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 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 | Jul 27, 2012 | BJD, Late-period Spanish, Victorian
Pennsic is just a week away and I am so not ready–at the very least, I need to finish a couple more foundation garments for myself and the munchkin, and ideally, I should try to squeeze in a couple of kirtles and my linen Spanish Loose Gown, so that I can use my...
by ysabel | Jun 11, 2008 | BJD, Commissions, Featured, Medieval and Renaissance, MSD, Nautilus
Completion! The outer gown is silk taffeta with a silk chiffon overlay. It closes with spiral-laced rings below a false front, secured with tiny brass pins. Lacing rings also secure the foresleeves inside the wide sleeves of the bodice. The sleeves are decorated with...
by ysabel | Jun 9, 2008 | BJD, Commissions, Featured, Medieval and Renaissance, MSD, Nautilus
…And the underbodice is now all finished. It is silk dupioni with hand-worked eyelet closures laced the spiral way. Bilament along the neckline in jet glass settings and 2mm freshwater pearls.
by ysabel | Jun 9, 2008 | BJD, Commissions, Medieval and Renaissance, Miscellany, MSD, Nautilus
Here are the embroidered foresleeves, with jet glass ouches and the underskirt. Both are silk, embroidered in cotton. The underskirt features a motif inspired by embroidery on an extant 16th c. caul and and is beaded with 1mm and 2mm freshwater pearls.
