So many lovely details. I cannot wait for The Tudor Tailor's "Typical Tudor" which is due out in May.
H/T Michelle Russell who brought this to my attention. ... See MoreSee Less
Proof that fabrics-store.com loves me and wants me to be happy. With bonus Porch Kitty. ... See MoreSee Less
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What makes for a good impression?
What do you feel are the things that take it from "dressing up in funny clothes" to "making it real"? ... See MoreSee Less
Ok. I DEFINITELY need to trim something.
H/T to Marion McNealy - The Curious FrauThe Smithsonian has FINALLY released millions of it's images into the public domain, which makes my life as an author and researcher so much easier!
A huge plus is that they've not been stingy with the file sizes, and most images are up as large JPEG, and some even as TIFF! Such sweet zooming powers!
For instance, here's a zoomed in snippet of a narrow 16th century couched border. The country is not given, but I'd guess Italian, looks very similar to Elenora di Toledo's gowns.
Before, on their old site, you couldn't actually see how the cord was laid down, but now you can!
Here's the link to the original record,
www.si.edu/object/chndm_1952-166-52-b
And here's the link to the search page for the collection, click the box for "Open Access" for the new public domain images.
www.si.edu/search/ ... See MoreSee Less
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What's on your work table?
I'm in a weird head space at a moment. I'm finding it hard to concentrate on the "important" projects and instead I'm finding myself distracted by more interesting projects.
I *need* to make my kid some clothes.. but instead I'm making something 14th century from the Codex Manesse (digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848/0001/thumbs) for the A&S competition at Crown and a black tunic for my husband.
Both of those should finish up quickly and then I'll circle back around to clothing my child.
#workTableWednesday ... See MoreSee Less
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