Cloth of Stars

After all the work I spent March and April doing on that blue Norse dress, I was ready for a Regency palate-cleanser to reset my brain.  In ...

At my very first Gulf Wars, someone lent me a giant flannel houppelande on a cold night, which I threw on over my cotehardie, and I have wan...

Behold:  a finished velveteen pelisse for winter wear!   Last fall I acquired a huge stack of velveteen Ikea curtain panels from my local ne...

 So it turns out that I can't make it to BAM this weekend after all.  My ride got very sick at the last minute, and I can't make the...

 Here's a beaded necklace set - necklace, bracelet, and earrings - that I made a couple of weeks ago.  This started out as just a bracel...

 Long time no see! It’s been about a year since my last entry. Dunno if anyone will even read this, but blogging is fun whether you have an ...

Playing the sliding-tiles game with furniture in my house again:   Problem:  a giant armoire full of towels and sheets in my bedroom, ...

I think everyone who's ever been to Gulf Wars in Gleann Abhann knows about the little white canvas parasols.  It seems every lady has on...

Is that sometimes, they just come out all weird. Lemme back up. Remember the Ikea linen dress , that once was gray, got renovated, and t...

A short recap:  the Ikea Cotehardie was great, but it didn't fit anymore, and I wasn't loving the look of it anymore. Before ...

It's been over a year since I made my grey linen cotehardie (Ikea's linen, which, sadly, my local Ikea no longer carries, the basta...

wait... You know how long I've been lusting over a blue velvet gown, yes?  Well, GUESS WHAT!  Last time I was at Ikea, I happened a...