eleanor_deyeson

Just to put it out there...

I don't mind if you friend me.  Most of my writing is public, with a bit restricted to friends only.

When a new person friends me, I always go check out their profile and journal.  If you are a really skilled writer, or writing about stuff that interests me, I'll likely friend you back.  Or, if I can figure out who you are in real or SCA life, then I usually will friend you too.

So sending me a brief message or comment, telling about yourself, will increase the probability I'll friend you back.

You don't have to know me in real/SCA life to become my friend, just share some common interests.

Thanks,

Eleanor Deyeson

Make long-term plans, and break them into doable steps.


Organize SCA stuff and information of my own.


Organize SCA stuff for the rest of the household.


Manage mundane housework.


Organize my mundane stuff - in the house.


Organize mundane stuff of others in the house.


Organize stuff (both mundane & SCA) in the tent, trailer and storage unit.


Manage lawn & garden tasks.


Make home repairs.


Work on (not just organize) my SCA projects.


Work on SCA responsibilities.


Handle family & community commitments.

Here's the meme:

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."

• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity.

• Update your journal with the answers to the questions.

• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions--if you want to, I'm not big on the "Forcing" part of such memes.

And here are my questions from elasait

1. Why did you and Gerald move back to Nebraska?tedeisenstein

Yesterday and today, I worked on finishing up assorted projects which I've had partly/mostly done. Some of these count in my Stash Challenge.
10. Purple bliaut for older daughter, made from a cotton tablecloth, with a cool weave. Sleeves lined and neck facing with a linen shirt. Made for the William the Marshal event in May 2009, needs adjusting due to body growth. We added new gores and gussets. Now I just need to hand stitch all the seam allowances down. Otherwise, it will ravel away. It's my travel project now.
17. Yellow linen fighting undershirt for Gerald, made from a 3X short sleeved dress. I finished up stitching down all the seam allowances, and he'll wear it at fighter practice tonight.
19. Light green linen-cotton tunic for middle son - it started as a sleeveless dress.
21. Purple linen long sleeved tunic for eldest son. Made it before Lilies. He grew more over the summer, so the sleeve trim is to lengthen them. Added about 4" long black linen cuffs.
24. Purple linen-rayon long sleeved tunic - I made for middle boy - but the sleeves needed more space. I added the space today, and now, I think maybe the tunic is for ME!

Reworked an old garb outfit - it's the under tunic from Gerald's wedding garb - Patrick fits it, but the sleeve lining needed tacked down - DONE, and the stuff I put in the hem to help it lay nice - well, after all these years, it just laid weird. So I cut it off, and rehemmed it. DONE.

Anyone interested in some old cameras?  I'm talking really old.  My dad bought out the stock of some camera repair place in the early 80's, and I've got a few cameras that were outdated then, still in their original boxes.

If that tempts anyone, I'll go the the effort of telling you exactly what the are.  And then you can tell me what you'd do with them.

So, it's been 2 weeks since I stopped drinking Dr. Pepper (my drug of choice) and I've avoided most other caffeine as well.  The headaches are mostly gone.  But I'm still so tired.
( Probably TMI for most )

I shortened and repaired the German garb Sashatec made Bechte, and now it fits Libby.  But it's funny how one looks more purple, the other more aqua.

Photos of german

Just wanted to let you know I've finally joined the dark side, and gotten a flickr account.  I've posted some to the attention of the garb_the_child group, and some to the attention of the stash_challenge group.

The sets are Kids garb,

and Stash Challenge items.

You can check them out, and make comments if you wish.

So I read the CalonList, and then clicked on the class list.  Lo and behold, there's a couple of classes I'd like to take.  So I'm making a plan to day trip down to RUSH.

Who says I can't be spontaneous?

Well, we're now at 6 full days without my Dr. Pepper.  I'm still sleeping way too much, although that may be more a feature of the lack of daylight and other factors that make Oct to Dec usually blah for me.

I have been having the most interesting and memorable dreams when I'm napping.

When I am awake, I have been actually working.  I started by reorganizing the garb closet for the 4 younger kids and purchased at the thrift store a cedar lined wardrobe, in which I will hang Gerald's & my garb.  Things are being mended, or the too small stuff set aside for the next giveaway.  And I've been working on the piles of useful fabrics, just waiting to be reclaimed.  I also made a chemise, cloak, and winnigas for Dolan & Kezia, and still need to finish Kezia's overtunic, and a new tunic for Dolan.

From the cabbage from Kezia chemise, I made two hood-like coifs for Gerald to use when fighting.  He tends to lose his coifs a lot.  I'm working on a linen fighting shirt for him as well.

And I've gotten a number of garments fixed or made for the little kids.  I'll be posting in stash challenge, once I take some photos.

And tonight, after watching Bride Wars, I decided what to do for 12th night.  Using ideas from festiveattyre.com, Baroness Briana, and elizabethancostume.net, I've found something Italian renn I'm willing to wear.  There are two paintings by Bacchiacca dated about 1520.  But no one tell Sashatec.  He keeps giving me a hard time, (or lately, "not saying anything") about my interest in early period garb.  I'd like to surprise him.

If I can get it done, I will need to ask Master Alan for a green cloth sash, from his hand, to wear with it.  The leather apprentice belt just isn't the right style.

Maybe this will work

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So ysoria2009 friended me, so I checked out her profile of the way to friending back (Waves hello), and found anabeladb  (added her, waves hello) and then found garb_the_child   Which is really cool.  And I want to remember this post about original garments

This is one of the beautiful things about the internet, that we can jump from here to there, and uncover wonderful things.

I'm at about 68 hours without my Dr. Pepper.  My most common phrases for the last 3 days have been "Be Quiet", "What part of Be Quiet don't you understand" and "That's nice, Go away."

Hopefully the headache and crankiness will go away soon.  At least tomorrow, the kids will be back at school.

In a totally cruel twist, 2 of the kids chose Dr. Pepper while trick-or-treating.  I told them it wasn't nice to bring temptation into the house. 

(Background - the oldest boy goes to a boarding school 60 miles from home - all boys - about 250 in the building.  Some are day students, and go home nightly to their families.  But given the living environment and the age group, the administration was working on arranging a vaccine clinic.  Other key point - the boy is 18 - a legal adult in some states, but not ours.)

So, I got an email from my son's school, saying that they had the H1N1 vaccine in the building, and would be giving vaccinations today, if we had our permission forms in.  I never expected them to get the vaccine this soon, so I was going to take it up tomorrow for conferences.

So I call the boy, and he doesn't want to.  Say he probably had it already.  I asked about fever, he never checked.  He was only "sick" for a few days, and just toughed it out.  I doubt that it was H1N1.  There are people in the school that have confirmned swine flu.  But I really doubt that such a short and mild illness was it.

So I sign the form, scan it, and email it.  Ask his grandma the nurse if I should insist he gets the vaccine.  She agreed, so I called him back and told him to do it.  Hopefully the principal opened his email and got the form.

So, am I a horrible mother for forcing my nearly adult to get the vaccine?  If his school was in a number of other states, he could refuse.

But I've got 4 more at home, and one of them I'd really worry about getting complications.  And our family physician hasn't gotten any doses yet.

I've been mostly treating him like an adult, and expecting him to act like an adult, so I feel harsh for disregarding his opinion.  But I still think it's necessary.

So I've been thinking about what exactly it is I want to discover, and what skills I want to develop. and what things I DON'T want to spend any brain cells on.  (Of course, in an SCA arts & sciences context.  Isn't that our default frame of reference???)

Part of this stems from our judging criteria, and how entrants are sometimes told  "You could increase the complexity by doing XYZ." ( Read more... )

So, mostly, that's where the borders of my quest for knowledge in glasswork lie.  (I'll consider where my borders are in other fields another time.)

How about the rest of you - What are your borders?  How do you define your passion?

Ok, I've been thinking about Kingdom A&S.  If i only enter the tri-levels, it isn't as hard to choose one category.  However, if I want to make my interest in accessories "shout" (as Jehanne put it), I need some way to enter accessory design.
(For my Out-of-Kingdom readers, Calontir's A&S championship requires 3 entries, which need to be different skill sets, not all in one category.)

Specifically, either 6th Cent Eastern Kent - around Finglesham, or Gipewic (Ipswich) about the year 600 (design I worked on for Dorcas.)  But I've got lots of specific times & places I want to explore eventually.

Now, clothing design requires "Entry must include color rendering of outfit drawn on a figure and descriptions of all pieces of costume, with additional materials (detail sketches, swatches, patterns, etc.) at entrant's discretion. Artistic quality of figure drawn (i.e., hands, face, etc.) will not be judged, but depiction of outfit should be clear and accurate, and will be judged ." but accessories are only very briefly mentioned - under the 1-5 points for workmanship.

*Embellishments and accessories: completely discussed and depicted?

*Period styling or personalization or special embellishment

I don't really want to get into pattern construction quite as much - there's precious little available for the 5th to 8th century, and thus, it would be really hard to follow my goal all sources within 50 years and 50 miles.

However, clothing accessory is just one item "Entry should consist of an item that is meant to accompany a costume but is not essential to the costume's existence. Possible accessories include a pair of shoes, stockings, ruffs, cuffs, headgear, gloves, bags, belts, scabbards, underwear, made or constructed jewelry, etc. Weapons should be entered in the Weaponry category. Individual components may be entered in appropriate categories (Metalwork, Embroidery, etc.). Entrant must specify source of any patterns, templates, etc. used. "

Clothing is again, more about the clothes rather than the bling "Clothing is to be a complete outfit. It is strongly suggested that judges view the clothing both on and off a person, to examine it fully. "

Glasswork and Metalwork would be ways to enter specific items, but I can't enter 3 metal items, even if the outfit requires half-a-dozen metal accessories.  I'd obviously choose my best item to enter in either of these categories.

I could go with Miscellaneous "This category includes non-performance entries in any media not covered by other criteria. This criteria applies to finished items only; crafts involving only the preparation of materials for other uses (e.g. paintmaking, tanning, papermaking) should be entered in Material Preparation. As generic criteria, this set reflects the standards used in all non-performance criteria. "  But my understanding is that it can be harder to get the best scores with a very generic category.  However this may be the best place.

For an out-of-the-ordinary method, I could go with Writing.  "Includes plays, fictional prose, and period non-fiction forms (history, biography, philosophy, how-to treatises, bestiaries, travelogues, etc.). Entries must be typed. Limit 15 pages; if work is longer, entrants may submit a section of up to 15 pages for judging and summarize rest. "  And I probably will use this method for documenting accessory design for the late period times/places, which more closely relates to when period writing about what people were wearing was more detailed.

I don't think that I'm quite ready for doing a research paper.   "Entry is a modern scholarly paper on any aspect of medieval studies. Entries must be typed, in modern essay format, with bibliography, notes, etc., as needed. Works in medieval writing style and works of fiction should be entered in Prose and Playwriting. Historical "summary" research (Ex. a synopsis of the Battle of Agincourt, a biography of Charlemagne) will be accepted, but best scores will be given to original thesis or synthesis papers whose findings apply directly to medieval re-creation (Ex. use of tactical maneuvers in the Battle of Agincourt; the effects of Charlemagne's political influence on calligraphic style). NOTE: Unlike other categories, which encourage the production of artifacts suitable to medieval standards, Research Papers seeks entries within a mundane context. Criteria areas have thus been modified accordingly. " 

I guess I haven't seen any research papers that are similar to what I want to do, and I'm not sure how I'd present it.

I got a super cool gift in the mail today!!!

You may recall the images I linked here, ( Cut to save your f-list - Pics inside )

So, I was Posty McPosty for a while, then silence.  I was trying to stop using my drug of choice, Dr. Pepper, and did almost nothing.  I did start training for my short term job, and went to the Dr. for the pain which seems to be arthritis, and the assorted whirlwind which is having 5 kids.

Saturday, (today) is Coronation.  While I didn't get a German dress done, I did actually make a new dress for ME, out of recycled wool.  It's purple, and started it's life as a pair of pants and a jacket.  I did size it so that I can give it to Patrick when I make something better.  It only took about 2 hrs of actual tetrising, cutting and sewing.  I used the machine, and I doubt that anyone can really tell from 10ft out, since the purple wool is so dark.

I'll post a photo in stashchallenge tomorrow.

See you at the event, I hope.

So, I've pretty much done nothing today.  Patrick cooked lunch and Becky cooked dinner, (well, I did tell them what to make.)
I drove about 150 miles.
We had girl scouts.
I read 3 books this weekend, mostly today.

So this was pretty much a day of rest.

( Read more... )Visited the library, and talked to a few people there about School board stuff.</div>