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[mandie_rw]

What have I been up to? You mean, more specifically than sewing while I watch The Tudors online?? I've never watched it before, and I'm actually quite enjoying it in spite of the costumes (What is she wearing on her head? Is Henry allergic to shirts? You do realize that a lady riding astride with nothing under her skirts sounds like a really uncomfortable idea, right? No, seriously, what is she wearing on her head??). I'd never actually pay to watch it legally, but I'm quite entertained.

Did bunches of Family Stuff; among other things, Lil' Sis graduated from high school this past Friday, and I got all nostalgic because my favorite teacher (history, of course!) was retiring.

For the farthingale: still need to go back and flat-fell 4 seams. The smock's front and back are almost pieced together - then I can put on the sleeves and it'll feel a lot closer to done.

I even did some embroidery-wrangling today: I peered and peered at the biggest version of the portrait I've got, but I can't quite get enough out of it to actually create an embroidery design. Maybe if I were a more experienced embroiderer, or more patient...but I'm not fussed, there are plenty of blackwork patterns out there already, and I found one that at least has similar lines to it. Something may come up in the meantime (as dragoneyes19 is on a Serious Hunt for an actual hi-res image of the portrait), but if not, I'm perfectly happy with that one. I worked a little bit - a very little bit! - of the design tonight, just enough to see that, yes, I want to use one strand of silk not two, and the fabrics-store.com linen isn't as fine a weave as the Renaissance Fabrics stuff I had from years ago (that of course there's not enough of). Not certain I care enough to buy another yard of linen at twice the price though. It's just going to be sticking out of sleeves! And I'm drawing the design on, not counting. Because no thanks.

Comments

[ladyxjade.livejournal.com]

I knew full well when that show came out it would be so wrong. But Jonathan Rys Meyers and Henry Cavill walking around with no shirts on? SO RIGHT.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

I will put up with a LOT of historical and costumey ridiculousness to see those two without shirts, it seems. *ogles*

[isabelladangelo.livejournal.com]

Just know there is nothing historical about that horrid show. It's nothing more than liable by using the names of people who did live a few hundred years ago. It drove me up the wall when it was popular a few years ago because we were constantly getting people on the forums and at the renn faire stating "but that's what they said in the Tudors!" /facepalm

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

*snicker* Anybody that uses a show that airs on Showtime as a serious reference deserves what they get! Don't worry, I wouldn't trust anybody that put their actresses in such godawful headdresses!

[colev.livejournal.com]

I worked on a movie a few years ago that rented from the same costume house, so I handled a lot of the gowns from that show. Some were surprisingly well constructed, others could have been made from Jo Ann's current selection of prom fabric.

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Hah! I think that's an excellent way of putting it! (Also, very cool!) I'm finding the costumes to be better now that I've started on S2...more Tudor-esque and less vaguely-medievelly-ye-olde-wench-prom-esque. Though the women are still wearing weird things on their heads, haha.