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The finished piece

Posted on March 28, 2021 by Onara Frizzel

I finished it. My outfit. In the beautiful linen. I finished by covering the grommets with the silver thread. I also had a friend find an easy slipper design, that looks period, from a 1940’s issues of Vogue. It has … Continue reading →

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Seeing The Finish Line

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Onara Frizzel

I am so close to finishing. I’ve attached my skirt, added eyelets, hemmed my skirt, about to hem my chamise, and finish adding thread around the eyelets. I don’t know if I have time today to get the sleeves done. … Continue reading →

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Gullinkambi crows!

Posted on March 21, 2021 by Gullinkambi

With the last of the hemming completed, and the final stiches of the embroidery finished, Team Gullinkambi has finished! All of the pieces have been completed, all embroidery and weaving have been finished, and Lady Gwen even wrote her first … Continue reading →

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Gullinkambi Documentation

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Gullinkambi

For our entry into the Ethereal Seamstress Challenge, Lord Ciaran ua Meic Thire and I (Lady Gwenhoivar of Lindley) decided to make a Viking apron dress complete with hood, woven belt and hedeby bag.  The apron dress was worn by … Continue reading →

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A Little More Progress

Posted on March 20, 2021 by Onara Frizzel

I’ve made the cording for the front closure. Yay! I figured out after reading a post on loopbraider dot com. I wasn’t getting the top of the last loop. I went for the bottom and it was splitting on me. … Continue reading →

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Some details

Posted on March 15, 2021 by Onara Frizzel

I decided I’m going to do my y sleeves in a blue linen that I have. So to tie it in, I used some scraps of silver and some of the blue to make some bias tape. But my mind … Continue reading →

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Sew-a-polooza commenced!

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Gullinkambi

As the einherjar await ragnarok, so we waited for this weekend! A full weekend of all the crafting and fun and it did not disappoint. Going into this weekend, we had sewn together the shift and the underdress with everything … Continue reading →

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A Bit Further Along.

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Onara Frizzel

So I have my mock up in muslin. And from there I did the scariest thing for me: I cut my fabric! It’s always in my mind that I will always use the good fabric for some far away project. … Continue reading →

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Danger looms but does it weave?

Posted on March 11, 2021 by Gullinkambi

As we prepare for sew-a-polooza this coming weekend, the end is in sight though there’s still plenty left to do. The good news is the big loom for weaving the belt has been warped. There is no bad news but … Continue reading →

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Finally A Garment!!

Posted on March 8, 2021 by Onara Frizzel

So I got my chamise done today. I’m so happy to get one of the garments done today. So my technique was suggested to me by a friend. It’s a fold method. I folded the fabric in half lengthwise. Then … Continue reading →

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