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3.25 Finale

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

No pictures today; my old laptop with the memory card reader has given up the ghost. I’ll resurrect it later. Monday, 3/22:    Finished repairing the white pants. Hopefully I don’t bust through them again although I’ve been slacking on leg … Continue reading →

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3.21 Down to the Wire

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

Friday, 3/19:    My hands are starting to hurt from all of the hand sewing but the end is in sight. Got some of the work done on the zipun today before calling it a night.  Saturday, 3/20:    Time to stress. … Continue reading →

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3.18 Bit by Bit

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

Monday, 3/15:     More embroidery. Finally finished with the white shirt and moving on to other parts. I’ve started the taf’ja embroidery, copying a chaplet from the traceable heraldry series. Not 100% accurate but my own heraldry has a chaplet of … Continue reading →

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3.17 Documentation

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

I’ll be posting my regular update tomorrow but here’s all of my documentation and some notes on what I did. As I’m still in the middle of finishing everything there may be some slight discrepancies between what’s written here and … Continue reading →

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3.14 Coat Time

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

Friday, 3/11:   Rainy day and baronial A&S chat, so a perfect storm to get sewing done. Just about finished the base pattern of the red embroidery, which is where it’ll stay unless I miraculously finish everything else. Saturday, 3/12:    Got … Continue reading →

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3.11 Redos

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

Monday, 3/8:      Got the hand-finishing done on both pants, just need drawstrings for them.     Mostly done with my documentation. I enjoy writing research papers so I did do a ‘long form’ documentation, now it’s mostly editing it down into bullet … Continue reading →

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3.7 Assemblyline

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

Friday, 3/5:    Rest is a part of work.    Also, I’ve been ignoring my chores. Got a bit more embroidery done. Saturday, 3/6:     Finished the white pants excluding the hand finishing at the cuffs and the drawstring they need. It’s only … Continue reading →

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3.4 Redwork

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

Monday, 3/1:    Scavenged a sewing machine needle and got roughly 80% of the way through the white pants before it broke. So close, yet so far.      I’m hand-finishing everything but at this rate it might be easier if I just … Continue reading →

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2.28 Hello

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Slav Squat Xtreme

   I’ll be creating a set of late-period Muscovite men’s clothing, trying to keep specifically between 1500-1550CE. The clothing is for a lower noble or dvoryanin from a mildly wealthy family. As there is a lack of extant garb from this … Continue reading →

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