Yup, a day of do-overs. Underdress v. 2.0.
I took the trim off the dress right before reading my friend Janet’s comment on Facebook that she really liked it. ROFLMAO! 😛 See Underdress trimmed,
Then I hemmed it, only to discover that the hem not only looked like crap, because it was too deep and bulky, but also the dress was too long. So out the hem came, too. 🙂
I’ve since trimmed the hem, hopefully to the right length (with an allowance for the hem itself) and ironed and pinned it at the new length, but I haven’t done the actual hemming yet. Or re-hemming, as the case is.
I’m kind of sick of this dress. 😦
Right now I’m listening to Car Seat Headrest (aka Will Toledo and his band) doing “Destroyed by Hippie Powers” from the album Teens of Denial. I’d give you a YouTube link, but all the only ones uploaded are fairly crappy live versions. You just need to go out (or to Amazon) and spend the money to buy the album, damn it!
Can you tell I’m in a somewhat rebellious mood?
Tell my mother I’m going home, I’ve been destroyed by hippie powers.
–from “Destroyed by Hippie Powers.”
I really do recommend you get this album! The most interesting rock lyrics and guitar work in ages and ages, throughout the whole album.
I’m thinking about breaking out my electric guitar and taking a whack at this song, which I’ve worked on before. Here’s my ax:
The Fender Vibro-Champ amp in the photo is an old tube amp with a great warm sound, but it’s as heavy as can be, considering its small size. And of course, it’s not possible to operate it on batteries. Both are good reasons to have gotten the tiny Vox Mini5 Rhythm, which got delivered Friday. Here is the Vox in situ:
Cute, huh? 🙂
I’ve decided, once this Viking underdress is finished, to take a brief break from making Viking garb and instead try some modern sewing with commercial patterns. If I reserve the month of April to do my Coronation garb (a new smokkr and underdress), I should be OK and make my first of May deadline. I’ve already got the embroidered silk panel for the smokkr done. See Double Herringbone Stitch finished..
Actually it was my first intention, before I even joined the Society for Creative Anachronism in September 2016, to make clothes that I could actually wear to the grocery store! 😛 Amazing, huh? And I bought a couple of easy patterns, fabric, notions and a Singer Simple sewing machine to accomplish that.
But before I could get started, I detoured into the Modern Middle Ages, also known as the SCA. 🙂
Here are the patterns and fabric that I got, a year and a half ago:
The paisley fabric is for the top and the purple floral material is for the bottoms.
As usual, my photography is not so great. 😛 Let’s hope my ability to follow a modern commercial pattern is better! 😉
Hi Timi!
You sound like a lovely lady! A cat lover! I suppose you can tell by my avatar that my kitty is a BIG part of my life! I developed it for Breaking Cat News in GoComics. Even if you’re not a comic person (I only comment on BCN), it is a fantastic strip by a very talented artist who loves her kitties. We developed, with great care, a comment board very much free of snark. I hope you give it a try, if just for the “Shelter Report”, which wrenches hearts!
I love reenactments of just about anything historical! Used to participate in the Trail of Courage Rendezvous in Fulton Co., IN, and its spring counterpart, the Redbud Rendezvous. They honor the victims of Trail of Death, and all the dreadful removals of the Original Americans, as well as the lives of said OAs & the Voyageurs in the Great Lakes region before the ToD. Also used to play dulcimer for a historic dance troupe back in the ’80’s. Used to love nature walks, flying, basket weaving, & other crafts. Now enjoy the wetland adjacent to my land, walking my kitty through the yard, & praying for folks needing some spiritual lifting! My dear husband doesn’t resent what happened & now carries us financially. He’s an absolute gem! Sis, my only sibling, & the Church, are very dear to me.
Frankly, while I love reading history, commenting & encouraging writers, writing’s never been anything I’ve felt driven to do. I haven’t had to write anything needing citing since attending grad school in 1986! Not sure about getting as deep into subjects as you ladies.
Degenerative arthritis (dissolving cartilage) is severely limiting motion anymore, and typing this much is about my limit for several hours. I’d much rather spend my time absorbing information, and offering my 2 cents here & there. It’s such a treat to discover you ladies! You teach me so much! I add you to my favorite authors list! Alison Weir, Susan, April & Timi! I want to luxuriate in absorbing!
Just beginning to discover this wonderful site! Thank you for your kindness & encouragement!
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I love Alison Weir. too, Shaunn. Her biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine is the best one out there, at least that I’ve found.
I too am disabled. It takes a lot of adjustment. I’m in constant severe pain from several causes, none of which will get better, only worse. This has been going on for about 6 years now. The first year I really let the pain rule me, but now I am the boss of me! There are definitely times every day when I cannot do what I’d like to do, but I focus on all the times when I can indeed do the things I love, such as my music.
Right now I’m waiting for another call from the vet. My cat Sissy is having dental surgery. The vet told me during her annual visit that it should be around $300. Guess what estimate I was just given for everything they have done so far today? $700. Yow! And my car is making funny noises and has to go into the shop. Please pray that my tax refund will stretch far enough to cover everything, because I’m in bankruptcy and there’s no such thing as credit for me now.
I’m so thankful for my tax refund! 🙂 And for my precious life that God has given me. The Spirit is with me every minute of every day and night. Still, if you would pray for me, I would be very grateful. I have already added you to my prayers. ❤
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p.s. I love the spelling of your first name! 🙂 It is an unusual name. Is it the name on your birth certificate? Mine is, and it is the official spelling too!
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You betcha I’ll pray! I think God slowed me down so I have more time for Him & His flock! Perhaps your vet can work with you & set up a payment plan. After all, that’s WAY over the estimate! Bless you for being a wonderful kitty-mama! Where would we be without our fluffies?
I see two on the bed. Both have the loveliest features!
My name, oh that blessing & curse! My hypothesis about the spelling stems the theory of Mom being asked my name after birth & her saying “Shaunnnnnnne” before falling asleep. Yes, used to have an “e” at the end. Didn’t know it until I was applying for a passport. I was a bit behind on everything because we couldn’t find my birth certificate.
When I got it it said “Shaunne”!!! Well, the government being the government, said I would have to go through an official name change to drop the dreaded “e”! I received my passport the DAY BEFORE my flight! I have always had misspellings, gender confusion, & the general angst you probably know well, of a person with an oddly spelled moniker! My mother’s name was Mary, plain as any name could be . . . .
And because her name was Mary, she gave me the middle name of Maree! Grrrrrrrrr!!!
Husband’s last name is Munn. Now I have people calling me Shun Munn or Shaunn Mahn. The beat goes on!
I see a map of Iceland. My dream vacation is to hole up in an Icelandic thermal & soak & soak. Other options are the thermals of Japan or Hungary!
Well, kind lady, I’ve taken enough of your time! Blessings & purrs!
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I had a trip planned and paid for to Iceland last May and wasn’t able to go due to an injury I received in March 2017. Sadly, most of the trip was not refundable. 😦 I have studied the Icelandic Family Sagas extensively and teach about them in the Society for Creative Anachronism.
The other kitty on the bed is Ophelia, a tortoiseshell who thinks, like all torties, that she rules the world. She was the cat that I originally went to the shelter to adopt after spotting her photo online. But when I got there, Sissy insisted that I adopt her, too. I lost my two male cats, who I inherited from my younger son when he enlisted, last spring and summer. It was devastating. 😦
My parents never adequately explained their choice of my name!
Sissy is home now, and my wallet is much lighter. Tomorrow morning first thing I will be taking my 2008 Honda Fit into the dealer to have diagnostics run on the engine. Yikes! 😛
I certainly do appreciate your prayers, Shaunn. Thank you! ❤
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Timi! So hoping the Fit gets an easy, and inexpensive fix! Not happy how today’s cars have such complicated systems. Harder for the independent mechanics to cope & dealers are more expensive! I use our local MasterTech Automotive. Nice people who don’t snowball women! Hope your dealership treats you right!
Glad Sissy is home! Hope she’s able to chomp her victuals with relish (enjoyment, not pickles)! >^.,.^<
Lifting your needs Heavenward, from whence comes our help! Take care, dear lady!
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Thank you kindly, dear Shaunn. All is well, with Sissy and with the Fit, too. My dealership is awesome. They’ve never tried to snowball me. This morning they said the engine sounded perfectly fine and didn’t charge me a penny.
See how effective your prayers are? ❤
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Timi (and Shaunn, if you’re reading this) –
I keep forgetting to tell you about the recently published (Penguin Random House NZ) “Heloise” by my friend Mandy Hager.
I went to the book launch last year, but – to my shame – haven’t managed to read it yet! My own blog takes so much research that other reading (apart from blogs) rarely ever happens…
I think it’s available on Kindle now, and you might like it.
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Denise (am I calling you by the right name, I hope?), thanks for the reading tip! Is “Heloise” an historical novel? Is Mandy Hager your friend in 3D or here on the blogosphere? I will look for her book! 🙂
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Yes – it’s a novel about the historical Heloise, and yes, I know Mandy in 3D, but she lives some distance away and I don’t see her around as much as I used to.
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We studied Abelard and Heloise last year at uni in the class “Gothic Paris: 1100-1300.” I liked her much more than him. But can you imagine naming your child Astrolabe? 😛
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Doubtless she had her reasons.
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I just got your friend’s novel about Heloise on Kindle for my phone. If I forget to take the non-digital novel I’m reading with me tomorrow to the car dealer to have them check out my engine, I will start your friend’s book then. I am looking forward to reading it! Thanks for telling me about it. 🙂
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Oh we have a bunch of stuff to do as well… but guess it will have to take the weekend to be worked on… too tired everynight getting back from work. Especially these days when there is so much happening in the office.
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What’s going on in the office, may I ask? I hope things get less hectic there for you!
Also, I’d really like to see some of Suan’s cross stitch. Is it posted anywhere? If not, could you please post some? 🙂
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At the office? Work and politics of course!! LOL. I’ve not been working on them for a couple of years now. Had some of them framed up in the past…
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OK. …..
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