With the boys away...the girls get to play!

Well, it is War Practice weekend here in AEthelmearc. Unfortunately, I was stupid and didn't ask off for the right date at work. On the positive side, I was able to have a "girls night out" weekend with our friend Jinx, so we went to a show Friday, I helped her organize her house Saturday, and today I am cleaning my house. I know I won't get a lot of sewing done like I wanted, but when its hard to walk through your house, the artistic process gets blocked. The closest thing to sewing I am doing, is sewing a curtain onto a un-removeable rod so no one can see into our bedroom from the living room.  I will also cut out a bunch of cardboard for my scroll cases which will free up a lot of room in the living room for more work. So much to do, so little time!

I have also made the decision to create a green fencing dress for myself and a red and green fencing doublet for Jehan. I think I will hand sew it, just so I can see how it looks with a basting stitch, then see if someone will allow me to use their machine for the final sewing. right now it is just scroll cases, but I will work on those and have them finished hopefully for Pennsic at the end of Juily. I also have to get a red fencing tabbord done too, but if I must, I will alter a red surcoat for the day. sometimes when the money isn't there, you gotta be creative!

~better get back to work, since the house won't clean itself!
~~Antoinette

Sewing, Scrolls and Mothers day...

I want to wish a Happy Mothers out there to Mothers, Grandmothers, and all the Wendy-ladies (ladies who have "adopted children, like lost boys) out there. Without you, the world wouldn't be the same! 

     Not too much as happened in the past few days. I have once again been approached by the local barony to do another scroll, so I am currently working on that, plus a few hopefully for the kingdom, and potentially more for the barony. It seems like a never ending cycle, but I love doing it, so I'll keep at it :). As for my sewing, I haven't been making too much progress on the scroll cases. I have to get 10 done in the next month for an event, and I'm on number 3m so I have to work on that also. *sigh* so much to do, so Little time....


I am hoping to start working on an embroidery piece for ice dragon soon, just haven't had the energy to start researching it yet. If I don't start soon though I 'll never get it done! Since Jehan and I have changed our wedding plans back to a tux and white dress wedding, I don't feel as pressured to start on my wedding dress quite yet. I have decided to not enter it into Ice Dragon this next year, for it would be too much in too little time. Maybe I'll do a matching hood and enter it the following year, but the coming year will be a bit too much for me I think...Better to take it easy with everything that is planned...

Heading back to my apartment tomorrow to go to the shire meeting, can't wait!


Until then, that's all she wrote!
~Antoinette

On the scroll side...

 Well I must admit, it has been some time since I last wrote. Between moving into a new apartment, creating scrolls, working, and now embroidery, scroll cases and all the tidbits one must do during the day, you run out of time quickly! The greatest news of the past months was that I have recieved my AoA, making me a Lady!

 

I must say it was a great honor to receive, and I was extremely surprised. I had a great time fencing, was preparing to stand as a retainer, and the next thing I know I am being called up into court! I do believe this might be enough excitement for me for quite awhile, though. I definitely prefer being on the back end watching people receive them :)

I also had the honor of doing a scroll for my friend Jinx. She was bestowed with the title "Iconic photographer" of the Barony of Endless Hills.

This was a piece of my own creation, and I think it turned out pretty nice. Her device is a black feline, and I thought the mouse taking a picture added a cute touch. I have heard the call of not only the Kingdom of AEthelmearc but also the call from their Excellencies of Endless Hills to do scrolls for Melee Maddness in a few months. This means that I will have a very busy schedule. Hopefully the money can come in for a sewing machine so I can mass produce not only garb for Pennsic, but also scroll cases for all the baronies in AEthelmearc.

While I am not thinking I will get everything done this year that I have planned, my next big goal is to get tabbards done for jehan and I for Pennsic, scroll cases for melee, and get the fabric for my wedding dress...Lets see how this works! for now its just chugging along and working on scrolls and embroidery

Until next time,

~Lady Antoinette

Through the Ides and into showers...

Well it is the end of march, and we are already beginning to have April showers. Its nice to have cooler weather, even though I am used to the nice warm by now.

Unfortunately on the knitting front I didn't get my socks done for Ice Dragon. I'll have to enter them next year with hopefully other pieces which will be better I think. I am also hoping to enter my wedding dress into ice dragon with the proper documentation, although I think that might be harder to accomplish, but we shall see. It will be 90% hand sewn, so I'm ready for the challenge. I am also working on scrolls right now, and have one special one to do yet. Not allowed to release the details until after its done and handed out, but I think this will be my favorite one to do. It will be my second, so they are simple and not what I would like, but I am doing my best. I am also making scroll cases for the 7 barony's of AEthelmarc if they need them. I figured they would be good to do with all the fabric I have plus all the cardboard boxes from our move that is going on now as I write as well as next weekend. I have been one buys lady trying to pack I must say...


I have also been going to embroidery lately so  hopefully i can have a sampler started at the next class. I am looking forward to learning. Well, I think that is all for now, hopefully I can give you more soon. but for now, I can't think of anything else...

Here's to the future!

~Antoinette

The joys of the New Year

     I apologize for the few weeks of silence. Unfortunately,  not having the internet can put a damper in your internet needs. With that being said, not too much has happened. I have passed my boards, meaning that I will be a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant when my license comes in the mail. This is one of my mundane life goals that are now accomplished :). The next part of my goal is to finish a pair of socks in the next month for Ice Dragon. They are a white and blue version of my red and blue socks, I just wanted them to be more accurate. Hopefully I can get them done in time for Ice dragon. I think I am going to start my wedding dress in May. By then I should have my own apartment, and also a sewing machine. I have also received my acorn from the shire: a token for service to the shire. Unfortunately, due to work, I was not able to local 12th  night so I will receive it at the next business meeting.

   Some of the events that are coming up are the deadly carnival on Feb 11th, a schola on the 18th, and fencing practices in between. I am so looking forward to the next few weeks and seeing what I can get done.

Hopefully I can have pictures over the next few weeks...can't wait to give you updates!

Always,
     Antoinette

The year 2012

  2012 is going to be a big year for me. I start my new job on Jan. 3, and Jehan starts  his new job on on the 9th. We also will be looking and moving into a new apartment, which I will be quite happy about. The biggest thing that we will be working on will be our wedding, which we are hoping to hold in my home town on May 24, 2013. I am making my wedding dress which will be based off of this dress:


     This will be my first attempt at a Tudor gown, so I am extremely nervous about doing it. I fell in love with this dress a few years ago, and now I think its time to try it. The nice thing about this dress is that I will be able to use it as a court dress after the wedding. The major problem I will have is trying to figure out how to attach a veil to a french hood, or if I will forget the hood for the wedding and just use a veil. That will need more research for what they used to do. This will definitely be the big project of the year. I am also making all the outfits for the wedding party, so I will be a very busy lady for the year.

    A secondary goal, which will be over sooner that I realize it, will be to finish a pair of Scandinavian socks for Ice Dragon in March. Unfortunately, I don't know if this will happen due to taking my state boards at the end of January. Until then, that will be my major focus, so my focus will be pretty narrow for the next 30 days.This will also be my first Pennsic this summer, so some basic garb will need to be made so I can last a week and not have to worry about laundry too much. I will need a good sewing machine, so that will be a big need for my adventures. There will be a few other added projects that will need to be completed, but for now that is the major ones. Hopefully I can accomplish them and many more

Till then, wishing you and yours a very happy new year,

     Antoinette deLorraine