Oct. 4th, 2006

serinde: (ze fiber arts)
After lying around last night with my hand stapled to my forehead and accomplishing absolutely nothing (other than quality time with Mage and a book), I was somewhat disgusted with self. Therefore, forced myself this evening...eventually...to do some hand-sewing. I've now finished the shoulder wings for [livejournal.com profile] elibalin's doublet and just need to attach them to the garment.

Still remaining to do:
- acquisition and attaching of buttons
- buttonholes (KIIIIILL MEEEEEE)
- making & attaching the tabs along the waist
- adding trim

Need to decide if I should bind the CF edges with ribbon or similar. It was frequently done that way, but I don't think it's actually necessary. OTOH, it'll ensure that the lining isn't visible.

I'd like to make a shirt, but I don't have the right linen at the mo' *and* I've never done a late-period shirt before, and I'm very sure I won't be able to finish that and this in a month.

Today's sewing was brought to you by the One True Version of "The Scarlet Pimpernel". Which we have two different DVD editions of, both put out by cheap-ass no-name studios, both of which are worse than the videotape edition. Snarl.

Also snarl: I'm forging my way through the dense thicket of The One True Work On 14th-Century Costume, and I have a few notes for the author. At the top of my memorandum is "Most of us don't speak langue d'oil, so including contextual reference in it without translation is NOT FUCKING HELPFUL; and even those of us who took Latin are not going to sit there with a glossary puzzling out every reference, so same damn thing".

... Final snarl. Steve has just come in to tell me that one of the cats has just reacted to Miss Kitten by peeing on the bed. Goddammit. I suppose it's a miracle it took them this long to object.

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