The Needles Excellency

15 July 2009

Preparing for Tocal

Tocal Token Tourney is our big dress up event. So this week I started getting some stuff done in preparation. I took my blackwork shirt apart and washed it. Last night I sewed it back together. My ruff and cuff set are currently soaking. Tonight I will get them out and try and get them looking nice. I am going to try using some spray starch and hair dryer to get the unwrinkly.

I also took my black dress apart. I knew that I'd lost some weight but I didn't realise how much until I grabbed the front of it the last time I wore it and was able to get whole handful of loose fabric. So I've taken the bodice off from the skirt. It shouldn't take long to take it in, as long as I don't have to deconstruct too much, hopefully it will just be a matter of resewing the front edges and no messing with side seams. I also want to add a couple of shoulder rolls, as the silouette isn't quite right.

I also need to fix my arch brimmed hat. The crown got wreaked, but I have a spare, so it should just be a matter of swapping crowns out.

And finally, I am going to make a leather pouch for the winner of the tourney. If the past is anything to go by, nothing has been organised yet.

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12 July 2009

Woo Hoo!

I just got my first sale on Etsy!! Woo hoo!!

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08 July 2009

A7 Cream and Tan Leather Journal - Spine

A7 Cream and Tan Leather Journal - Spine, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

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07 July 2009

A7 Butter and Chocolate Leather Journal - Spine

A7 Butter and Chocolate Leather Journal - Spine, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

Small leather journal, a bit more modern looking interpretation.

Labels: bookbinding, limp binding, medieval limp binding

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Journals Available For Purchase

I have finally got my Etsy shop sorted out. So if you would like to buy any of the journals that I have been posting about, please feel free to check out my shop. More to be added as they are made!!

http://crescentshire.etsy.com

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06 July 2009

A7 Khaki and Brown Journal

A7 Khaki and Brown Journal, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

A7 Khaki and Brown leather journal with 110gsm paper. Waxed linen tackets and linen thread for the tie and leather button closure.

I stuffed this one up and put the spine holes in the wrong spot, so the cover wraps around the wrong way. But I figured someone might want it.

NOTE: To answer a question in the comments, yes, I am selling these journals. This one is the first one I've listed on Etsy - http://crescentshire.etsy.com/

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A7 Khaki and Brown Journal - Front

A7 Khaki and Brown Journal - Front, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

A7 Khaki and Brown leather journal with 110gsm paper. Waxed linen tackets and linen thread for the tie and leather button closure.

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26 June 2009

A5 Dark Olive and Tan Blank Journal

A5 Dark Olive and Tan Blank Journal, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

This is an A5 journal made with 110gsm weight art paper. The cover is a light weight dark olive leather, reinforced on the spine with a stiff tan leather. It is sewn with a beige linen thread and secured using chocolate coloured, leather buttons. Stitched using tacketing.

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25 June 2009

A5 Cream and Tan Blank Journal

A5 Cream and Tan Blank Journal, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

This is an A5 journal made with 110gsm weight art paper. The cover is a light weight cream leather, reinforced on the spine with a stiff tan leather. It is sewn with a beige linen thread and secured using chocolate coloured, leather buttons. Stitched using a long and chain stitch combination.

This one is the closest I've done to a total reproduction of an original item.

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