sewing things again

Okay, okay, I give - if my hopping around to other projects this week wasn't enough of a clue - I'm not going to finish Katherine Parr in time for ren faire. I have to refit the gown bodice, and I just cannot do that right now. I need a break. I'm sorry to let down my fellow wifeys, but in the end I'm supposed to be sewing for a fun hobby, right? Not something that makes me want to spoon out my own eyeballs.

Slight exaggeration. But I do need a break from it! I promise to go back to it, though. I bought a bunch of jewelry and Really Expensive Fabric for it, so I damn well better!

(Will still be going to ren faire! May wear the amazingly-still-fitting-Venetian, or the extremely dodgy late-century jacket [made of wool crepe, don't judge me] or maybe it would be funny to be a time-traveller. Am open to suggestions.)

So, if I've not been sewing on K Parr, what have I been doing? Besides painting tiaras. Well, not necessarily in chronological order,( Read more... )