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Oct. 18th, 2009 08:03 pm- 15:41 Cat herding.
Oct. 18th, 2009
fabric finds
Oct. 18th, 2009 09:42 pmI'm extraordinarily fortunate to live near a quality fabric store.
I went in for a yard of trim to cover threadbare cuffs on a sweater (really, that's all I stopped in for!) and came away with said trim, a new pair of scissors (because I cannot find my regular ones for the life of me), AND ~$7/yard(!) black silk taffeta from a remnant table. I think the latter was marked down because of chalk markings, but those wash off and even if they don't I think there's enough to get a bongrace out of.
Also, I browsed the trim section beyond my needs and if I ever do get it together enough to do the hussar/Adam Ant jacket (aside: frack, this showed up on Google), there is enough variety and quantity of gold and silver cords and braids that I might be able to find everything locally.
I went in for a yard of trim to cover threadbare cuffs on a sweater (really, that's all I stopped in for!) and came away with said trim, a new pair of scissors (because I cannot find my regular ones for the life of me), AND ~$7/yard(!) black silk taffeta from a remnant table. I think the latter was marked down because of chalk markings, but those wash off and even if they don't I think there's enough to get a bongrace out of.
Also, I browsed the trim section beyond my needs and if I ever do get it together enough to do the hussar/Adam Ant jacket (aside: frack, this showed up on Google), there is enough variety and quantity of gold and silver cords and braids that I might be able to find everything locally.
I must confess:
I've not been working as hard on my fencing game as I ought. I've been too busy marveling at the novelty of being able to do footwork without pain that I've not paid much attention to the things I know I'm bad at, particularly disengages and infighting.
I also need to work on varying my speed and relaxing my shoulders (though the latter might take twin Vulcan death grips to accomplish).
Now that I'm back on the horse, time to move forward.
I've not been working as hard on my fencing game as I ought. I've been too busy marveling at the novelty of being able to do footwork without pain that I've not paid much attention to the things I know I'm bad at, particularly disengages and infighting.
I also need to work on varying my speed and relaxing my shoulders (though the latter might take twin Vulcan death grips to accomplish).
Now that I'm back on the horse, time to move forward.