Coronation rocked!

All's right with the world - the garb was comfortable and well received. Whew! Here's a feast photo of Guy and Constanza.



Here's another so you can see how well we dined.





And here's a photo of Constanza and a Lady in Waiting to the Queen.



And some of the heavy fighting:

The run-up to Coronation!

Well, I made it to London and am getting ready to travel to Hockley on Friday for Coronation. We're all pretty well dressed for a first go and I've got the pictures to prove it. Here's the SIL in his various bits:







And here's the daughter looking quite pretty!

Photos!!

Here's the daughter in her blue gown:



And my new veil.The background is so appropriate!

I hate batteries

I've got a number of finished items I'd like to post but I've been foiled by a dead camera battery! Daughter's blue dress is done and she likes it, SIL's tunic is trimmed, my veil is done and so is the cap for under it. But no photos. Ah, me!

It's 5 pm

Yippee! It's holiday time. I can sew to my heart's content. Hopefully I'll be able to finish many, many things and get photos up here lickety split. Off to the races.....

Finished stuff!

So, I've finished more stuff and I have a friend visiting who was press-ganged into modeling some stuff and taking photos of others. First, an arming cap for the SIL (This is not the SIL, it's my poor friend!):






Next, my current favorites - a yellow chemise and a green and gold dalmatic:




And my Tservuli!

Tservuli

Well, yesterday I picked up my shoes for Coronation and they are pretty, but most importantly, they are comfy. (Pictures here soon) There is a nice webpage for East European traditions called Eliznik and it has a full section on Tservuli and the variations on them in the surrounding countries!

So when I finish hemming the veil, my garb is done. Go me! (Pictures here soon) Well, yes, I want to add embroidery, but I could stop here if I wanted.

Walking to work today reminded me of some of the reasons I like Bulgaria so much. The lime trees (not citrus fruit - European Lindens, which are called limes) are in full bloom and the town smells wonderful and ladies are out picking blossoms to dry for tea. My local greengrocer was opening her doors as I went by and she gave me a handful of cherries to munch on my way to work. Another neighbor gave me a bouquet of Sweet Williams for my office. It's just the best.

Pretty posies

With all the heat and rain, the garden is pretty jungle-ish. The flowers are very happy and growing so fast you can almost see it!

A productive Saturday

Well, I've mostly finished my stuff for Coronation and started on some things for the family. Daughter hopefully will like this:



She needs to pick a trim or go with none - waiting for that decision!


Hopefully, these will fit her:


And SIL needs to make the same decision with this:






I also got a few more feast items, so I think that's a completed list!

First tablet weaving - done!

Well, it was a good experiment. I wondered if I could actually weave something with nothing more than some cotton yarn and some pieces of manila folder. Well, I can. It wasn't perfect, but given that two hours netted me three feet of usable trim, I'm happy. The Candace Crockett book Card Weaving was terrific for getting started. I'm going to warp up another go tonight and hopefully come out with a usable belt. I have a feeling this could become another addictive hobby. Oh dear!

Pots!

I had a request from the peanut gallery for gyuveche/kavarma bowls for Coronation. The shop had two that weren't chipped, so here they are, along with two presentation cloths for the cups for the Crown.

Weekend work

Despite a massive bout of housecleaning (Snezhana is on vacation) and having a long visit from a friend I haven't seen in a year, I got more garb done over the weekend. The white chemise with red embroidery is just for fun. It's probably not very accurate historically, but I like it. The blue dalmatic still needs embroidered trim, but it's wearable as is and it feels nice on. I really like the heavy cotton. The embroidery for the neck and sleeves is started but as appliques on separate fabric. That way, if I don't finish them in time for Coronation, I can still wear the Dalmatic. The sleeves you see on the white chemise underneath it aren't really long enough for a gorilla! They are intended to be wrinkly at the wrists. If I were really daring, I'd have made them even longer with a slit for my hand above the part that narrows down and worn them as dangly flaps, like an Bulgarian Rusalka dancer.