Comments for Princess of Bob http://www.silverstah.com Memoirs of a Slightly Silly Southern Seamstress Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:42:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Today 4 U, Tomorrow 4 Me! by admin http://www.silverstah.com/2012/01/24/today-4-u-tomorrow-4-me/#comment-327 admin Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:42:27 +0000 http://www.silverstah.com/?p=469#comment-327 A tailor's clapper is - essentially -<a href="http://www.ciscosewingsuppliesandnotions.com/tailors-clapper.html" rel="nofollow"> a block of wood you use to press seams flat.</a> It's generally used for bulky or other hard-to-press seams - I've mostly used it on wool. You press the seam open (with lots of steam), and while the seam is still hot, you press the clapper on top of it. This flattens the seam nicely. Most instructions say to just press the clapper into the seam - but I tend to pound the seams with the clapper. I find that I get a crisper seam, AND it feels really good. ;) A tailor’s clapper is – essentially - a block of wood you use to press seams flat. It’s generally used for bulky or other hard-to-press seams – I’ve mostly used it on wool. You press the seam open (with lots of steam), and while the seam is still hot, you press the clapper on top of it. This flattens the seam nicely. Most instructions say to just press the clapper into the seam – but I tend to pound the seams with the clapper. I find that I get a crisper seam, AND it feels really good. ;)

]]> Comment on Today 4 U, Tomorrow 4 Me! by dawntreader http://www.silverstah.com/2012/01/24/today-4-u-tomorrow-4-me/#comment-326 dawntreader Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:12:04 +0000 http://www.silverstah.com/?p=469#comment-326 luckily she doesn't have to wear that outfit long. flannel backed vinyl!?? yikes!!! hot. but HOT!!! can't wait to see the finished piece. that is going to look stunning on-stage. and i think it's very 15th century male Italian appropriate. what?? lol luckily she doesn’t have to wear that outfit long. flannel backed vinyl!?? yikes!!! hot. but HOT!!!

can’t wait to see the finished piece. that is going to look stunning on-stage.

and i think it’s very 15th century male Italian appropriate. what?? lol

]]> Comment on Today 4 U, Tomorrow 4 Me! by capi http://www.silverstah.com/2012/01/24/today-4-u-tomorrow-4-me/#comment-319 capi Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:12:48 +0000 http://www.silverstah.com/?p=469#comment-319 What FUN!! Can't wait to see it finished! But.... what is a tailor's clapper? Can you take a pic for me? I never heard of it and suddenly you're "whacking the heck" out of your seams; you can just imagine how amusing that must sound to someone who has no earthly idea what it is. Think vaudeville! I LOVE that red! I also love the dummy with the legs! *drool* WANT!! What FUN!! Can’t wait to see it finished! But…. what is a tailor’s clapper? Can you take a pic for me? I never heard of it and suddenly you’re “whacking the heck” out of your seams; you can just imagine how amusing that must sound to someone who has no earthly idea what it is. Think vaudeville! I LOVE that red! I also love the dummy with the legs! *drool* WANT!!

]]> Comment on Elizabethan Coif Project by Embroidered Elizabethan coif – progress! » Princess of Bob http://www.silverstah.com/2011/04/09/elizabethan-coif-project/#comment-238 Embroidered Elizabethan coif – progress! » Princess of Bob Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:37:39 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/elizabethan-coif-project#comment-238 [...] been a long time since I’ve updated this project - but I’ve been poking along at it off and on.  My theatre is closed over the holiday, so [...] [...] been a long time since I’ve updated this project - but I’ve been poking along at it off and on.  My theatre is closed over the holiday, so [...]

]]> Comment on Details by Silverstah http://www.silverstah.com/2009/04/06/details/#comment-47 Silverstah Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:24:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/details#comment-47 Thank you, Jane! :) Thank you, Jane! :)

]]> Comment on Details by Jane http://www.silverstah.com/2009/04/06/details/#comment-46 Jane Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:35:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/details#comment-46 That is a lovely fabric, the dress is gorgeous too. You really look like you could be a subject for a painting with that spinning wheel in front of you. That is a lovely fabric, the dress is gorgeous too. You really look like you could be a subject for a painting with that spinning wheel in front of you.

]]> Comment on by Edyth Miller http://www.silverstah.com/2009/04/05/62/#comment-45 Edyth Miller Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:48:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/62#comment-45 Thanks! I've seen that pattern before- I'll need to take a second look at it.Edyth Thanks! I’ve seen that pattern before- I’ll need to take a second look at it.Edyth

]]> Comment on by Silverstah http://www.silverstah.com/2009/04/05/62/#comment-44 Silverstah Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:14:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/62#comment-44 Aw, thank you! :) I do love a nicely fitted kirtle - there is something about the nice, clean lines that just looks fantastic on any shape or size. :) The hood pattern is from here:http://cadieux.mediumaevum.com/redhood.htmlMarie gives pretty good details on how to construct it. It's easy-peasy lemon-squeezy! Mine is in wool flannel and fully lined in linen, and I've since decided that the lining in the liripipe makes it too heavy, so I'm going to pull 3/4 of the liripipe lining out. I think I made mine a wee bit too small, so it doesn't stay on my head on it's own - but if I tie down a coif or headcloth and pin the hood to that, it stays pretty solid all day long. :) Aw, thank you! :) I do love a nicely fitted kirtle – there is something about the nice, clean lines that just looks fantastic on any shape or size. :) The hood pattern is from here:http://cadieux.mediumaevum.com/redhood.htmlMarie gives pretty good details on how to construct it. It’s easy-peasy lemon-squeezy! Mine is in wool flannel and fully lined in linen, and I’ve since decided that the lining in the liripipe makes it too heavy, so I’m going to pull 3/4 of the liripipe lining out. I think I made mine a wee bit too small, so it doesn’t stay on my head on it’s own – but if I tie down a coif or headcloth and pin the hood to that, it stays pretty solid all day long. :)

]]> Comment on by Edyth Miller http://www.silverstah.com/2009/04/05/62/#comment-43 Edyth Miller Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:54:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/62#comment-43 That is a very lovely redo! I agree- the Cranach dress did not do you or that fabric justice, but I'm partial to kirtles anyway. :) I also like your hood- I've been trying to make an open hood for myself, but I just can't seem to get it right. How did you get the measurements to make it fit right?Edyth MillerThe Compleatly Dressed Anachronist:edythmiller.blogspot.com That is a very lovely redo! I agree- the Cranach dress did not do you or that fabric justice, but I’m partial to kirtles anyway. :) I also like your hood- I’ve been trying to make an open hood for myself, but I just can’t seem to get it right. How did you get the measurements to make it fit right?Edyth MillerThe Compleatly Dressed Anachronist:edythmiller.blogspot.com

]]> Comment on The Super-Awesome-Ren-Faire-Tacular Ghawazee Coat!!!!ELEVNTY11!!!! by Artemisia http://www.silverstah.com/2009/01/19/the-super-awesome-ren-faire-tacular-ghawazee-coatelevnty11/#comment-42 Artemisia Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:41:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/the-super-awesome-ren-faire-tacular-ghawazee-coatelevnty11#comment-42 Goodness woman you look awesome as evah! Goodness woman you look awesome as evah!

]]> Comment on Merry Christmas! by Devin http://www.silverstah.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas/#comment-41 Devin Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:58:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/12/25/merry-christmas#comment-41 Yay! That chest is seriously cool. What a great gift!Merry Christmas! Yay! That chest is seriously cool. What a great gift!Merry Christmas!

]]> Comment on Just a bit of history…. by Kathie http://www.silverstah.com/2008/12/21/just-a-bit-of-history/#comment-39 Kathie Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:48:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/just-a-bit-of-history#comment-39 That's an amazing shot...it looks like a still for a movie poster! Thanks for sharing it. That’s an amazing shot…it looks like a still for a movie poster! Thanks for sharing it.

]]> Comment on WTF?!?! by Marilyn http://www.silverstah.com/2008/12/13/wtf/#comment-38 Marilyn Sun, 14 Dec 2008 01:52:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/wtf#comment-38 You know, the last time I was in Pleasantville, IA my grandfather's old farmland was for sale. Sigh. So many childhood memories even without the house and barn there anymore. It's all corn right now. But it used to also have horses, goats, sheep, two barns, a house, and a couple of silos besides the two fields of corn and the hay field.My cousin, who lives only a few miles from there has her own "hobby farm." She raises chickens and sells eggs to neighbors and family. They have a couple of animals they raise each year for slaughter. I think a couple sheep and maybe a cow.I've always thought it would be nice to have an organic garden if I could share it with a neighbor (both the work and produce) and I've always imagined that neighbor being Joanna. I don't think I could be industrious with Joanna to inspire me.Anyway, I'm simpatico with the price of groceries. We stopped tonight to pick up stuff to make our own pizza and I swear it doesn't cost much less than ordering one to be delivered. And I bought all "on sale" ingredients. You know, the last time I was in Pleasantville, IA my grandfather’s old farmland was for sale. Sigh. So many childhood memories even without the house and barn there anymore. It’s all corn right now. But it used to also have horses, goats, sheep, two barns, a house, and a couple of silos besides the two fields of corn and the hay field.My cousin, who lives only a few miles from there has her own “hobby farm.” She raises chickens and sells eggs to neighbors and family. They have a couple of animals they raise each year for slaughter. I think a couple sheep and maybe a cow.I’ve always thought it would be nice to have an organic garden if I could share it with a neighbor (both the work and produce) and I’ve always imagined that neighbor being Joanna. I don’t think I could be industrious with Joanna to inspire me.Anyway, I’m simpatico with the price of groceries. We stopped tonight to pick up stuff to make our own pizza and I swear it doesn’t cost much less than ordering one to be delivered. And I bought all “on sale” ingredients.

]]> Comment on WTF?!?! by Michael Slusser http://www.silverstah.com/2008/12/13/wtf/#comment-37 Michael Slusser Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:02:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/wtf#comment-37 Well, your discussions about communal living off the land have always echoed strongly my own sentiments—Joanna and I have talked often of our desire to have some chickens, a cow or two, a goat, and other minor livestock to keep ourselves in milk and eggs. If we get the kids involved and make it part of their education, we should have time together to cultivate a garden as well...Of course, if we all band together, we'll be that much stronger when the Apocalypse comes! The more bodies we have to fight the irradiated zombies, the better! Well, your discussions about communal living off the land have always echoed strongly my own sentiments—Joanna and I have talked often of our desire to have some chickens, a cow or two, a goat, and other minor livestock to keep ourselves in milk and eggs. If we get the kids involved and make it part of their education, we should have time together to cultivate a garden as well…Of course, if we all band together, we'll be that much stronger when the Apocalypse comes! The more bodies we have to fight the irradiated zombies, the better!

]]> Comment on WTF?!?! by Silverstah http://www.silverstah.com/2008/12/13/wtf/#comment-36 Silverstah Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:23:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/wtf#comment-36 *nod* We live in a chicken-friendly city, so once we're able to get the backyard fenced in, we're going to start raising a small flock of chickens. Theoretically just for the eggs, but in tough times, they might end up in the pot, too. I'd love to start doing more gardening - but I just *don't* have the time. I need to make a more concerted effort to get to the farmer's market once a week, though. I read an article at one point about a family that ate nothing but locally grown goods for a year - it was really an experience. I'd like to try that, someday. We'll see. *nod* We live in a chicken-friendly city, so once we’re able to get the backyard fenced in, we’re going to start raising a small flock of chickens. Theoretically just for the eggs, but in tough times, they might end up in the pot, too. I’d love to start doing more gardening – but I just *don’t* have the time. I need to make a more concerted effort to get to the farmer’s market once a week, though. I read an article at one point about a family that ate nothing but locally grown goods for a year – it was really an experience. I’d like to try that, someday. We’ll see.

]]> Comment on WTF?!?! by Michael Slusser http://www.silverstah.com/2008/12/13/wtf/#comment-35 Michael Slusser Sat, 13 Dec 2008 18:17:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/12/13/wtf#comment-35 Preach it, sister. We've gone mostly organic, and it's killer (we pay about $3.50-$4 for our dozen eggs). There was an old Harper's article titled "The Oil We Eat"; that's all coming home now. Every bit of the economy rests on every other bit, and it's not looking to be very soundly stacked these days... Preach it, sister. We’ve gone mostly organic, and it’s killer (we pay about $3.50-$4 for our dozen eggs). There was an old Harper’s article titled “The Oil We Eat”; that’s all coming home now. Every bit of the economy rests on every other bit, and it’s not looking to be very soundly stacked these days…

]]> Comment on I'm man enough to admit when I'm wrong. by Silverstah http://www.silverstah.com/2008/07/10/im-man-enough-to-admit-when-im-wrong/#comment-34 Silverstah Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:40:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/im-man-enough-to-admit-when-im-wrong#comment-34 Jane - Hee! I remember you! It's always lovely to hear back from clients. Hope all is well. :) Oooh - I've tried embroidery a few times and haven't quite been able to make it work. I'd love to see photos of some of your work sometime. :) Cheers! Jane – Hee! I remember you! It’s always lovely to hear back from clients. Hope all is well. :) Oooh – I’ve tried embroidery a few times and haven’t quite been able to make it work. I’d love to see photos of some of your work sometime. :) Cheers!

]]> Comment on I'm man enough to admit when I'm wrong. by Jane W http://www.silverstah.com/2008/07/10/im-man-enough-to-admit-when-im-wrong/#comment-33 Jane W Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:05:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/im-man-enough-to-admit-when-im-wrong#comment-33 Oh my gosh.. I came across you totally by accident looking for images of real (not portrait) working class Italian dresses. You made my wedding dress and my husband's wedding doublet!!I don't hand sew except my ball joint doll clothing.Good luck with the chemise! Right now I'm blackworking cuffs and hand beading Tudor folded back sleeves. Good times.Jane in Pittsburgh(Got married in October of 2005) Oh my gosh.. I came across you totally by accident looking for images of real (not portrait) working class Italian dresses. You made my wedding dress and my husband’s wedding doublet!!I don’t hand sew except my ball joint doll clothing.Good luck with the chemise! Right now I’m blackworking cuffs and hand beading Tudor folded back sleeves. Good times.Jane in Pittsburgh(Got married in October of 2005)

]]> Comment on Two months worth of spinning projects! by Silverstah http://www.silverstah.com/2008/06/28/two-months-worth-of-spinning-projects/#comment-32 Silverstah Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:17:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/two-months-worth-of-spinning-projects#comment-32 Aw, thanks everyone! :) Aw, thanks everyone! :)

]]> Comment on Two months worth of spinning projects! by Heather http://www.silverstah.com/2008/06/28/two-months-worth-of-spinning-projects/#comment-31 Heather Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:44:00 +0000 http://testytesttesttestss.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/two-months-worth-of-spinning-projects#comment-31 That yarn looks great! It makes me wish that I could knit :) That yarn looks great! It makes me wish that I could knit :)

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