A bead hunch

I’ve made friends with the proprietress of a new local bead shop  and may have multiple options for the little black beady things on the partlet.  Stay tuned. Also, I sent payment to Rhonda of Sapphire and Sage for custom jewelry.  After a month of making...

And so it begins

I had grand plans for my first blog entry to coincide with the first inklings of a plan for a new gown. But I’ve gotten ahead of myself. I’d been drooling over this portrait of Elisabeth of Austria for months when I started to plot. When drapery fabric was...