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Jan. 23rd, 2022 02:07 pmKept meaning to post and kept forgetting! Not that I had anything wildly exciting to post, but keeping a weekly post going seemed to be a good habit. Alas.
Cats are increasingly chummy - Ferdinand's still a weenie at random times - but as of this weekend they both come in for morning snuggles and attacks in bed. Ferd kept pouncing very near to the Danger Zone on Tom, LOL. He's gonna get nailed sooner or later. Also they took down the Bad Cat sign (over the paint scrape in the hallway) overnight, brought it down the basement, and left it next to the litter box. Tell me how you really feel, kits.
Cat cross-stitch stocking: Is progressing nicely! It doesn't feel like enough progress to update weekly, but it's starting to look like a cat (one cat pf many) rather than a blob. Have decided I really like having a little something to pick up and put down easily and quickly, that requires attention but not really brainpower! Perfect for evenings where I actually have a half-hour or so free in between schoolwork and wind-down for bedtime.
Sewing: Decided I felt like trying to make some progress on the charcoal-grey wool 1950s jumper this weekend so I can maybe wear it before it's too hot for wool flannel. :P Didn't finish it, but did make some progress, and the top and bottom are now sewn together, so that's good.
Costume Inspiration: There is some! Amazing!![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
robinsnest and I were both lamenting our sad lack of costuming inspiration this past year or so, and I think she may have talked me into an Italian Renaissance-themed event. (I've admired the pretty gowns as they've gone by on Instagram as they've gotten increasingly popular, but hadn't been bitten by the MAKE ME NOW bug.) Just a grab-lunch-and-hang-out-at-a-park-and-swan-around kind of event, but I think I could be inspired to do that for the spring!
I'm most fond of that high-waisted 1490s-1510s Venetian style at the moment, so that's what I'm plotting currently. (And for anybody who liked Italian Ren costuming fifteen years ago...is the Realm of Venus a blast from the past or what? LOL) I have a couple of dress lengths of solid-colored silk in the Stash, so I proooooooobably won't need to buy anything much for this...which, considering my attention span track record the past couple of years, is a good thing. xD Maybe some gold trim, depending on how FANCY I want to be. Not planning on going for super historically accurate for this, just historical-adjacent and pretty.
Almost definitely settled on using the orange silk shantung that I know I have a good chunk of, that I only used a bit for the 1790s mantle a good few years back (a ten yard length won in an ebay auction for a criminally low price), so I'll figure out what I have kicking around that goes with ORANGE and go from there!
Cats are increasingly chummy - Ferdinand's still a weenie at random times - but as of this weekend they both come in for morning snuggles and attacks in bed. Ferd kept pouncing very near to the Danger Zone on Tom, LOL. He's gonna get nailed sooner or later. Also they took down the Bad Cat sign (over the paint scrape in the hallway) overnight, brought it down the basement, and left it next to the litter box. Tell me how you really feel, kits.
Cat cross-stitch stocking: Is progressing nicely! It doesn't feel like enough progress to update weekly, but it's starting to look like a cat (one cat pf many) rather than a blob. Have decided I really like having a little something to pick up and put down easily and quickly, that requires attention but not really brainpower! Perfect for evenings where I actually have a half-hour or so free in between schoolwork and wind-down for bedtime.
Sewing: Decided I felt like trying to make some progress on the charcoal-grey wool 1950s jumper this weekend so I can maybe wear it before it's too hot for wool flannel. :P Didn't finish it, but did make some progress, and the top and bottom are now sewn together, so that's good.
Costume Inspiration: There is some! Amazing!
robinsnest and I were both lamenting our sad lack of costuming inspiration this past year or so, and I think she may have talked me into an Italian Renaissance-themed event. (I've admired the pretty gowns as they've gone by on Instagram as they've gotten increasingly popular, but hadn't been bitten by the MAKE ME NOW bug.) Just a grab-lunch-and-hang-out-at-a-park-and-swan-around kind of event, but I think I could be inspired to do that for the spring!I'm most fond of that high-waisted 1490s-1510s Venetian style at the moment, so that's what I'm plotting currently. (And for anybody who liked Italian Ren costuming fifteen years ago...is the Realm of Venus a blast from the past or what? LOL) I have a couple of dress lengths of solid-colored silk in the Stash, so I proooooooobably won't need to buy anything much for this...which, considering my attention span track record the past couple of years, is a good thing. xD Maybe some gold trim, depending on how FANCY I want to be. Not planning on going for super historically accurate for this, just historical-adjacent and pretty.
Almost definitely settled on using the orange silk shantung that I know I have a good chunk of, that I only used a bit for the 1790s mantle a good few years back (a ten yard length won in an ebay auction for a criminally low price), so I'll figure out what I have kicking around that goes with ORANGE and go from there!
