by Aimee | Aug 12, 2014 | Miscellany
The Drop is finally here! If you have toys to drop ready to go, my hope is that we can coordinate one big, worldwide drop this week (August 11-17). When you drop a toy, log it anonymously here, and I’ll report back with how many smiles we spread with this...
by Aimee | Jul 8, 2014 | Miscellany
The first batch of toys is complete! I decided to make balls, which are pretty easy to construct, and documentable. I referenced two great web pages devoted to the subject here and here. Here’s one of my balls for the Toy Drop:
by Aimee | Jun 14, 2014 | Miscellany
My newest time-suck and smile-inducer is participating in handmade toy swaps. I belong to a Waldorf-inspired swapping group and have made some fun stuff lately, and the girls enjoy the fruits of my labor. I like it so much, I’m organizing a period-inspired toy...
by Aimee | Feb 17, 2014 | Featured, Little Garb
A promise is a promise. The husband requested this over 2 years ago, along with matching garb for himself. And I told him if he found me patterns, I would do it. He came through with the now-defunct Histvarld site (see it archived here–it’s pretty...
by Aimee | Feb 16, 2014 | Late-period Spanish, Little Garb, Personal Projects
I’ve been remiss in updating my blog, so I’m going back and catching some of my favorite projects during the Summer of Pregnancy Brain. Simple Day in 2013 was also our Baronial Investiture, so heraldic colors (blue, gold) were kind of important. I had...
by Aimee | Jun 13, 2013 | Cooking not Stitching, Miscellany
Since really committing to Real Food about 2 years ago, I haven’t really found too many processed foods I missed. And I was happy to discover that I could, with a little effort, replicate just about everything that I did have a hankering for reasonably well....
by Aimee | Jun 5, 2013 | Medieval and Renaissance, Personal Projects
I’ve been promising to do this for over a year. The Sternfeld Rapier and Heavy champions have regalia, as do the Arts & Sciences champion, cooking champion, etc. The project, in a nutshell, is a reasonably-adjustable-for-baby-bump sideless surcoat with the...
by Aimee | May 31, 2013 | Miscellany
Alice brought be some nifty vintage textiles this past weekend. There was just enough of the drawn threadwork placemat/table-runner to get two little newborn shirts cut out from The Tudor Child. Which is perfect, since, well, twins. With a little creative cutting,...
by Aimee | Mar 9, 2013 | C+J Wedding, Commissions, Featured, Victorian
It’s done! Here’s the front view, and the side view (with photobomb). Here’s a visual guide your ladies-in-waiting can refer to when they get confused helping you get it on correctly: Store the overskirt uncinched so it stays a little less wrinkly....
by Aimee | Feb 18, 2013 | BJD, Commissions, Featured, Nautilus
No swooning on my watch. Tweaks and such? Just let me know. Then, we can get her home to you.
