Thank you! I am being reminded of how much eye fatigue there is with stitching pleats, heehee, but still hoping to finish them by Tuesday.

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A photo of a partially finished kilt, in green and white tartan. The maker is holding it up with her left hand, so the viewer can see the eight pleats she has sewn.

8 pleats down, 25 to go 😵‍💫💚🤍🖤

14.02.2025 10:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Time to start a dancer's kilt 💚🤍🖤

05.02.2025 21:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Chicago, baby.

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In Highland Dance, the aboyne outfit is meant to resemble women's mid-18th century clothing, so I can't resist hand sewing a blouse in the method and style of an 18th century shift. This one is made from a bed sheet.

30.01.2025 00:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bats were my favourite animal in childhood. They used to swoop overhead when we were paddling on the nearby river at dusk, eating mosquitos. I hope I live long enough to see them around again. 🖤

28.01.2025 20:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

🧵 Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we hold close the memories of all who were murdered by the Nazi regime. 6 million Jews and millions more victims — including Roma, queer and trans people, disabled people, and political dissenters — were killed by the Nazis.

27.01.2025 17:41 — 👍 45    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 2

A meandering criss-cross pile of fingerloop braids of various colours, heaped on a navy, green, red, and yellow tartan surface

Prep work for my upcoming Medieval Fingerloop Braiding class continues 🧶

26.01.2025 16:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Israeli forces ‘block entrances to Jenin’ as deadly raid enters fourth day In addition to Jenin governorate, Israeli forces have been stepping up their operation across the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces have blocked four main entrances to Jenin city and its refugee camp on Friday as the deadly raid into the city entered a fourth day, say officials ⤵️

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I have to limit myself to the one, both for space reasons and to ensure that I actually finish projects once the dopamine drip slows down. 😉

25.01.2025 12:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

A mauve cotton ruffle collar, in the style of 16th century, with black linear embroidery as part of the smocking

A view of one of the completed side gores of the 16th century style shift, consisting of two isoceles triangles sewn together to make a larger triange, and then sewn into the side of the garment to create an A-line shape

A hand stitched light grey silk reinforcement is shown at the base of the neckline split, to make the opening more resistant to ripping.

A painting of a 16th century person wearing a straw hat, ruffled high collar shift, an Italian style black partlet, and what appears to be a pink and red silk gown. The person appears to be in a market, with apples and citrus fruit in thr background.

Current hand-sewing project - a riff on the 16th century shift/chemise, made with a thrifted mauve cotton bedsheet. Can we bring back the ruff??

Blackwork was common in this time for the collar, but I recently got a pleater, so smocking it is! And check out the neat rip-stop detail in silk.

25.01.2025 12:56 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I love the texture! I wish I could reach out and touch it.

P.S. give me strength to finish the very slow-going tapestry on my loom (lots of slow darning needle work in it), so I can move on to a project I'm more excited for

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