Well, I’m going for it! LGBTQ+-friendly theatre group ‘Pride & Joy’, production of Treasure Island, for this November. The usual practically-zero budget, but a small cast, with most only needing one costume. Piratical silliness, and a DAME! A DAME FOLKS I’M SO HAPPY! Oh, and a lobster. And a parrot. If you’re planning to come … Continue reading Arrr-t for Arrr-t’s sake: Panto #1
Hello possums! Have you missed me? Did you even notice I haven’t been doing any normal sewing for AGES? Well, I’m in an insane flurry right now, feeling unwell [some horrible stomach bug, I look like I’m pregnant] and marking three A level papers simultaneously. Bad planning, what can I say? So I decided to … Continue reading Oh Dear Oh Dear…
…well sort of. I keep telling myself my list is down to one page, crossing several things off, then thinking of more ‘small’ jobs to do to improve things. Sigh. I was doing very well last week, using up all my gain time at work making or sorting or laundering things. The rail is filling … Continue reading Oz Coz #4.7 The end is nigh…
…is two parcels of loveliness! A lovely lady on The Sewing Place just sent me some delicious fabrics which have been lying in deep stash for some years. She wanted them to be used, not lost in time, so offered them to me. I snapped them up! They arrived this morning, and are already singing … Continue reading Happiness…
I must learn to make welt pockets. They defeated me years ago, on several occasions, and I now avoid them like the plague. If I can make bound or piped buttonholes, I can do this right? I hope so. I must stop chickening out of sewing with leather. It scares me to death. With a … Continue reading CoBloWriMo #30-Sewing Goals
More Edwardian stuff. [Although probably not from RH patterns…] Hats. Leather stuff. And a frog…just ‘cos Continue reading CoBloWriMo #27-Future Projects
So many. So, so many. Some are beyond my current skill set [but I can dream], some are beyond budget, some are simply never likely to happen as I have nowhere to wear them. Here are some of the more droolworthy of those ideas, from my Pinterest boards. Just a few, I honestly could not … Continue reading CoBloWriMo #14-Dream Project
I must admit, I dithered over this one. What on earth is a ‘visual source’ in regards to costuming? I mean, fashion plates, Google images, Pinterest… Where do my ideas come from? All of the above, although I tend to use Pinterest simply to store images I’ve seen elsewhere, rather than to browse on … Continue reading CoBloWriMo #10-Visual Source
Vogue’s autumn collection always gladdens my heart- the summer one is just…well, impractical. It seems to be all little skimpy party frocks, and the winter one is all HUGE party frocks…all in all, autumn and spring styles suit my lifestyle, and the English climate, much better. Here are the ones that jumped out at me, … Continue reading Falling in Love Again
Three out of five A level units marked, money arriving in the bank…well what do you expect me to do? IN my marking breaks, I’ve been doing some retail therapy, and some parcels arrived this morning. I thought I’d let you know I’m not dead, and show you the goodies. And the garden. Just so … Continue reading Menagerie á trois
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