Förra helgen var det dags för årets första medeltidsevent - Ekenäs Riddarspel. Som vanligt var jag där tillsammans med Carnis och vi hade ett väldigt mysigt event. Lördagen bjöd på fint väder och roliga solbrännor och söndagen förde med sig en del regn, men ändå rätt många trevliga stunder. With the help from Tove I managed to take some good photos of my new dress ande some of me and my mother, but since it rained on the Sunday I only got a couple of pictures .

For the photoshoot I got some help from my friend, modelling my new 17th century outfit. She wore the 17th century bodice, skirt. Accessoriced with a string of pearls and a Violine.

Collected works and other excuses from a textile obssessive. I need to work on the dress that goes under it. Well, everything, really. See, after a hiat.

If not now, when? The postman always rings twice. Posted by sewinggoddess in Musings. But when I was given this beauty for free, I wanted to make sure the cost of service would be worth it, so I decided to take a look myself. How hard can it be? I found a manual online, as well as blogs. For working on sewing machines and set to work. Posted by sewinggoddess in dresses.

Of Reenactment, Dark Ages and History. The norse art is something truly magnificent for me. Ages of conquest, colonization and trade with other peoples yielded the style both original and hard to confuse with anything else.