I think I'm right about where you are, garb-wise, Cathy. My "laundry list" wasn't really an indication of my Extreme Expertise and Skills, but more like the results of being consitutionally incapable of project monogamy. Deity help me, a couple of weeks ago, I was encountering my first power tool (a drill press) in a friend's garage, learning to register soapstone molds so I can carve the molds and make my own pewter buttons for fitted gowns. I'd love to hear more about you Lithuanian shawl! --sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Olanich Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 10:15 PM Subject: Current projects (was Re: [h-cost] hello out there??) > On Saturday 20 May 2006 5:06 pm, Sue Clemenger wrote: > > Sure! Always! <giggle> > > I've got a variety of things going at the moment, some of them peripherally > > (sp?) associated with historical costuming, > > Wow, neat stuff, Sue! > > Since nothing else is going on here, this may be a good time for people to > talk about their current costume/textile-related projects. > > Let's see. What am I working on now? Ignoring the stuff that's gotten pushed > so far down the list it's a misrepresentation to claim I'm working on it at > the moment, we have: > > * A Viking apron dress of the same style as the reconstruction in the Danish > National Museum (I forget the official name of the museum just now, sorry!) > > * A plain linen smock or two to wear with it and other period garb (none of > my smocks are linen, and I'm trying to make my garb more properly historic.) > > * An ornamented shawl of a style found in Lithuanian digs dated to about the > 10th century. > > * Teaching myself nalbinding so that I can eventually make myself a properly > period pair of socks. My first project is a kind of floppy dome I'm trying > to turn into a simple hat. > > * Remaking a classical Roman matron's tunic to be more period; > > * Making a stola (sleeveless overdress--*not* a shawl or stole, despite the > name) to wear with the above. > > -- > Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "I'm starting to like the cut of this man's gibberish." > --General Fillmore (from "The Tick," episode 2) > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
