Slept in until after nine and woke up to the sound of raindrops on the skylight again. Triple vindication for blowing off Beltane. It's not as though my presence or absence has ever affected the fate of the kingdom, though I hope those who did go managed to have a good time and pack down reasonably dry. It's GOOD to be armigerous pondscum.
Responded before tea ingestion to the guy who thinks you should be able to stencil a fully assembled kosode because isn't that how they silk screen tee shirts? Living National Treasures paint silk while it's still on the freaking bolt. I came up with a method I could use with zero studio space and still get my design to line up on the finished garment: I know it works. You come up with something better, tell me!!!!! The Tosenin kosode was six weeks out of my life, 'kay?
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kproche clone who posted his first set of garb yesterday. was looking for fabric design motifs so his designer girlfriend can run everything through a printer onto fabric. bovil , if you read this, you need to chat with him because I know we've talked about this in the past and you may have ideas to share with him. *Yeah, I'm a Luddite. I LIKE doing it by hand. I don't want a machine to do it for me. I can't draw with a mouse either. So there. Nyah.
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karisu_sama got a great candid photo of me chatting with didjiman and jadecat9 - and put it in an f-locked entry. May I bogart a copy? EDIT: Photo duly bogarted. Thanks, Karisu! 
Speaking of hand work, I just finished cutting out my new 17th century "English" jacket. Why yes, I AM awesome: the pattern calls for 2.25 yards (45" wide or more) each of outer and lining fabric. I was able to cut both the lining and the outer fabric from a 3 yard x 60" piece of blue linen. How? Do all the odd small pieces - gores, shoulder wings and sleeve cuffs - on the "waste cuts" left after the larger pieces are cut.
For my next trick, I have to run out and pick up some thread, photographic paper and matte board at Beverly's. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of sending one or two of my photos to Mom for Mother's Day. Perhaps some flowers that won't die.....
EDIT: Beverly's Crap & Fabrics has a shit selection of frames and it's all heinously overpriced. I'll hit Michael's tomorrow on my lunch break instead. Back to my jacket!
EDIT: Body of jacket (back, two fronts and seven gores) is stitched together. Lining for body (back, two fronts and seven gores) is stitched together.
Responded before tea ingestion to the guy who thinks you should be able to stencil a fully assembled kosode because isn't that how they silk screen tee shirts? Living National Treasures paint silk while it's still on the freaking bolt. I came up with a method I could use with zero studio space and still get my design to line up on the finished garment: I know it works. You come up with something better, tell me!!!!! The Tosenin kosode was six weeks out of my life, 'kay?
The young
kproche clone who posted his first set of garb yesterday. was looking for fabric design motifs so his designer girlfriend can run everything through a printer onto fabric. bovil , if you read this, you need to chat with him because I know we've talked about this in the past and you may have ideas to share with him. *Yeah, I'm a Luddite. I LIKE doing it by hand. I don't want a machine to do it for me. I can't draw with a mouse either. So there. Nyah. karisu_sama got a great candid photo of me chatting with didjiman and jadecat9 - and put it in an f-locked entry. May I bogart a copy? EDIT: Photo duly bogarted. Thanks, Karisu! Speaking of hand work, I just finished cutting out my new 17th century "English" jacket. Why yes, I AM awesome: the pattern calls for 2.25 yards (45" wide or more) each of outer and lining fabric. I was able to cut both the lining and the outer fabric from a 3 yard x 60" piece of blue linen. How? Do all the odd small pieces - gores, shoulder wings and sleeve cuffs - on the "waste cuts" left after the larger pieces are cut.
For my next trick, I have to run out and pick up some thread, photographic paper and matte board at Beverly's. The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of sending one or two of my photos to Mom for Mother's Day. Perhaps some flowers that won't die.....
EDIT: Beverly's Crap & Fabrics has a shit selection of frames and it's all heinously overpriced. I'll hit Michael's tomorrow on my lunch break instead. Back to my jacket!
EDIT: Body of jacket (back, two fronts and seven gores) is stitched together. Lining for body (back, two fronts and seven gores) is stitched together.
