Daughter's Room...

So, for this Christmas, the kids are both getting their rooms redecorated. My daughter's room is in a Disney Princess motif. My son's in a Disney Cars. Their favorite themes. My daughter's room is going to be painted pink, with purple sponging. This next week I'm picking up a canopy that hangs from the ceiling, over the bed. I also ordered fabric that will be turned into curtains and a valance. The final thing, is I'm making removable wall art with my Cricut. I have a Disney Princess cartridge and will then throw the cut-outs in my Xyron with removable adhesive to make them stick to the walls. Today we began the painting. We have most of the room finished. I'm impressed with the time we made it in.

The kids are watching us paint and know we're doing that part. The rest of the stuff is being made while they're in bed. Then Christmas Eve, once they're asleep, we plan to put everything else up, so when they wake Christmas morning, they wake to their brand new rooms. It'll probably blow their minds. Also, one of their Christmas presents is shared. I ordered an 8 foot long stencil of the night sky. It goes on their ceiling and then you paint with glow in the dark paint, the actual map of the summer night sky in the Northern hemisphere. I had a similar kit as a kid, but I had a stucco ceiling, so it wasn't very good. Our kids have a nice flat ceiling. So it should work much better.

Below are two pictures of my daughter's walls. Not quite finished, but you get the general idea for the painting. As my fiance says, it's definitely a little girl's room. It's bright, but that's the point. I want my kids to have fun rooms that are all their own.

Burgundian Pt. 1...

So my Fella has made a deal with me. We're booked for Yule Ball up in Flintheath. I'm really excited. But Michael is so upset (rightly) about not having new garb, he gave me an ultimatum. If I do not have a set of garb for him by Yule, we are not going. EEK! So now the mad dash has commenced. I'm cheating and doing the long, inside seams on the sewing machine. But I'm making joined fitted hose, a doublet and a houppelande. And it looks like I need to whip up an undershirt too. The first three have all been cut and partially sewn. The hose are tan wool. I need to figure out why his buttocks keep showing though. I think I sewed the crotch a little wrong and need to redo it.
The doublet is a forest green silk shantung. It was supposed to be a burgundy silk, but then it would be too much red with the new houppelande.
The houppelande is a red cotton velvet. This was supposed to be forest green, but I didn't have enough green velvet. So the colour scheme changed. I need to figure out what to trim the houppelande in. I have tons of white rabbit fur, but I REFUSE to use it. I will not have Michael looking like Santa Clause in Medieval garb. No matter how much he tries to convince me it will be cool.

Hopefully I'll have some in progress pictures soon. Right now I'm so worried about finishing it, I haven't taken photos.

Halloween...

So Halloween was a blast. The kids went trick-or-treating over two days, between two towns by my father's. And while there were some hems I still need to stitch on their costumes, they looked adorable. My son was a cute, 1950s campy spaceman and my daughter was a beautiful Snow White. And they both absolutely adored their costumes.

Snow White...

So my daughter has decided to be Snow White for Halloween. My son found a spaceman among my 1950s patterns. Let the sewing begin. My daughter's skirt, cape and bodice are pretty much finished. Then I have to sew the sleeves and attach everything. She will look so cute when this is all finished. I can't wait until Halloween.

Italian Renaissance Pt. 10...

I am almost finished. I have made some lacing for the gamurra and just need to trim it to the right sizes for the sleeves. I may have to make another lace, but I can do that tonight. The cioppa is almost finished. I only have a little hem left to stitch. I don't know if I'll have time for new hose, so I'll move on to finishing the favour for Barobrand. If I finish that in time, I will work on the new hose. This weekend I plan to get lots of photos. If not, I will have Michael take a few when I get home.
Okay, as an update, above is a picture from Crown Tourney. It's not the best photo and I'm not super pleased with my hair, but it's the finished product. So it's all done.

Italian Renaissance Pt. 9...

YES! The cioppa is half done and looking good. I just have to stitch the lining to the shell on two more areas and it is finished. Thank heavens it is so easy. The next two days, I don't have too much to do, so I can focus on all this. The hose pieces are cut out and ready to be sewn and I only have a few more eyelets to do. Granted I need to fingerloop some ties for the sleeves and bodice, but I don't need much. Then this whole Italian outfit will be finished. Now if I can just get the hairstyle right.

The best part is, I packed my carry-on bag for the flight to Crown Tourney and I was 3 kilos under limit. That included my cloak. So I can easily make the luggage limit for the flight and not leave anything behind. PHEW!

Italian Renaissance Pt. 8...

I have been working on some extra eyelets for my gamurra and am making some progress. I only have about a week to finish tweaking and working on the Italian Dress before Crown Tourney next Saturday. So I've taken a small break from eyelets and am working on the cioppa now. I've cut out the outside layer and am currently drying the lining after washing it. I need to work out some USB problems and then I can upload the photos I took tonight.

As I cannot work further on the cioppa until the green lining is dry and cut out, I'm going to take a small break from that and work on some new hose as well. I have extra brown linen that I used for the interlining in the gamurra, that will be just perfect for the hose.

And my inspiration for tonight? I'm watching episodes of "The Muppet Show". Not the most mentally stimulating, but fun. And of course Penny, our cat, has brought another dead mouse as a present. It's great to know she loves us.