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day six: overlap

So tonight I finished making the straps for my smokkr. I’m not going to sew them on until I finish the tablet weaving and decide which brooches I want to to wear for the GRAND UNVEILING. I sewed the shoulder … Continue reading

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day five: nearly done with garment one

My dress is assembled and fit, nothing left to do but make and attach the straps and hem the bottom. I have no idea what it looks like in the mirror, but it seems like it’s cute. I have half … Continue reading

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day two: pleat all the things!

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day one: here we go!

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look. stuff.

I took pictures of all the stuff I’m using for this project; wool and linen yardage, scraps of wool for socks, silk and wool threads for sewing and weaving, my little copper-pipe loom that I use for short lengths of … Continue reading

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Ready, Steady…

I’m so close to being ready to start this challenge. I need four patterns: a serk, a smokkr, socks and shoes. My patterns are really more cutting layouts, since my clothes are all rectangles and triangles, but “patterns” has fewer … Continue reading

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Well hello there

My name is Baroness Nastassiia Ivanova Medvedeva, better known as Tasha. I’m from the Canton of the Towers, which is part of the Barony of Carolingia (the greater Boston area — Towers is the North Shore and I live near … Continue reading

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