Vika's Vexatious Vestments

Largesse examples from the Citadel of the Southern Pass , in Ansteorra.   The original meaning of largesse is, coins thrown to the popu...

but in a good way, not like this At the (comparatively) last minute, by which I mean "about a fortnight ago", I decided to go ...

SHINY! It's funny, I've made rather a lot of clothes for myself over the years, but the only fancy frocks have been late-period...

Motif of ribbon flowers and old lace I haven't done much historical sewing over the last couple of weeks; partially lack of spoons ...

I promise I'm nearly done with this JPG Another Pennsic survived, and indeed enjoyed (unlike last year's Bataan Death March ).  ...

Many buttons.  Too many buttons. This post will be more laundry-list and less explicative, because we're into the pre-Pennsic sew...

we did a thing! At last it can be told!  The item I alluded to in earlier posts, that I spent a chunk of this spring on, was present...