One of the satisfying things about going through my house and throwing out unwanted stuff is finding plastic box lids and reuniting them with their boxes. Feels like I am making them happy.

When you have leftover lace and 10-pound fishing line, you make a ruff.

Fought through the antagonistic interaction of lace and dry skin to finally get this Victorian shirtwaist done. Leg-o-mutton sleeves with gathered netting to maintain that shoulder poof. Now I can go find something else for my craggy thumbs to snag as I work. EowynsCloset on Etsy. 🪡

My outfit for the day it happens

Another medieval bonnet finished. Just the thing for carrying baguettes home atop your head. EowynsCloset on Etsy 🪡

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I couldn't resist this machine embroidered fabric, so I made some historically non-accurate Elizabethan pieces. I was just going to make coifs, but a partlet works too. EowynsCloset on Etsy. 🪡

Because I had a whim to make codpieces decorated like Christmas ornaments. EowynsCloset on Etsy 🪡🎄🍆

Am I going to use these dollar store buys and make codpieces decorated like Christmas ornaments for my shop? Hell yeah 🪡🍆🎄

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Gone medieval. Wrestling that cord into position is no joke! EowynsCloset on Etsy. 🪡

Today's finished object: 18th century panniers. Came across the cane strips in the closet where I had forgotten them, so perhaps I need to make more. 🪡

Oh, you thought baguette dough was kneaded and rolled out? Welcome to gluten free. 🥖

I award myself points for making medieval headgear out of scraps of fabric. Bonus points for using every bit of that floral ribbon. EowynsCloset on Etsy 🪡

Phew. Three days from start to finish for this medieval "tire" hat. Applying that gold cord over a curved surface is mentally exhausting! EowynsCloset on Etsy. 🪡

Switching it up, going medieval tonight and using some fabric remnants in a satisfying way.🪡

Catching up with projects. A Victorian morning wrapper for wearing before donning your corset; three pairs of Elizabethan wrist ruffs, starched and hung to dry; and some edges being dagged for a medieval hood.🪡

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Do I have an Edwardian corset cover in size XXXL in the shop? I do today. EowynsCloset on Etsy. 🪡

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As I prepared to soak this guy in hot water to melt out the last honey, I wished yet again for some of my old lab equipment. A heating stir plate and stir bar, that straight-sided glass dish, and a lead donut, specifically. Okay, maybe not the stir bar.

That silk ruffle has found a home on a partlet. Maybe now that I've made something out of this fabric my brain will quiet down about it.

Next up: silk organza ruffle.🪡

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Ready! Dollar store toys instead of candy. Mandarins, ramen, and potatoes for whimsy. Glow stick bracelets to be added after dark. All has proven popular in previous years. I don't bother to supervise. No leftovers to tempt me (except potatoes and fruit).

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Oh, all right, one more felted Tudor hat, and then we're switching from knitting to bobbin lace for a while.🧶

Tudor gable hoods, finished and in the shop, EowynsCloset on Etsy. Now on to something else.🪡

Tell me, striped silk organza with threads of gold, what do you wish to become? An Elizabethan partlet? Sleeve overlays? A Victorian shirtwaist? Tell me.🪡

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Elizabethan gable hood nearly done.🪡

Two Tudor gable hoods. Some assembly required.🪡

Beauty and the Beast. Front and back of the front edge of a Tudor gable hood, showing why I will put a lining on the back.🪡

The magic of felting. Knitted wool + hot water + cold water + hot water + cold water + hot water + cold water + lots of rubbing and squeezing and agitation = Tudor caps🧶

Freshly baked gluten free bread. Most of it will become crumbs, but tonight I get to enjoy a slice of bread with my homemade borscht, a simple but rare pleasure.

Cuffs! I have been trying to replicate cuffs with many tiny darts as in some portraits, and this is the closest so far. Instead of stitching down the darts, I pinched tiny folds, then sprayed with starch and ironed to hold them while I stitched them into the wristband.🪡 EowynsCloset on Etsy

My favorite sign from yesterday, although it was on the back of a sign and probably discarded by its creator: "you're tacky and I hate you"

The lace on these cuffs is going to require a little fabric Viagra. Maybe a lot.🪡

Independence Hall, Philadelphia. Much more crowded than this now.

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Let's see how far ten yards of polyester velvet will get me.🪡

Time for some felting. I thought I would have 3 hats to felt, but one ran out of yarn and it's still in the naughty box.

Now the tricky part: snip into that inner edge of black velvet enough to fold it up over the edge of the Tudor hat brim form, without snipping far enough to leave raw edges on the outside vulnerable to wear. Time to pause for another cup of tea🕰🫖🪡

Nice….

Done with my bobbin lace beginner's class. Good hobby for someone who tends to hyperfocus. Now to assemble implements and practice before it slips away from me.

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Today's adventure: learning to make bobbin lace! So far, so good, although bobbin management is likely to be my biggest issue.

Five of six pieces done, giving my hands a rest before tackling the last. Cuffs and neck ruffs, sewn, starched, dried, dampened, and ironed with a curling iron.🪡 EowynsCloset on Etsy, off-the-shelf or custom like these.