On 09/10/2013 12:59 PM, Cin wrote:
It's been forever since I asked my seasonal question, so here it is:
It's that time of year when the calendar is full of holiday parties,
winter balls, gift-making excuses, company dinners, Dickens Fair,
theater season, New Years Eve, cocktail parties, and 12th Night. You
might even be planning a sojourn to a balmy tropical locale. Whatever
the reason, h-costumers are probably making something. So, what's
your dressmaker's dummy wearing today?
A Middle Byzantine tunic to wear over the Manazan shift (it's a bit long
to be a shirt) that I made a few years ago. Admittedly I haven't gotten
very far....
http://cathyscostumeblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/sewing-for-byzantium-starting-himation.html
http://cathyscostumeblog.blogspot.com/2012/11/return-to-byzantium-tunic.html
Pictures of the Manazan shift:
http://cathyscostumeblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/sewing-for-byzantium-manazan-shirt.html
And here's a hint of what the outfit will be like when completed (I'm
wearing all the components but using an old ordinary gold overtunic
instead of one cut like the Byzantine tunic will be:
http://cathyscostumeblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/behold-mantion.html
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Cathy Raymond
ca...@thyrsus.com
(610) 805-9542
"Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future."
- Oscar Wilde
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