NzR0ED4goxSjYEUz56dYx5qnw08w0f-6XbR-kuq67XpLYrCHHFQt8wlcQpYQWNChnvkHoqPE_3259Ye0MojsvSwOKrn8UMJ-YfepyBjTk4U4guDZRlg2e1PqUC2zg/s4032/IMG_5251.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVv7kK2E-A_0p8kVOUZ_0ZHpiFJ5xgbrhomHY1HSGZ2BUT-riFWO3vwY-iwJkC8NzR0ED4goxSjYEUz56dYx5qnw08w0f-6XbR-kuq67XpLYrCHHFQt8wlcQpYQWNChnvkHoqPE_3259Ye0MojsvSwOKrn8UMJ-YfepyBjTk4U4guDZRlg2e1PqUC2zg/w480-h640/IMG_5251.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We drove over the hill to the parish church of Mellieha, and brought her out to show her off. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQxSUlLEr1yVcJCHGXjJX_7VRGOq5T_eJ2ufGmgmEDrMJvIZbN78I2BSr37LfN2SKBk1vvp1mhc1ovKwrFGNUUg0QP8DYKRhoPqa0WbPB83w5x2eQGXO9NDXjH9h3aTm76JZr-y-R50FQKrvrcM-RDqR71RUhOvciFbn5HzqN8CKZBG4m1bj6D-1AqQ/s6000/IMG_8383.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQxSUlLEr1yVcJCHGXjJX_7VRGOq5T_eJ2ufGmgmEDrMJvIZbN78I2BSr37LfN2SKBk1vvp1mhc1ovKwrFGNUUg0QP8DYKRhoPqa0WbPB83w5x2eQGXO9NDXjH9h3aTm76JZr-y-R50FQKrvrcM-RDqR71RUhOvciFbn5HzqN8CKZBG4m1bj6D-1AqQ/w640-h426/IMG_8383.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>
Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-66152590547262901712023-03-06T12:08:00.011-03:002023-06-16T19:14:37.907-04:00The Green Blob, a 1790s Gown : First Fitting and Sleeves<div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><b>First Fitting:</b></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br />
When I drafted the bodice of this gown, I wasn't sure where I wanted the
neckline to sit.<span> </span>Accordingly, I cut a
very shallow neckline, and once the gown body was assembled, ran a rudimentary
drawstring across the top of the neck, gathered up the bulk, and shoved wads of
fabric down the front of my stays until I had a level that I
liked.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyZ7FFRvM2DyDfXLjvI1QTaL_RSCcF3Cq9rxUSaEpW74X971bmwk7-1EH87sc4kjlQhJMhSQdVxcfU3TbpjaYX4k6QrTAenUhk4lWqV4HAw_WIemZgRp6ctxFhU6YOgpbc3TVWH_gslpCcfv3Ibd6eq0okv5I_CG-1nn74s_9plUjsNAkthQt79gNdA/s2007/IMG_3659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2007" data-original-width="1754" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyZ7FFRvM2DyDfXLjvI1QTaL_RSCcF3Cq9rxUSaEpW74X971bmwk7-1EH87sc4kjlQhJMhSQdVxcfU3TbpjaYX4k6QrTAenUhk4lWqV4HAw_WIemZgRp6ctxFhU6YOgpbc3TVWH_gslpCcfv3Ibd6eq0okv5I_CG-1nn74s_9plUjsNAkthQt79gNdA/w560-h640/IMG_3659.jpg" width="560" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Next step was the hem - I still didn't have an assistant, so I begged 15
minutes from my very busy neighbor and ran across the street in my bustled
petticoat and gown to have her put in some pins at the level where she reckoned
the gown ought to stop. In her full length mirror, the result was, well - </span></span></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEL4wBl8LqHrsmVeEheZHhRICDt_orqUb1c6piCOUAm6g0bueQdAunwUJvJiUb5wuioUHqpXd2_EgLyUBv6GeySItvRYvaC4U4UpaSMUstC2Y_NPtOl4iHS72zkcc-cOc-aVs8hTFjZrsoAEJGEea3PAG742E1htuNJjbG629lIMdeCcxCENqgZCZHkA/s4032/IMG_3654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEL4wBl8LqHrsmVeEheZHhRICDt_orqUb1c6piCOUAm6g0bueQdAunwUJvJiUb5wuioUHqpXd2_EgLyUBv6GeySItvRYvaC4U4UpaSMUstC2Y_NPtOl4iHS72zkcc-cOc-aVs8hTFjZrsoAEJGEea3PAG742E1htuNJjbG629lIMdeCcxCENqgZCZHkA/w480-h640/IMG_3654.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>
The gown had a LOT less flow than I had been expecting.<span> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fPGpsPwe_--g7CGQXXzHXriU-wL4nrOPA4ut7JW8b_eY7hxs37bWscFU8TcW3uWcUATJd7-0-QC5Jr2FGt5FZ0bVy0k2UKRy4DcVQ_av1Dv4SCdV_W6OSun-q29nyc8o6blwqZ9VgvAvtD4fj7mWJ6w23ZLs25k2aeok7mNDy5IqFRLTgXL_LLNT6g/s4032/IMG_3655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_fPGpsPwe_--g7CGQXXzHXriU-wL4nrOPA4ut7JW8b_eY7hxs37bWscFU8TcW3uWcUATJd7-0-QC5Jr2FGt5FZ0bVy0k2UKRy4DcVQ_av1Dv4SCdV_W6OSun-q29nyc8o6blwqZ9VgvAvtD4fj7mWJ6w23ZLs25k2aeok7mNDy5IqFRLTgXL_LLNT6g/w480-h640/IMG_3655.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This right here is a
perfect example of the effects of underpinnings on a gown.<span> </span>This particular under-petticoat was originally
built for a later mid-regency silhouette. I'd tacked on a little bustle pad at
the level of the 1790s back waist seam and expected all would be good - but
over the relatively stiff fabric of the petticoat, the yards of
gathered 1790s voile looked less like a classical goddess and more like a bale
of bedsheets. There was no DRAPE!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYYj0Qsgbl4sXcAD683G4BpoBCwRNPVbYL7StnYOJT5adsuZonn-4pK_bsaMlFlTlF0-lPk_kqdmrRVvVhUnbruS0GZrE2AlBUnJSy_BFnbGwjyuB2r2rx79feL08yV-JeOEJTnWkaF0lKfQKovvjhPyq6SYZ2PUrYZm-NXAf5jTD1Q1ctoUk54QTbQ/s4032/IMG_3656.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYYj0Qsgbl4sXcAD683G4BpoBCwRNPVbYL7StnYOJT5adsuZonn-4pK_bsaMlFlTlF0-lPk_kqdmrRVvVhUnbruS0GZrE2AlBUnJSy_BFnbGwjyuB2r2rx79feL08yV-JeOEJTnWkaF0lKfQKovvjhPyq6SYZ2PUrYZm-NXAf5jTD1Q1ctoUk54QTbQ/w480-h640/IMG_3656.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Making a mental addendum to ditch the under-petticoat, it was time to take care of the sleeves.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This gown is a
mashup between the American Duchess book and the American Duchess Simplicity
pattern. I worked from the AD book to draft the bodice, but by myself without a
mannequin, draping sleeves were NOT possible. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Accordingly, I
bought the AD simplicity pattern and took the sleeves and shoulder head from
that - and it was a disaster.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I don’t believe I was misreading the marks
and notches, but i ended up having to rotate the sleeve seam almost 3 inches up
the bodice to get it to fit the armscye, and attempts to formally redraft the
rotation went absolutely pear-shaped,<span>
</span>and no matter what I did, I never could get the sleeve to a point where
I could lift my arms more than about an inch.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fortunately, by the
time i actually needed to attach sleeves to the body of the gown, I had an
assistant again, and I took a very simple and direct approach:</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">i cut a very loose
sleeve with an overly large shoulder head and sewed it to the gown, then had my
assistant progressively pin out the fullness, making sure that I could still
move my arms at every step.<br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
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</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When i liked the
look, i stopped and transferred the markings to my pattern, and voila -a
sleeve.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ao1KkWQHZKC8Emq5gTN0CkLnv1nqe8uI1wS-U5BPz6JwaZutFJE55dRCunN56612_4-vAnPjRY_ryHi1QCJG36y1DU4-lGGGSXOhclWylTMOiWSVyjWkAKB9t8EvvK21Sbm5QWOY9dP9ce0FT_2IRC2Pv7JNWcyfcZ_lLu8cvhhFlcbQZg8DUMDN_w/s4032/IMG_4434.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ao1KkWQHZKC8Emq5gTN0CkLnv1nqe8uI1wS-U5BPz6JwaZutFJE55dRCunN56612_4-vAnPjRY_ryHi1QCJG36y1DU4-lGGGSXOhclWylTMOiWSVyjWkAKB9t8EvvK21Sbm5QWOY9dP9ce0FT_2IRC2Pv7JNWcyfcZ_lLu8cvhhFlcbQZg8DUMDN_w/w480-h640/IMG_4434.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><cite style="color: #595959; margin: 0in;"></cite></span></span></p>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-49580038989718223432023-03-02T09:30:00.011-03:002023-06-16T19:15:02.394-04:00The Green Blob, a 1790s Gown : Construction<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My 1790s wearable mockup gown is a mashup between the American Duchess
book, the American Duchess Simplicity pattern, and self-draped finicking
of what sort of might probably fit me.
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I had a lot of excellent initial help from my Mother-in-law fitting the
bodice, but after that it was down to me, and fitting a back by yourself
without a mannequin take AGES. It involves an awful lot of lacing up your stays, wrestling into your
mockup, twisting around sideways in front of the mirror and stabbing at
your back with a pencil, then wresting out of your mockup, making
optimistic guesses about what your pencil marks mean, discovering your
stay laces came undone, and RE-lacing your stays, wrestling into an
altered mockup, squinting at yourself sideways in the mirror, stabbing at
your back with a pencil -</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">-and doing it OVER and OVER again.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gown construction, a mixture of machine and hand-sewing, was reasonably
straightforward.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I sewed the back layers separately - fashion fabric and lining, then
pressed both, laid them wrong sides together, and stitched both to the
front lining at shoulders and side seams.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></span>
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I intended to cut the front bodice and skirts as one, so setting that fabric
aside, I sewed the back skirt to the back bodice.<br />
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<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">When i sew gathers on a machine, I like to sew three row of gathering
stitches:</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I mark a starting line perpendicular to the edge of the fabric, so that
each row starts as close to level with the others as possible, and then I
stitch -
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">One row just INSIDE the stitching line, a second row about half-way
between the first line and the edge of the fabric, and a third row the
same distance OUTSIDE the first gathering row.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></span>
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<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This technique keeps the gathers tight and parallel as you sew, and on
fine, tight fabric like this voile, it can give a pretty good machine-sewn
facsimile of stroked gathers!</span></span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Back skirts attached, I moved on to the fronts.<br /></span></span>
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<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It’s not that the bodice was so very small - it’s that the fabric was so
very large.<span> </span>Which was a good thing - the nasty stripes
of bleach were able to vanish into seams and tucks and where they twisted
sideways onto open fabric, be lost in the great green mass of gathering
that was this very silly gown.<br /></span></span>
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To cut the front - I laid the bodice lining pattern over the fabric, and
extended the front neckline out to the edge of the fashion fabric
panel.<span> </span><br />
After cutting, I sewed a 1/4 inch tuck for the a drawstring channel.
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I left the machine threads unknotted at Center Front so that I could hem
the front opening later on. For my next gown I'll hem the center front
BEFORE I sew the tuck, but at the time I still hadn't settled my final
neckline, and I was feeling iffy about hemming anything in that region.<br /></span></span>
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After I'd sewn the channel, I sewed the front of the gown to the back.
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This is where things got a bit iffy and not-quite-well-thought out.<span> </span>I folded the seam allowances of the front at the side bodice and the
shoulders, and whipped them down from the outside.<br />
Then, I lined up the skirt fronts against the skirt back and machine
stitched them.<span> </span>This involved a certain amount of
fiddling and hand-picking in the last inch or so below the point where the
skirts met the bodice, but it worked out and from the outside, looks very
neat and clean.<br /></span></span>
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One thing that did NOT work out was the shoulder seam. The bodice lining
was cut on the bias, but the fashion fabric was cut on the straight. Bias
stretches, straight does not, and when I lined the two up, there was a gap
where the fashion fabric did not come up high enough.<span>
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Fortunately, piecing is period - and a wedge of green voile (remembering
to<span> </span>keep the fabric grains consistent!) filled in the gap
nicely!<br /></span></span>
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Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-11300362269611881622023-02-27T15:15:00.063-03:002023-06-16T19:10:09.482-04:00Fabric Shopping in the 1790s<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My original plan for
2022 was to make a little 1790s capsule wardrobe - one pattern and three gowns that
would take me through any sort of event.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let’s see how THAT
worked out.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For Gown #1 , I had
a gorgeous greenish blue peacock taffeta from <a href="https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/">Burnley and Trowbridge</a>.
Unfortunately, when laid it out for cutting, i found that i was 1.5 yards of
taffeta short of a gown, no matter how i pieced. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Which was
dispiriting - BUT - a capsule wardrobe can always use an open robe, yes?</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"> </p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhYJZueeheBX81vdoBY_3a5DRlPb_hP7dFDbaMfek8m6Ue_wO3wk53KvUWHEkjT5ZEfamU9X3h2eQyxLRfZljZz6mIb1ysBtwWBFjW5f5uVhKdW4opU-9_Ib6Zy8FdUOeUOFmcraAbhFMLCN7f6DQPz0QYqhjkTctHIdhC8t9V8GkxSe0DBM64Rd3iQ/s4032/IMG_3146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhYJZueeheBX81vdoBY_3a5DRlPb_hP7dFDbaMfek8m6Ue_wO3wk53KvUWHEkjT5ZEfamU9X3h2eQyxLRfZljZz6mIb1ysBtwWBFjW5f5uVhKdW4opU-9_Ib6Zy8FdUOeUOFmcraAbhFMLCN7f6DQPz0QYqhjkTctHIdhC8t9V8GkxSe0DBM64Rd3iQ/w480-h640/IMG_3146.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In which case -
moving on to Gown #2, I had a length of striped white Burnley and Trowbridge
muslin for the basic white frock, but when i laid <i>it </i>out, I was, again,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that exact same more-than-a-yard short.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffTpGjKVmWr5ikzQy_FWYDVbnepFlG9eD5LUg4yCG6txHtETHMR6Alnoh6LhqqKAWXa83VgvGKMUO3Xdk3i6t5MECnn8LhaMCNH6WzjqyfwyZom2p_HuYLFaSQTSdoEUAUI565LhoRtv7LQU8GL3FAh5hLyEC6rpSIPLmIe73CrHmlwMgd30mfw7JSw/s1640/IMG_3357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1640" data-original-width="1230" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiffTpGjKVmWr5ikzQy_FWYDVbnepFlG9eD5LUg4yCG6txHtETHMR6Alnoh6LhqqKAWXa83VgvGKMUO3Xdk3i6t5MECnn8LhaMCNH6WzjqyfwyZom2p_HuYLFaSQTSdoEUAUI565LhoRtv7LQU8GL3FAh5hLyEC6rpSIPLmIe73CrHmlwMgd30mfw7JSw/w480-h640/IMG_3357.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clearly, when i did
my original fabric calculations, i was an idiot. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fortunately, the
fabric is still in stock at B&T, so i ordered more, and while it was
coming, moved on to Gown #3 -</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Fabric #3 was a soft
blue and white striped silk-cotton that I’d picked up at <a href="https://thefabricstoreonline.com/">The Fabric Store</a> in
Brisbane. Yardage would NOT be a problem - I had MASSES of the
stuff. Almost enough for two gowns, if I fancied it that way.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLigOoLcS013KSDJp2AnGhLnmadkl77kDnTI38DWy6Vb4ZYbteK36FDLy75vJwrbTA8PtAY18rODg8fb-VgpudJN7Kd1Jr4kuQbXlfqGYldSl4joojloT0czKk3AeVrpSkq-deOkluHpAZLZzDLLeHf3ti6u9B7GIvCUcTtEcdyLAf5QDYwHqxPgBhEg/s4032/IMG_0417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLigOoLcS013KSDJp2AnGhLnmadkl77kDnTI38DWy6Vb4ZYbteK36FDLy75vJwrbTA8PtAY18rODg8fb-VgpudJN7Kd1Jr4kuQbXlfqGYldSl4joojloT0czKk3AeVrpSkq-deOkluHpAZLZzDLLeHf3ti6u9B7GIvCUcTtEcdyLAf5QDYwHqxPgBhEg/w480-h640/IMG_0417.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rather triumphantly
I laid it out - and six hours later, I stood up again without having made a
single cut. I’d forgotten just how wicked slithery silk-cotton can
be. In all of those six hours, i hadn’t even managed to mark a straight
line. Even with the stripes to guide me - I’d measured and marked and pinned
and weighed it down with books, pots, furniture and even a solid metal bar I’d
found in the garage, and I still had not managed to mark a simple straight
reference line across the width.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The solution was straightforward but arduous - I needed to go buy a few bottles of spray starch
and turn that slithery stuff into cardboard. And when i say
arduous - based on my prior experience with silk cotton and spray starch and
given the yardage I needed, I was looking at a couple of afternoons with a
steamer and a starch bottle - </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And after all the
time i’d spent building a pattern block, I wanted to sew now!!</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">("And
anyway", said Mr Tabubil, and i could hear his eyes
rolling. "If you’re going for multiples, maybe you want to
start with a wearable mockup anyway? Hmm?")</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So. Knee-deep
in beautiful fabric I couldn’t use, I went shopping.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I happened to be in
Reno, Nevada, at the time, which was exciting - because THE place in Reno for fabric is
Mill End Fabrics. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mill End is an
interesting shop. They acquire the bulk of their stock from stores that are
going belly-up or going online-only, which means that the stock is a) irregular
and b) there’s never EVER another bolt in the back. What you see is
what you get, and what you usually get isn’t enough for what you need it for.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mill End had a lot
of cotton fabric in the right sort of weight, but almost all of it was
end-of-bolt-"Is 2 yards enough for you, sweetie?" situations.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After a lot of
digging, I did find something - a bolt with 6 yards of cotton voile in the most
enchanting shade of emerald green, and it was only $3.50/meter, which is a very
reasonable price, and I bought the lot.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I really should have
wondered a bit more at the price.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> After I got it home,
I saw that the selvage had been slashed into with scissors - about half an inch
deep, all the way along, like this:</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"> </p>
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could cut the panels a bit narrower. I’d have to fell the seams between skirt
panels, but that will work, no worries -<br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So i popped it in a
hot wash and a high spin cycle, and then I started to iron it dry.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">And look what I
found:</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"> </p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbva4k8EyT2HXt0GH--O2UnTLrINp6FEhKsA1imcU4_STWo6kwVAKCXNpHiaxkhNTeynHszL924vAp_5HakGtEiR6znOil46T3jAGjzi5x-CKS4lt3DE-qqGP9sirDWcel9Yo8tUeLuMHtiw4GlnJC_515slrPEVyl-LUuVPqFLrXE-AmnAo65wLO1XA/s4032/IMG_3022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbva4k8EyT2HXt0GH--O2UnTLrINp6FEhKsA1imcU4_STWo6kwVAKCXNpHiaxkhNTeynHszL924vAp_5HakGtEiR6znOil46T3jAGjzi5x-CKS4lt3DE-qqGP9sirDWcel9Yo8tUeLuMHtiw4GlnJC_515slrPEVyl-LUuVPqFLrXE-AmnAo65wLO1XA/w480-h640/IMG_3022.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A bleached-out line,
RIGHT down the middle of the whole piece. More or less.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes more,
sometimes less.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The line wanders.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Right down all six
bloody yards of it.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"> </p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sWmnAMGL5eXx7OZ7SX98RSfWrKrpRn9ePzvIQOFOJS3VWaguks7HkzDf0fhzQ7DRyBaXNgBmc-CZJMqEbk_1VrQyAStbPJdlR7oZx6U9JU2KrN1Y-KTtdYncVBJXUb7Z1-EIhfREhtqRp_O6WqpFcONztUnT46qqmG9HHoYo6SmUV2j9vTQ8r2_vPA/s4032/IMG_3024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7sWmnAMGL5eXx7OZ7SX98RSfWrKrpRn9ePzvIQOFOJS3VWaguks7HkzDf0fhzQ7DRyBaXNgBmc-CZJMqEbk_1VrQyAStbPJdlR7oZx6U9JU2KrN1Y-KTtdYncVBJXUb7Z1-EIhfREhtqRp_O6WqpFcONztUnT46qqmG9HHoYo6SmUV2j9vTQ8r2_vPA/w480-h640/IMG_3024.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
</div>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-37982045877724959592023-02-24T11:08:00.045-03:002023-06-16T19:09:03.687-04:00Here be Oranges (and a Lappet Cap)<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HrtAEZ7Cl33gqPfoqXRWs5_N-DSZgIoXu1wQ4XKvl3J0rc-bM2oOT65oojbHbVKdrru5X4BqIlyMJkqoWje40AijzSPrmuw2QTe1i1eUo6oi6Blgg7TteTOmmzsOWUOHIlVl5tqe35I8qhDzi86dEGhzOc2ff9PNwKRG4bvUdQ9l011cbWV4m6eSCw/s4032/IMG_3312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HrtAEZ7Cl33gqPfoqXRWs5_N-DSZgIoXu1wQ4XKvl3J0rc-bM2oOT65oojbHbVKdrru5X4BqIlyMJkqoWje40AijzSPrmuw2QTe1i1eUo6oi6Blgg7TteTOmmzsOWUOHIlVl5tqe35I8qhDzi86dEGhzOc2ff9PNwKRG4bvUdQ9l011cbWV4m6eSCw/w480-h640/IMG_3312.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;">I took my new linen English gown for a spin, and accessorized it with a basket
of oranges and my new Good Wives Linens lappet cap.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlNOEFcjs5IYxABd4T0T_Wu1TO5Z0AsH859A2niGl4PLNGwCWk2jJAI8SlkmsgsgzIvbbf-4QVntRsAyMvIiDohqvXkCZ4IqWBfgtpoBsKCbzuiEJJN3_J9cycXUYPyhTZFPBlPzDC3t5qUgwc7rB-isjKkMeHOtgnwnudfYQL-27t65ZxV3tA4Q10A/s4032/IMG_3303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlNOEFcjs5IYxABd4T0T_Wu1TO5Z0AsH859A2niGl4PLNGwCWk2jJAI8SlkmsgsgzIvbbf-4QVntRsAyMvIiDohqvXkCZ4IqWBfgtpoBsKCbzuiEJJN3_J9cycXUYPyhTZFPBlPzDC3t5qUgwc7rB-isjKkMeHOtgnwnudfYQL-27t65ZxV3tA4Q10A/w480-h640/IMG_3303.jpg" width="480" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></span></div></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oranges make a great
photo prop - they don't shatter, crumple, wilt, bend or break - and you can
take them home afterwards and make orange juice.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgj_kp67wm-73pfPb-zsLW6Fa7WtSWQJ4mfE6_HTz4hD6vVh_WGxYr16z-_FLR556ye9UqATI-zHDdb7icE25_b6vqjEsr1kNwVwvAE8HxdRUp_QPMeGoqEHjJOdv362ZSgufMyNVzczHTQuwWhEwzWrggJfvLk-xWYnaAA3aoDxBWyHc881Bep1Eeow/s3444/IMG_3334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3444" data-original-width="2916" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgj_kp67wm-73pfPb-zsLW6Fa7WtSWQJ4mfE6_HTz4hD6vVh_WGxYr16z-_FLR556ye9UqATI-zHDdb7icE25_b6vqjEsr1kNwVwvAE8HxdRUp_QPMeGoqEHjJOdv362ZSgufMyNVzczHTQuwWhEwzWrggJfvLk-xWYnaAA3aoDxBWyHc881Bep1Eeow/w542-h640/IMG_3334.jpg" width="542" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
Short summary (because costuming takes a village):<span> </span> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lappet Cap pattern by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/999856868/mrs-sandby-18th-century-lappet-cap?click_key=9da2248d4a411d78f2a5cd974251df77f4a509b9%3A999856868&click_sum=cf3c749d&ref=shop_home_recs_2&crt=1">Good Wives Linens</a>,
Basket woven locally and oranges sourced in the Terminal Agropecuario de
Iquique.<span> </span> Gown<span> </span>draped on me by Brooke Welborn and sewn from striped
linen from <a href="https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/">Burnley and Trowbridge</a>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yes, I need to take the cuffs off and
re-stitch them an inch lower on my elbow, but that is for another day. Today is for orange juice.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndDfp3Nu3EUR_CIHpzYervlAXtgZCbtbnUg1bRrBFYDV-WJZsOoykL4ghhxuWETnwhYqHtGC-N0tmps5tuj7sfS-dff1nidtmkOn_gsMtyGaIIfT2G3t83FngLcF70h4tkD_sEJ-_MsEUyajiBAU4jJRRMUXs0e_FtsCvUDEclZgCU4EvmrBu2Vz3QA/s4032/IMG_3338.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndDfp3Nu3EUR_CIHpzYervlAXtgZCbtbnUg1bRrBFYDV-WJZsOoykL4ghhxuWETnwhYqHtGC-N0tmps5tuj7sfS-dff1nidtmkOn_gsMtyGaIIfT2G3t83FngLcF70h4tkD_sEJ-_MsEUyajiBAU4jJRRMUXs0e_FtsCvUDEclZgCU4EvmrBu2Vz3QA/w480-h640/IMG_3338.jpg" width="480" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></div></div><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-38125606653320976872023-02-21T10:44:00.017-03:002023-06-16T19:07:44.068-04:00A Very Serious Lappet Cap<div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is absolutely no secret that I love the cap patterns from <a href="https://www.goodwiveslinens.com/">Good Wives Linens</a>. <br />
They are well drafted, meticulously researched, easy to put together, and her
pattern releases always seem to synchronize with the cap I'm personally
wanting!<br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
For example - I wanted a mid-18th century lappet cap, and Good Wives Linens
released the Mrs Sandby cap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perfect
synchronicity of purpose.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Caps are good
late-evening sewing projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don't
have to be fitted, you hem all the bits individually, and do the whipping of
gathers and assembly afterwards - proof against all fools but the ones who don't
just sew at night, but do their measuring late at night as well. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">(That fool would be me, in case I'm being too subtle for you here. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At least piecing is
period, and "whack it off with scissors" solves everything.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">)</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCj04CxPcO9zlCC-KDIfJTYE4lDiHL7ushpnNGPb-1ylNFSS2ai8YHi3ofz7jhD8-km0rufEAy6sD6JCBNTivjP3sRzgjbcVKanSRIUZKldCmPEqkfg6E_4sIGj-1gB_EIRK90mSbi2Qtda6352eVjGr7g-VyBr0EICs1pkbXW7aQhmRng9j3gwTYwkA/s1374/Fixed%20Whipped%20Hem.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1374" data-original-width="1228" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCj04CxPcO9zlCC-KDIfJTYE4lDiHL7ushpnNGPb-1ylNFSS2ai8YHi3ofz7jhD8-km0rufEAy6sD6JCBNTivjP3sRzgjbcVKanSRIUZKldCmPEqkfg6E_4sIGj-1gB_EIRK90mSbi2Qtda6352eVjGr7g-VyBr0EICs1pkbXW7aQhmRng9j3gwTYwkA/w573-h640/Fixed%20Whipped%20Hem.JPG" width="573" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hemming (eventually, with pit stops for repairs) done, I whipped the ruffle to the band - </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEm0-D-AmIL3Z8-tvIUNKE25ZPv1rsECXXIVqJn97cF2efXEXKrbkLnU3kg0b029Byv_wPYX1zfphyU8L7JDd4m9qkpS1JJ9-VVPD0_Lbfhr5lv0wJg656BmydJQ97Ftl1GuEafdFnTLV5tKbeOWzDBkMINme97vLAamsBLYpmF4Y211U-Vk9Wvn14g/s4032/IMG_5064.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEm0-D-AmIL3Z8-tvIUNKE25ZPv1rsECXXIVqJn97cF2efXEXKrbkLnU3kg0b029Byv_wPYX1zfphyU8L7JDd4m9qkpS1JJ9-VVPD0_Lbfhr5lv0wJg656BmydJQ97Ftl1GuEafdFnTLV5tKbeOWzDBkMINme97vLAamsBLYpmF4Y211U-Vk9Wvn14g/w480-h640/IMG_5064.JPG" width="480" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and the band to the caul.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_FRQscRaPibsVPSphRiONo52mrpwQkRFi9HToSlw9hAST8tRVB7d7MNXYzhJGf1w4f7QkbHX4aoE-fUdnIWyyg2AlVK-4Oa3ymDXnaXOFyg8D1iukBiSJN0PSXIbQruYBtRSWVa5nN6YDx58TXMyjTKoCVwfXeCai5tmA0RW3om6t5Ve94MVp1nl7A/s4032/IMG_1892.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH_FRQscRaPibsVPSphRiONo52mrpwQkRFi9HToSlw9hAST8tRVB7d7MNXYzhJGf1w4f7QkbHX4aoE-fUdnIWyyg2AlVK-4Oa3ymDXnaXOFyg8D1iukBiSJN0PSXIbQruYBtRSWVa5nN6YDx58TXMyjTKoCVwfXeCai5tmA0RW3om6t5Ve94MVp1nl7A/w480-h640/IMG_1892.jpg" width="480" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span>
</p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And then I had a cap.<br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihQCFkHmgUET-Ckpx-YrlK1cF1ll_27NvAy19VczytymY8ZDVbeVCEbcc0zm5vMFuUziSGG_PCwVMN_SmACAqi_X5ItIs8XBooP1dGDg4gGHJQWhwGZr8kv1EPJVGIFaXH7pmIPEuYdyalSgR0ERCxCEnBnpiqG4pDNMModt1zhTRrJ4-b9EuMQtm4A/s3108/IMG_3417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3108" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihQCFkHmgUET-Ckpx-YrlK1cF1ll_27NvAy19VczytymY8ZDVbeVCEbcc0zm5vMFuUziSGG_PCwVMN_SmACAqi_X5ItIs8XBooP1dGDg4gGHJQWhwGZr8kv1EPJVGIFaXH7pmIPEuYdyalSgR0ERCxCEnBnpiqG4pDNMModt1zhTRrJ4-b9EuMQtm4A/w622-h640/IMG_3417.jpg" width="622" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And what a cap!</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8lOdBUnm07u7_GI6qGIEs8D5rB6D2Ky36-wDBbDjrVxMlcye5gRsjMAYpx7EdPkvqel_czElTKLdTfADcEjORfG2kxRIFL-9davl3URcbu6nUtG_Aa2TIuxtScbzdnaINCyqxEsidoX8tPw9z4ho13h12iBf5a0dxAthK02e5Xp4UZn_xHYVtiU0yA/s3088/IMG_3415.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8lOdBUnm07u7_GI6qGIEs8D5rB6D2Ky36-wDBbDjrVxMlcye5gRsjMAYpx7EdPkvqel_czElTKLdTfADcEjORfG2kxRIFL-9davl3URcbu6nUtG_Aa2TIuxtScbzdnaINCyqxEsidoX8tPw9z4ho13h12iBf5a0dxAthK02e5Xp4UZn_xHYVtiU0yA/w480-h640/IMG_3415.jpg" width="480" /></a></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I look like I’ve been
tossed, dressed and served up on a starched linen platter for the ecclesiastically discerning, but i am very VERY serious about it indeed.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5e7-OPh_KlvCBLzQiMYOdClDRRtQiu61hd_7uw-CcdtuIhBIus9u9QVobanYpQ9Zhl0V59HFXKXEWVfDuH8tVtICL3YIRSnk9S_skes8_v86fQE_7GruK9sN9NZeSb_bG30gxKXCyFWtVi0uTHDZFmFCeCLJuaCup4GL7zUEbjPWTFZOG0OAg47JdmQ/s3088/IMG_3445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5e7-OPh_KlvCBLzQiMYOdClDRRtQiu61hd_7uw-CcdtuIhBIus9u9QVobanYpQ9Zhl0V59HFXKXEWVfDuH8tVtICL3YIRSnk9S_skes8_v86fQE_7GruK9sN9NZeSb_bG30gxKXCyFWtVi0uTHDZFmFCeCLJuaCup4GL7zUEbjPWTFZOG0OAg47JdmQ/w480-h640/IMG_3445.jpg" width="480" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p></div>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-4770299161034169202023-01-06T20:25:00.017-03:002023-06-16T19:03:42.105-04:00The Mitts of Discontent Part 2: Construction<div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Several days later, after I had recuperated from the gastro, and unpicked the
mitts fabric from my pyjamas, I chastely and sedately finished embroidering the
second pair.<span> </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
I also sewed that pair to my pyjamas, three times, but that is entirely
incidental to this story and has no bearing on my sewing competence. At all. <br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
And then I cut.<span> </span>Linen is wicked
slippery, even when starched, and I hate cutting it. Possibly that is why I
chose to make a second pair of mitts, so that I would enjoy cutting at least ONE pair of 'em.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzl7Sv7VpisgCWQPmJ5YH0HpvnNbROFFfhIjWpvoMlkvvh0J3xb73KVSDTpujgdebLt-SlqI69Mqqzgn2yRpa2EH70Zpxvyt2qxenSztLNQ-r34SaR4HIvM0_pI4PlubocyCbP1nlY1h-nwkeFHd3OuYFNsP9MoWRHrdxuKCRamCAUAS4Olo63plpHg/s2766/IMG_2723(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="2185" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzl7Sv7VpisgCWQPmJ5YH0HpvnNbROFFfhIjWpvoMlkvvh0J3xb73KVSDTpujgdebLt-SlqI69Mqqzgn2yRpa2EH70Zpxvyt2qxenSztLNQ-r34SaR4HIvM0_pI4PlubocyCbP1nlY1h-nwkeFHd3OuYFNsP9MoWRHrdxuKCRamCAUAS4Olo63plpHg/w506-h640/IMG_2723(1).jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The linen napkins were slightly too small for the pattern, so I ended up
piecing the corners.<span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCa6_vqb9NM3-b8l-5daztnBh60_F_DLJtxIhAgRLrtbs4iuOVr620NcVzsfzj64sE0KVUyybOqagR7BJv3-cBE6AgHIbla8z0fPy7u-02A_e-VFjjoEx8PpgdKATV58g_6UqlC_OD3e7nJiegx4UnTtc2eQLLke2YFz8_PHvFy5WB4E9gmZUnREHH4A/s4032/IMG_2700.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCa6_vqb9NM3-b8l-5daztnBh60_F_DLJtxIhAgRLrtbs4iuOVr620NcVzsfzj64sE0KVUyybOqagR7BJv3-cBE6AgHIbla8z0fPy7u-02A_e-VFjjoEx8PpgdKATV58g_6UqlC_OD3e7nJiegx4UnTtc2eQLLke2YFz8_PHvFy5WB4E9gmZUnREHH4A/w480-h640/IMG_2700.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.entropyhouse.com/penwiper/costumes/mitts-napkin.html " target="_blank">Entropy House</a> has a very good description
of pieced mitts - make sure you keep your seam allowances and your grain
directions, and everything will be fine!</span></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
The pieced pieces were stitched and felled, </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67IgESevbSLw3o4rue0RKxfsG-T_9UCjeoW8lYvq2wQdmXbT-Na-J4GFi1VbLh3g6HoyApC0yMk0kEnX_-gq-VICp1MMQIY5VjNI7bE-OxRbKmACLbBgmMV7SnOGPYjs-XV7_bFo6ERa4WZ5a6ufvkFEI4PBx3OhlzwkachmS5Fm270pnr_TZFFZEWw/s4032/IMG_2744.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh67IgESevbSLw3o4rue0RKxfsG-T_9UCjeoW8lYvq2wQdmXbT-Na-J4GFi1VbLh3g6HoyApC0yMk0kEnX_-gq-VICp1MMQIY5VjNI7bE-OxRbKmACLbBgmMV7SnOGPYjs-XV7_bFo6ERa4WZ5a6ufvkFEI4PBx3OhlzwkachmS5Fm270pnr_TZFFZEWw/w480-h640/IMG_2744.JPG" width="480" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">then the side seams were
stitched and felled, the points were sewn, the thumb pieces were finished - </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZIDekcQIft5FRGKPlL719oT3mM5l7krrCb0DTrMPEIh-hdDHT_cDcXzza33pFNFxIccqSL2Q1DpCve-Jbcbvq0X2hhgcu1V_bRCDQDYnL3L_CJdx9GsAQ8SQ6SL2UmLsi9fCSdIj-T00lfZcBA6cXZbpgmQtTPAzQUkop5aXUUv-PNy2gov81o8pnA/s2000/VNRO4240.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWZIDekcQIft5FRGKPlL719oT3mM5l7krrCb0DTrMPEIh-hdDHT_cDcXzza33pFNFxIccqSL2Q1DpCve-Jbcbvq0X2hhgcu1V_bRCDQDYnL3L_CJdx9GsAQ8SQ6SL2UmLsi9fCSdIj-T00lfZcBA6cXZbpgmQtTPAzQUkop5aXUUv-PNy2gov81o8pnA/w360-h640/VNRO4240.JPG" width="360" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
And the thumbs were attached, following the instructions on the B&T mitts
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmzQd-zc3do" target="_blank">sew-along video</a>. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79qg0koby0kNkzQ_hQuOv9C3BBMFX2ducLA_vv3YaphhKUdcgVtQq-LtY4y1ANcslhGUa0cb0x_yZJ5YEuPVRhlb7vKPvvBtSByu6Blrbn-8K9IqN5zhMualC14-BcDOZG-_YoqEwkEDRqm7_cT6l1BYZr7xlpDGANg8Mz5TcUjW6yzxFsU9XkKUqXw/s4032/IMG_2947.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79qg0koby0kNkzQ_hQuOv9C3BBMFX2ducLA_vv3YaphhKUdcgVtQq-LtY4y1ANcslhGUa0cb0x_yZJ5YEuPVRhlb7vKPvvBtSByu6Blrbn-8K9IqN5zhMualC14-BcDOZG-_YoqEwkEDRqm7_cT6l1BYZr7xlpDGANg8Mz5TcUjW6yzxFsU9XkKUqXw/w480-h640/IMG_2947.JPG" width="480" /></a></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsourrZUh96gZme1YdzXpi-s09ybxM_5mZiTb1M1uDfP63QJbN2uqHEKVjb_jtGL4l_I4pSwm-_uvVx4yBAF6Wz5dvp49NO10kgMse6sr629YUztfVH8v7_ZFqw4y3sDJBSRofBZXJ-1vf9Ugaqhb3nMIhEe4JOCD1A9unCa5AIdq7XvnQ8nKuwKq-A/s4032/IMG_2956.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSsourrZUh96gZme1YdzXpi-s09ybxM_5mZiTb1M1uDfP63QJbN2uqHEKVjb_jtGL4l_I4pSwm-_uvVx4yBAF6Wz5dvp49NO10kgMse6sr629YUztfVH8v7_ZFqw4y3sDJBSRofBZXJ-1vf9Ugaqhb3nMIhEe4JOCD1A9unCa5AIdq7XvnQ8nKuwKq-A/w480-h640/IMG_2956.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I hemmed the bottoms of the mitts,<span> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and then I tried my mitts on.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clever readers will
already have noticed what I had managed to completely miss until the mitts were
already sewn and on my hands. I had seriously mis-positioned my mitt points. </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPG8uIlymK7-yVOHt4mHrcIKqtcTRwLlzLyPcw2ua0gD965M5SrwA76nxDVHp-liQMUY-_8wHxOmSuolI4auThc9u78t_-j3n24matroZZvmzDBSUH8ZRSLN59NqCSiYCEb2PHumM3zf-fZBSlj0A-m6x4orhVfj8LiC5K-nseAlseC59uY-B8OL9m0g/s4032/IMG_2747.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPG8uIlymK7-yVOHt4mHrcIKqtcTRwLlzLyPcw2ua0gD965M5SrwA76nxDVHp-liQMUY-_8wHxOmSuolI4auThc9u78t_-j3n24matroZZvmzDBSUH8ZRSLN59NqCSiYCEb2PHumM3zf-fZBSlj0A-m6x4orhVfj8LiC5K-nseAlseC59uY-B8OL9m0g/w480-h640/IMG_2747.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Mitt points are supposed to be
balanced over the flat of the back of the knuckles, but mine were wandering off
sideways into my palm.<span> </span>And they were too
small. And too pointy.<span> </span>I hated
them.</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><br />
</span>I re-cut them to try and recenter the point, but it made them even
pointier, </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">and<span> </span>I only hated them
worse.<span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRE_rk1coKmftRCBFi5Zn8TYyDm3Fh0nRROM8QhXk3NSVmmlWyD00-P6B5VtMvvL409oTTde5sykyLPxuOzekxB67JE18w6V8wOnYZOitO2cEH_f-OF1zr3XycsYSmR3USlJItlQaqXQ_7WGvhCseOnqbvpVCwnMBgPnxGVk5W_qsfPsnIbIr9KGIGVg/s4032/IMG_2957.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRE_rk1coKmftRCBFi5Zn8TYyDm3Fh0nRROM8QhXk3NSVmmlWyD00-P6B5VtMvvL409oTTde5sykyLPxuOzekxB67JE18w6V8wOnYZOitO2cEH_f-OF1zr3XycsYSmR3USlJItlQaqXQ_7WGvhCseOnqbvpVCwnMBgPnxGVk5W_qsfPsnIbIr9KGIGVg/w480-h640/IMG_2957.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span> </span>Looking back now at the photos of
the new points, they were perfectly respectable and okay, but in one of those late-night
really clever sewing moments, I cut them off.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TC-ot2PvHG4m8nYqvXO3HY6FIVgZ_SnBOuAMZKVW_0ryAesOK7yPfvo78D8cEihVP5N5ahTkdIkRcjaMbr6Z8ALZ-Qanb89x3OKB6cVOYnq9zaGEnQ_b1TWo7xMSfKgNPyn_fZaDyM0Tj5iWub9PUUXJhY5bXaU2vQa7sFp9rcZ7WnXFRgGqHKZ7nQ/s4032/IMG_2964.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2TC-ot2PvHG4m8nYqvXO3HY6FIVgZ_SnBOuAMZKVW_0ryAesOK7yPfvo78D8cEihVP5N5ahTkdIkRcjaMbr6Z8ALZ-Qanb89x3OKB6cVOYnq9zaGEnQ_b1TWo7xMSfKgNPyn_fZaDyM0Tj5iWub9PUUXJhY5bXaU2vQa7sFp9rcZ7WnXFRgGqHKZ7nQ/w480-h640/IMG_2964.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And I liked the
mitts like that - pointless. </span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxo3QSwMvv55AyR202uAMHpbW5y8cxen9qSJdns8fiWh5adtPAfr1GqAH7ktlbekSK1f4LYoGvvTehfp1BfJ_4YwZIii1b_ORh4oLgJdb6HylNvHE5Bwj3pG3o3don1TR0Q4g5qWaYvkmvPQzM_f0WwICJoKx0HQp1okJ6mEK8XDryJi3WupJSsqhjyg/s4032/IMG_2958.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxo3QSwMvv55AyR202uAMHpbW5y8cxen9qSJdns8fiWh5adtPAfr1GqAH7ktlbekSK1f4LYoGvvTehfp1BfJ_4YwZIii1b_ORh4oLgJdb6HylNvHE5Bwj3pG3o3don1TR0Q4g5qWaYvkmvPQzM_f0WwICJoKx0HQp1okJ6mEK8XDryJi3WupJSsqhjyg/w480-h640/IMG_2958.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">They were elegant and clean - but as I
was reminded, only really appropriate that way for the mid 1790s onward, which
is WHY one doesn't make late night decisions with scissors. </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">However, with a clean slate, I was now able to draft the points I really wanted
-<span> </span>nice happy rounded summer points.<span> </span>I stitched them and I sewed them on, and I
felled the seams, and I had MITTS.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
Happy, lightweight summer mitts.</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFLaWUQZfyaUaYRAoALa421QmvvCUu_Pl3HoYV_NwJYOA2gojodpJmL6bSqcELcYKezg_OmO0EY0n_TAv213IA_Um4y21g7C6Kgiu_YJ6P5-WTjfK5i6J2Vlm11nOpwMkztj99U7SR9mD0B4Wg6NXYC3MucYLYsg4OKWqC4B5FjHDOdAqcWvqRgMbCQ/s4032/IMG_3060.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFLaWUQZfyaUaYRAoALa421QmvvCUu_Pl3HoYV_NwJYOA2gojodpJmL6bSqcELcYKezg_OmO0EY0n_TAv213IA_Um4y21g7C6Kgiu_YJ6P5-WTjfK5i6J2Vlm11nOpwMkztj99U7SR9mD0B4Wg6NXYC3MucYLYsg4OKWqC4B5FjHDOdAqcWvqRgMbCQ/w480-h640/IMG_3060.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div>
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</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">And</span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUZZlR4meD_KVDYzoUmeo2rNRtNVQ6D__IeT2owOjpT-syHKUOEkT8sLg3wV8kPspneXR3TgpPYwMwWI1gRmJQWrfyLXzXcdzYDWspghdyIr1FhbIYCTFAjKJZWlHgvtn66xA-ewHMH2gPs2UFS6jNi_mEIIFQbfHNGMHGE6yzP-JtTdfkP5uf4Nb1w/s4032/IMG_3061.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUZZlR4meD_KVDYzoUmeo2rNRtNVQ6D__IeT2owOjpT-syHKUOEkT8sLg3wV8kPspneXR3TgpPYwMwWI1gRmJQWrfyLXzXcdzYDWspghdyIr1FhbIYCTFAjKJZWlHgvtn66xA-ewHMH2gPs2UFS6jNi_mEIIFQbfHNGMHGE6yzP-JtTdfkP5uf4Nb1w/w480-h640/IMG_3061.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rich, saturated Christmas mitts.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3R0NIQlOb961lE-QxUG5KLQnF9SFwVz4luJFHEW-ZTbERy4HlZZwlmfhHdrDkguc9vEoiEdoBXKwH-Cz1OYu9l4ckTz5bH9xejJoyfTzWCr2JTgYU9ERzXfkagk-yTTcCwkMJ-bi2MG_eYoE2odmgUtnKpZvCrhs37W_tsss2sIpuLCtehuWkVnw2A/s4032/IMG_3115.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje3R0NIQlOb961lE-QxUG5KLQnF9SFwVz4luJFHEW-ZTbERy4HlZZwlmfhHdrDkguc9vEoiEdoBXKwH-Cz1OYu9l4ckTz5bH9xejJoyfTzWCr2JTgYU9ERzXfkagk-yTTcCwkMJ-bi2MG_eYoE2odmgUtnKpZvCrhs37W_tsss2sIpuLCtehuWkVnw2A/w480-h640/IMG_3115.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I felt mildly contented about it!</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">
</span></span>Tabubilgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12649863258781206012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558320864344553407.post-4684279237393504972023-01-03T09:00:00.012-03:002023-06-16T19:03:30.889-04:00The Linen Mitts of Discontent<div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcUP4uRVmhNbFk1TDDHIIV03I49AG9WC3wexmBLIRjWUDUhmCbX2oB5ynh6chDyY9XKFHTxV7RV0xVxwk-Qms3SDwFGjwqv0TzKqkpY24TpA04EOFTMANlWjiBRiPqqbXpsWKzDZ1Qi4FTmZfE8zdOi0XYhnLh9sBxSLM6eQ30Lek3Vg9vp-K-gyqBw/s2000/GKLM7207.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1125" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcUP4uRVmhNbFk1TDDHIIV03I49AG9WC3wexmBLIRjWUDUhmCbX2oB5ynh6chDyY9XKFHTxV7RV0xVxwk-Qms3SDwFGjwqv0TzKqkpY24TpA04EOFTMANlWjiBRiPqqbXpsWKzDZ1Qi4FTmZfE8zdOi0XYhnLh9sBxSLM6eQ30Lek3Vg9vp-K-gyqBw/w360-h640/GKLM7207.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I am a genius! And it only took 10
iterations to get there.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>
</span></span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Some time ago I was gifted a pair of large purple linen napkins. I knew exactly
what I wanted to do with them, but it took me several years to get around to it
- until I was living in a coastal city in the driest desert in the world, where
the summer sun is FIERCE.<span> </span>I have the
sort of skin that blisters and peels and goes straight back to blistering
again, so up here in Iquique, a pair of light linen mitts was, at last, exactly
what I needed.<br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">There are some
excellent kits and patterns for 18th Century Mitts available with a quick
google search, but i wanted to draft my own. Happily, there are equally excellent resources on the google for drafting your own mitt pattern - notably the excellent tutorial by <a href="https://sewloud.wordpress.com/2019/01/28/a-recipe-for-18th-century-mitts/" target="_blank">Sew-Loud</a>.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br />
I found that drafting the base shape went quite quickly, and then the pattering
came down to a long process of fine-tuning - small iterative changes to the
thumb and point placement. <br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn7iRuibU-LRhqOANsSZCbm6D9v4UEsS8_tm8cl5Y-Wb3VlsAFaaVVdBD2P5emsbwNLfYofakErvtgwTrrQPFAM494EV9ZvUxotL7ZwicQiBL1lgVHhgBcVOnePGUbPmW4w2W6bmo8lfslPK5X6NdMoCSFd7g70p5ol7PBETN9SgCpFnz0L10xXBBrQ/s4032/IMG_2545.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGn7iRuibU-LRhqOANsSZCbm6D9v4UEsS8_tm8cl5Y-Wb3VlsAFaaVVdBD2P5emsbwNLfYofakErvtgwTrrQPFAM494EV9ZvUxotL7ZwicQiBL1lgVHhgBcVOnePGUbPmW4w2W6bmo8lfslPK5X6NdMoCSFd7g70p5ol7PBETN9SgCpFnz0L10xXBBrQ/w480-h640/IMG_2545.JPG" width="480" /> </a></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span>
</p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
Once I had my final mitt design, I unpicked and pressed the fabric, and traced
it onto paper - making sure that I had proper seam allowances not only on the
side seam where my mockups were stitched, but on the top and bottom edges as
well. It is surprisingly easy to forget that.<span> <br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOp3WMpKAglYR5Idg_irjYOW7OQWgWWx0R6g-5EYknP2i93FIaFohcc1bP9DoAueyGCImVamveEiBvec0V30cDG4EUt7Pu-9_cQhP56Jgt9M1XD5dHt5_KRc6779IrnIRkhGLEll_-FzThnT74VibtsfKnP1H3T9Z9GNoTyZ6XzMMqttXdxDv4LXIrA/s4032/IMG_2533.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOp3WMpKAglYR5Idg_irjYOW7OQWgWWx0R6g-5EYknP2i93FIaFohcc1bP9DoAueyGCImVamveEiBvec0V30cDG4EUt7Pu-9_cQhP56Jgt9M1XD5dHt5_KRc6779IrnIRkhGLEll_-FzThnT74VibtsfKnP1H3T9Z9GNoTyZ6XzMMqttXdxDv4LXIrA/w480-h640/IMG_2533.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> <br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
And then I traced!<br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Somewhere along the
way,<span> </span>I had dug up some red kona cotton
and decided I needed a pair of bright Christmas mitts as well as light linen
ones.<span> </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span> </span><br />
(Gratuitous historical note: While there are documented examples of unlined
cotton mitts out there, the extant ones of which I am personally aware are all pale, neutral
colors.<span> </span>I don’t know of any dark cotton
mitts, but cotton was what I had - so that's what I sewed.</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Regardless, the "red-green-gold means
Christmas" scheme only became the default later on during the 19th
Century, so 'Christmas' mitts were already a big helping of happy what-the-heck.<span> </span>Hurrah!) <br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
<br />
Tracing done, it was time to embroider. I very sensibly (I thought) decided to embroider the mitts before I
cut, so that I could keep the fabric taut in an embroidery
hoop.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
<br />
When it comes to embroidering mitts, there are no limits. From a simple
tambour hem to full-body polychrome embroidery, the sky's only where it STARTS. I was in a hurry to get these done, so I
chose a very simple motfi:<span> </span>- three
lines of chain stitch down the back of the hand - a common design that would
embroider up very quickly so that I could get on with the work of sewing the
mitts up.<br />
<br />
HA.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbL4sXZjtNPe7RlfT6w8K4o2Sx14NNiwqX5sGXx7_tf34Ngng7gVLW-s-XD6op4ZzAjdOT7yTcmV-WNfFbEyhNht62Tv8Li6d6P94f0MBfjOvHoKytcKMeIGjyJq67_OTSTjSjAgu-KzA8u0eddudrfGxns_QKGZrGbkm4NMTdGDFCxHuqZUrGAQJ3EQ/s4032/IMG_2681.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbL4sXZjtNPe7RlfT6w8K4o2Sx14NNiwqX5sGXx7_tf34Ngng7gVLW-s-XD6op4ZzAjdOT7yTcmV-WNfFbEyhNht62Tv8Li6d6P94f0MBfjOvHoKytcKMeIGjyJq67_OTSTjSjAgu-KzA8u0eddudrfGxns_QKGZrGbkm4NMTdGDFCxHuqZUrGAQJ3EQ/w480-h640/IMG_2681.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> Oh yes, I did.<span> </span>I really really
did.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></div><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRz6EKzwzHL-b1qTcf33Oz7lTXiPw-vtU6Xbv0gzZvvNHP4GLebkrscF-3YYTOGCSl7XRKDUz4bW0h2P5iVNcUW3AT-GnNWEdX50Ll3mtmEDIGG9J_RvOLd0n5xcUxmN1P5Nio7hmeRogQe9aWibhShTxMJRT0-FY6zF1KWuVLIL4E8pIu9Z_iyJ_pA/s4032/IMG_2683.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWRz6EKzwzHL-b1qTcf33Oz7lTXiPw-vtU6Xbv0gzZvvNHP4GLebkrscF-3YYTOGCSl7XRKDUz4bW0h2P5iVNcUW3AT-GnNWEdX50Ll3mtmEDIGG9J_RvOLd0n5xcUxmN1P5Nio7hmeRogQe9aWibhShTxMJRT0-FY6zF1KWuVLIL4E8pIu9Z_iyJ_pA/w480-h640/IMG_2683.JPG" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
And then I did it again.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The same evening I set down to embroider my mitts, I came down with an attack
of gastroenteritis. When you're busy leaping up and down off the sofa all
evening, embroidering a pair of mitts is definitely EXACTLY what you should be
doing.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dIo4eL-pYFCELwS8lH4Kdw1BgbXkVIdyKhdDNM4XS8k9oo9PhhI859ud4YpIuhdDIAQIItnFsIMlDCOIAxQ269xVdZPIMkp3XftwYXap-2b0O87acztA79hfidckdUDTVHN9wJtdh4lbERFkWFIXiMHzpZkcQK7bD40q2l5xZT3lo6l4Qmk499R0dQ/s4032/IMG_2685.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3dIo4eL-pYFCELwS8lH4Kdw1BgbXkVIdyKhdDNM4XS8k9oo9PhhI859ud4YpIuhdDIAQIItnFsIMlDCOIAxQ269xVdZPIMkp3XftwYXap-2b0O87acztA79hfidckdUDTVHN9wJtdh4lbERFkWFIXiMHzpZkcQK7bD40q2l5xZT3lo6l4Qmk499R0dQ/w480-h640/IMG_2685.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
I'll take my wobbly chain stitch for 100, Alex…<br /></span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
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</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">
The gastro won.<span> </span>I quit.</span></span><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><p style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in; text-align: left;">
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