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I received this from Lady Aleinya Thrakesina (aka Vicky)  at Fields of Gold IV. She taught a weaving class and this was one of her demons...

On Saturday I entered the Dr. Seuss plate and bowl into the Fields of Gold Arts and Sciences competition. I made several mistakes with my e...

In the past I've spent quite a lot of time cutting stones, mostly opal. I've also made a bunch of jewelery both modern and medieval....

1400's Apothacary/Pharmacy Jar, Florence, Italy. Met Museum. Accession No 46.85.11 I found the above item while trolling through s...

I recently was blipping around Pinterest searching for "Ancient Indian Sari" which as you can expect, doesn't produce anythin...

Researching metal woven stars/crosses with the following key words woven cross mandalla woven star yarn star yarn cross gods eyes sun...

Final steps: Friday, and I flew up to Brisbane around lunchtime. This meant leaving the house at 8am in order to trek to the airport in...

Today was epic! Mostly because my deadline is fast approaching and I fly out to Brisbane on Friday. As a result I pretty much spent all of t...

Today I unpicked the entire dress. I've removed the sleeves and separated the skirt, the panniers and petticoat from the bodice. I spen...

Always start a dress from the bottom up, especially if your dress needs supporting garments. So from the skin up: Chemise - Check Drawer...

Here is the link to my Pinterest collection of Southern Belle dress inspiration so far. I have no idea who this lady is, but I love the ...

How to make a Southern Belle dress? Some people visiting this dress diary may have googled "how to sew a Southern Belle Dress"...

 Indian subcontinent after Ptolmey, 1410 So I've been part of the SCA since, um, 2003? In 2009 I stayed with William and Kim whil...

  Not amazing resolution, But I Love what the edge of the sari, it looks like dagging, or bling or maybe weights?  Standing Pavati, India...