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Well....interesting week, already.

HRMPITA is leaving. This leaves the store in a bit of a lurch, but we've got it figured out, for now. His last day is next Friday, if memory serves me right. Laurel, Haylee, and I are the people that will be working the most. We all have keys to the store.

Meanwhile, my stepdad is on a new diet. He's been diagnosed by Dr Mom as having IBS, or irritable bowel syndrome, meaning that all the things he likes and has been eating (namely MEAT of the cow and pig varieties, beer, his beloved Dr Pepper, milk products, whole nuts, whole wheat bread, etc. etc. etc....) he can't have. And so, we've all been listening to him gripe. About EVERYTHING. The cost of the soy food. How he can't go out to eat and not get an entrée. (I argued that point. Kansas City has Eden's Alley and Bluebird Café, and the price is mostly right. Didn't work.) How crappy everything tastes. (Vanilla soy ice cream isn't that bad, and I'm the pickiest person on the planet.) Texture is none-existent. (That's true. Texture isn't quite the same.) It's driving me nuts. My brother is now calling him Soy Boy.

Monday, I waited for the bus, outside, for thirty minutes in freezy-butt cold temps. I'm not going out there unless it's absolutely necessary. Ick.

Last Friday, I went to Cy Rudnick's. Really awesome fabric store at Crown Center. From there, I went to look at the pattern books they have available. And I went crazy looking for garb-y things. *grin* This is what I found.

From McCall's:

Crowning Glory, Mediaeval and Renaissance hats and headgear.
Create a Renaissance Top
Return to the Renaissance (chemises in two lengths)
Create a Renaissance Skirt
Create Mediaeval Style
Create Mediaeval Style (Chemises)
Create Mediaeval Style (overgowns/kirtles/etc.)
Madam's Cloak (Kinsale cloak)

Butterick:

This is a part of their "Making History" line.

Mediaeval Gowns
Cloak and Mediaeval Gown

Folkwear:

Japanese Kimono What's great about this pattern, is that it is the classical kimono, sized for men and women up to six feet tall. YAY! I'm not limited by my freakish height! :P

Moroccan Burnoose
Scots Kilts

So there. That was my weekend. Or thereabouts.

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Sorry things are going so nutty. (((hugs)))

I acutally don't mind it too much. Things could be much, much, much worse.

Dude. *points* It's a taco.

That's so cool.

I have a renaissance costume. My mom used to braid hair at Renaissance festivals, so I grew up around them. I've probably gone to over a hundred. The one here in Kansas City seriously sucks, though. It's sad, I'd hoped it would be a good one, but it's all about commercialism and pleasing the crowd. I know that has to be part of it, but to me, what a fest is is a recreation of how times were during the Renaissance, as accurate as possible. And they did not have Bud Lite and fairy glitter in the 1500s.

Yes, I know. *groans*

It's why I haven't been the the KC Ren Fest in DECADES.

I didn't know you had decades under your belt in which to not attend. Wouldn't that mean you last went when you were... what, two? Three?

Actually, I was 8. I'm 21, now, so, eh. A decade, but I'm working on my second.

I know from a historical accuracy view point that most commerical patterns have flaws. It's really more about how to make a Halloween costume that looks medieval than something that would pass in the SCA.

Not that I have any good costuming links off of the top of my head.

BTW - HAve you ever heard of Gerald of Ipsley or Robert of Cold Castle? They are from Calontir (Missouri). They came to our event on Saturday and they are just amazing.

Yes, I know. I'm a horrible seamstress, so I need something that looks like it's historically accurate, but is easy to sew. I know that on several of these, buying or making a girdle would be more accurate than the flimsy cloth things that they've got patterns for. Compared to what I was looking for last year about this time, things are much better. And the Making History line is much better than the actual costume-based patterns, so I've noticed. Although, when I put together my Regency-era gown, the set-in sleeves were the one thing that I didn't think were accurate, but there was no way that I knew to get around it.

As for Gerald of Ipsley or Robert of Cold Castle, I sure don't. This swatch of Calontir is a rather large chunk (it takes four hours to get where I live to the other big city, St. Louis), and I unfortunately am such a n00b that I've only been to one Baronial Populace meeting, and no events. And I have no garb, aside from my aluminium chainmaille shirt, which yes, I know is not legal for combat. Though, it does scare my guy friends because it's an additional ten pounds on my already slender frame. I wear it when I need the extra weight and when I'm going to play football/soccer/somewhere where I'm going to get my butt handed to me due to my size. But I digress.

I figure that once I can get to Populace meetings or Fighter Practice/sewing party reliably, I'll know more people. And that might be a while.

Oh, this is for SCA? I've always wanted to join that.

You should! Baronial Populace Meetings for Barony of Forgotten Sea are the first and third Thursdays of the month, 7 pm, at the Roeland Park Community Centre.

Or, you could go to the website.

Barony of Forgotten Sea's webspace (http://www.baronyofforgottensea.com)

What time period/country are you interested in doing? I know a lot of good SCA seemstresses and can help find you stuff online.

I'm looking at sixth century Byzantine, as well as early thirteenth century Burgundy or Normandy.

Then there's the Gaelic stuff.

And Japanese.

But for now, Byzantine.

I'm just trying to avoid paying for stuff, due to the lack of money that I have...

I emailed a friend of mine who does Byzantine and Norman. I cc'd you on it.

i love Cy Rudnick's!!

Me too!

I can literally stay there hours. Drives poor Cy up the wall.

me too. i especially love it when i am looking for material for belly dance costumes.