Getting ready to feast

I made some new purchases yesterday. I know they're not sewing, but they are garb-related. One must have pottery to eat from at a medieval banquet! To some of you these seem like strange purchases, knowing just how much Bulgarian Troyan pottery I already have, but most of it's ancient and chipped, so new stuff it is!




Cups for the Crown? What do you think?

They named you after the dog?

Indiana Jones all the way. I passed on sewing after work to go see Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and it was the right choice! The film rocked (no spoilers here) and the company was great too (a bunch of ladies from work). We all think Harrison Ford still has it.

Mother's little helpers

I spent some time today in my workroom sewing and ironing. The "kids" felt a real need to be there to keep an eye on things and help out. Not! Guinness needed to be in my chair every time I stood up and as for the ladies - all they did was snooze in the sun!

Castle of dreams!

I know we're all grownups here, but Lego is bringing out a castle chess set this year. It's very cool!

Commencement's over, so on to the fun!

After an incredibly busy Senior Week, Board Meeting, and Commencement Ceremony, I am finally able to get back to my favorite pastimes - sewing, gardening, and blogging! I don't have sewing updates (yet) because there was no time to sew, but the garden never stops growing. This week I have a full plate of clematis, foxgloves, lupines, and roses - plus a Bulgarian mystery flower. The unknown posy was a gift last year from a colleague's mother, who didn't have a name for it. She just though it looked good and should be in my garden. Here are some pictures in no particular order:


Foxglove


Clematis


Rose


Bulgarian Mystery Flower


Lupine

Oh honey!

The neighbors are getting new hives ready for their bees and the whole neighborhood smells wonderful! Honey and beeswax are just awesome to sniff. It will smell even better in the fall when they extract the honey from the comb. Yummy.

The Queen has spoken

No red trim on Adam's sleeves, as per royal decree. So it's REALLY a finished tunic. Whew! Off to work on the bliaut now. I've got miles of seams to finish before I start putting on trim.

Weekend work

Due to mad Bulgarian holiday procedures, the extra days we got off last week are now covered by two Saturdays at work (today and the 17th). So I'm in the office with not a student in sight. The place is dead, dead, dead. Yesterday was the last day of exams and they all left as soon as they finished or partied all last night and thus are asleep or traveling - not here! So why am I???

Red goodness - done!

Here's Adam's tunic with decoration. Hope he likes it, because I'm sure not taking it off! No frogging today. Rippit! I'm still deciding if it needs trim on the cuffs. Some sources say it is appropriate, others not. Hmmm......

Blue bliaut to be

This will eventually, if all goes according to plan, my first bliaut. I already have the white chainse, so all I'll need is a veil.

Adam's tunic

This one is for my son-in-law and I hope it fits and he likes it.



He has to choose the trim before it will be finished. Red or white? What say you?

Sacks on Hangers

I'm hoping these look a lot better with a body inside than they do on hangers. Here's the tunic/dalmatika and two undertunics. You can barely see the red trim on the neck and sleeves of the tunic. The pink undertunic has a round neck and the white one has longer sleeves that gather at the wrist and a keyhole neckline. On to the next project!

Happy May Day!

One of the last vestiges of the old regime is the May Day holiday. I prefer to think of it as an even older holiday and have a cookout in lieu of a Beltane bonfire! I'll be doing that today and hope it will be fun and the results will be tasty. Pictures later, perhaps.