EVERYONE looks better in garb in my estimation.     I think what has kept me from doing a lot of portraits in the past is the isistance of people that their portraits be visually synonymous with glamour shot photography or state portraiture type stuff.

How much more fun would it be to capture everyone’s inner Lord and/or Lady?     Since I have a small talent for realism, I think this could be a fun exercise.

This idea tickles my creative fancy as well, since I have an abiding interest  in both textiles and history that actually passes over into the perseveration zone…

W00T for multi-level creative itch scratching!

Hmmmm, now all I need is subjects….

I utterly, totally, completely and royally SUCK at sewing.

Weird thing that…I can turn a double finished edge with less than a quarter inch tolerance without even pinning (let alone pressing) and machine applique in my sleep. But do you think I can figure out even basic piecing or manage to set a non- puckered gore? Nope.

What started out as a simple Dark Ages  mans tunic ended up as a 4 gore,  inset underarm gusset tunic that’s about 4 yards around the bottom with approximately 20 yards of piping and 10 yards of tablet weaving that had to be top stitched . And I don’t sew well….

It turned out looking fairly nice as all the ornamentation sort of distracts from the little flub ups here and there.

Only 2 Gowns, 2 more tunics and 2 pairs of trews to go. Before the end of the month that is.
Ah well, as I’ve always said, anything worth doing is worth obsessing over.