an aging bellydancer (mid 40s) who lives up the side of the mountain and spends more time dancing in my garden than onstage.
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is there anyone out there with a nyt cooking subscription
will they send me the chamomile tea cake with strawberry icing recipe
[kicks down door] HEY COSPLAYERS
you got any favorite youtube channels/videos on costume stuff?
(oops, this has been sitting in my drafts for many weeks)
A few!
Until recently I didn’t watch much of anything on youtube, unless I was looking for music or specific tutorials, but then I learned that there are historical sewing channels out there! I haven’t watched a huge amount yet though. I’ll list the ones I’ve watched the most of first.
Oh! Also, in December of 2019 a whole bunch of historical costume youtubers did a Secret Santa, so if you search “costube secret santa” a lot more will come up from channels I haven’t checked out yet, or just check the list in the description of this video.
Bernadette Banner - My favourite, her videos are so well made, and she has so much enthusiasm for historical sewing techniques.
10/10 Relatable Content right there! Lots of sewing videos, and she does various different eras. She is currently getting started on an 1890′s black velvet ballgown project.
Karolina Zebrowska - A combination of educational videos about fashion history, and memes & funny skits.
Morgan Donner - A delightful sewing channel with mostly medieval and Renaissance stuff.
Sewstine - Famous for her historical machine embroidery, and she started making videos about it recently! I didn’t realize before how much work machine embroidery is.
Cathy Hay - Not really any sewing videos, but more about the time management & mental health aspect of historical costuming. A mom-friend who is there to encourage you!
Rachel Maksy - Mostly does vintage stuff and cosplay (and really amazing makeup holy heck please click this link), and is only just learning to sew, but she has done some historical stuff and I’m including her because she’s delightful and also because I want to post this screenshot.
“The way you decorate your meatbag is up to you.” Words to live by!
Enchanted Rose Costumes - She’s got sewing videos about 18th and 19th century stuff, and is currently learning how to make needle lace in order to replicate her favourite Worth gown.
Prior Attire - Many different eras, and she mainly does “getting dressed” videos, as well as a few tutorials.
Costuming Drama - I’ve only watched a couple of her videos so far, and they appear to be mostly long vlog type videos that are good for watching while hand sewing. Mostly 19th century, I think.
Bryce Adams - She makes bobbin lace!!! A fairly new channel that I’ve only watched one video from, but I’m excited to see more lace making stuff.
American Duchess - While their channel has a lot of videos of what their shoes look like on feet, they also have some sewing videos, ones where they talk about historical fashion, and general costumed silliness. They also have a very interesting podcast.
Burnley & Trowbridge - The wonderful online shop I buy button blanks and linen thread from! They have historical sewing tutorials that I’ve found incredibly useful.
Gilbert Dolthalion - Another fairly new channel. He’s working on making that 16th century Aziraphale outfit from the Shakespeare scene!
Gina B Silkworks - Gina Barrett does magnificent passementerie. Thread buttons, woven trim, tassels, etc. She made the thread buttons for Sweeney Todd’s shirt in the 2007 movie.
LBCC Historical - Historical cosmetics and hair! Same person I bought my 18th century makeup from.
Pinsent Tailoring - I’m sure most everyone reading this has heard of Zack Pinsent, and he’s finally started making videos! He just released his first one yesterday and it turns out he’s an awkward human just like the rest of us, especially since he’s currently recovering from a broken elbow. Poor guy broke a teacup because he’s not used to doing things left handed :(
I expect there will be sewing content and stuff about Regency fashion, and he’s mentioned that he will do a tutorial on different ways to tie a cravat, which I’m looking forward to since that’s something I’m not very good at.
Lady Rebecca Fashions - Another very recent channel, which I’ve only seen one video from, but it looks like she makes a lot of lovely 19th century stuff.
Marius Lee - @marius-pont-de-bercy has made one video so far and it’s about sewing an 18th century men’s shirt!
Mimic of Modes - Hi @mimicofmodes! Another new channel with two videos at the moment, but perhaps there will be more? Maybe about extant garments or pattern drafting or something?
Cluster Frock - I have only watched one video, but have been following her sewing blog for years and she does many different eras. Hopefully she’ll do some sewing videos! Mostly it looks like videos from costumed events so far.
Paul Malcolm - Only one video so far and it’s about 18th century covered buttons. Perhaps he will make more?
Les Soirees Amusantes - I only just realized they had a youtube channel a minute ago, so haven’t watched any yet, but if their instagram is anything to go by then the videos probably feature people in beautifully made late 18th century costumes dancing, playing music, having tea, etc.
Dames a la Mode - @damesalamode Another one I haven’t watched any of yet, but it appears to be sewing videos and some fancy event stuff.
Redthreaded - A corset & stays company, so she’s got some videos and tutorials pertaining to that.
Jenny la Fleur - Yet another one I haven’t watched any of yet, but it appears to be mainly hairstyling with a bit of sewing.
Me… soonish.. I think? - That link is to a currently empty channel, but I really want to try my hand at making sewing videos. I put it as one of my goals for 2020 to make a video on death’s head buttons, because I get so many questions and comments about the buttons on my black & white c. 1790 coat, so I have started filming some clips for that.
I want to do plain and multicoloured buttons in my video, so I still have some more to film, and then I have to learn how to edit videos, so I’ve no idea when it will happen but it will! I have already filmed the process of making the exact same buttons as the ones on the coat.
And hopefully I shall film some sewing stuff also!
Feel free to add more suggestions!
Edit:
Elin Abrahamsson - Suggested by @graupig, thank you! Mostly medieval.
Goals. But in a much darker shade of black
A Victorian archery outfit belonging to Mrs Fanny Giveen. C. 1855, now part of the collection of the Museum of London
I need to find a way to send this person my bronze age Aegean textile information
after eight years, I finally updated my huge Historical Fashion Reference & Resources Doc! Now in the form of a MUCH more easily updated Google Doc with better organization, refreshed links, and five more pages of books and online resources.
I know tumblr hates links, but it’s worth it for a doc that I can now update with far more regularity going forward! RIP to the original, you did your duty for far longer than you should have. 😔🙏🏼
Mushroom punk is almost as cool as moss punk.
Loputyn aka Unicorn Bunny aka Neoloputyn aka Jessica Cioffi (Italian, based Lombardia, Italy) - Untitled, 2023, Drawings
Alternatives to baker creek are available. You can buy from better people.
I grow our own vegetables. Many hybrid and heirloom varieties are bred for flavor rather than for commercial appeal and travel. There are entire species on the allotment that you can’t easily buy in stores because of this - like salsify, a root vegetable that tastes of fish and shellfish. Our neighbours happily take it to make vegan latkes of alarming similarity to fishcakes. You cannot sell it in stores because - despite looking like a white parsnip - it turns brown when you pick it if you scrape/bruise/cut the white root in any way, or damage the delicate little hairs, for some reason, it BLEEDS RED and is very upsetting to look at.
There are whole classes of foods like this. Foods that just don’t ship well or look good on supermarket shelves. Forbidden fruits. Vegetables that bleed and taste like meat. Sorry about this
Working from my deck today.
I wanted to share this sweet face I found in London on my birthday trip.
And thank you random glitter Boi on the tube. You were born 9 years and 1 day after me. Happy 33rd birthday! You made me feel pretty.
Helpful advice
The /gardening subreddit is actually full of hippie anti-plastic anti-lawn freaks (affectionate) and I find it enjoyable and I saw a nine-word horror story I thought tumblr would enjoy
The emotion in this photo
I don't have followers, but I do have bad nights.
In case anyone is having a bad night:
Here is the fudgiest brownie in a mug recipe I’ve found
Here are some fun sites
Here is a master post of Adventure Time episodes and comics
Here is a master post of movies including Disney and Studio Ghibli
Here is a master post of other master posts to TV shows and movies
*tucks you in with fuzzy blanket* *pats your head*
You’ll be okay, friend <3
Every morning after my partner leaves I steal his pillow.
Please make a post about the story of the RMS Carpathia, because it's something that's almost beyond belief and more people should know about it.
Carpathia received Titanic’s distress signal at 12:20am, April 15th, 1912. She was 58 miles away, a distance that absolutely could not be covered in less than four hours.
(Californian’s exact position at the time is…controversial. She was close enough to have helped. By all accounts she was close enough to see Titanic’s distress rockets. It’s uncertain to this day why her crew did not respond, or how many might not have been lost if she had been there. This is not the place for what-ifs. This is about what was done.)
Carpathia’s Captain Rostron had, yes, rolled out of bed instantly when woken by his radio operator, ordered his ship to Titanic’s aid and confirmed the signal before he was fully dressed. The man had never in his life responded to an emergency call. His goal tonight was to make sure nobody who heard that fact would ever believe it.
All of Carpathia’s lifeboats were swung out ready for deployment. Oil was set up to be poured off the side of the ship in case the sea turned choppy; oil would coat and calm the water near Carpathia if that happened, making it safer for lifeboats to draw up alongside her. He ordered lights to be rigged along the side of the ship so survivors could see it better, and had nets and ladders rigged along her sides ready to be dropped when they arrived, in order to let as many survivors as possible climb aboard at once.
I don’t know if his making provisions for there still being survivors in the water was optimism or not. I think he knew they were never going to get there in time for that. I think he did it anyway because, god, you have to hope.
Carpathia had three dining rooms, which were immediately converted into triage and first aid stations. Each had a doctor assigned to it. Hot soup, coffee, and tea were prepared in bulk in each dining room, and blankets and warm clothes were collected to be ready to hand out. By this time, many of the passengers were awake–prepping a ship for disaster relief isn’t quiet–and all of them stepped up to help, many donating their own clothes and blankets.
And then he did something I tend to refer to as diverting all power from life support.
Here’s the thing about steamships: They run on steam. Shocking, I know; but that steam powers everything on the ship, and right now, Carpathia needed power. So Rostron turned off hot water and central heating, which bled valuable steam power, to everywhere but the dining rooms–which, of course, were being used to make hot drinks and receive survivors. He woke up all the engineers, all the stokers and firemen, diverted all that steam back into the engines, and asked his ship to go as fast as she possibly could. And when she’d done that, he asked her to go faster.
I need you to understand that you simply can’t push a ship very far past its top speed. Pushing that much sheer tonnage through the water becomes harder with each extra knot past the speed it was designed for. Pushing a ship past its rated speed is not only reckless–it’s difficult to maneuver–but it puts an incredible amount of strain on the engines. Ships are not designed to exceed their top speed by even one knot. They can’t do it. It can’t be done.
Carpathia’s absolute do-or-die, the-engines-can’t-take-this-forever top speed was fourteen knots. Dodging icebergs, in the dark and the cold, surrounded by mist, she sustained a speed of almost seventeen and a half.
No one would have asked this of them. It wasn’t expected. They were almost sixty miles away, with icebergs in their path. They had a respondibility to respond; they did not have a responsibility to do the impossible and do it well. No one would have faulted them for taking more time to confirm the severity of the issue. No one would have blamed them for a slow and cautious approach. No one but themselves.
They damn near broke the laws of physics, galloping north headlong into the dark in the desperate hope that if they could shave an hour, half an hour, five minutes off their arrival time, maybe for one more person those five minutes would make the difference. I say: three people had died by the time they were lifted from the lifeboats. For all we know, in another hour it might have been more. I say they made all the difference in the world.
This ship and her crew received a message from a location they could not hope to reach in under four hours. Just barely over three hours later, they arrived at Titanic’s last known coordinates. Half an hour after that, at 4am, they would finally find the first of the lifeboats. it would take until 8:30 in the morning for the last survivor to be brought onboard. Passengers from Carpathia universally gave up their berths, staterooms, and clothing to the survivors, assisting the crew at every turn and sitting with the sobbing rescuees to offer whatever comfort they could.
In total, 705 people of Titanic’s original 2208 were brought onto Carpathia alive. No other ship would find survivors.
At 12:20am April 15th, 1912, there was a miracle on the North Atlantic. And it happened because a group of humans, some of them strangers, many of them only passengers on a small and unimpressive steam liner, looked at each other and decided: I cannot live with myself if I do anything less.
I think the least we can do is remember them for it.
Tea time
Look at this amazing embroidery!
This is part of my ongoing Discworld jacket embroidery project. Of course Great A'Tuin has to be on there. And of course it has to be the biggest one of them all.
I'm going to put the finished product in my masterpost, but I'm so proud of the thing that I have to put it in an extra post beforehand. Enjoy!
I want an adorable bunny measure!
Measuring tape, late 1800s.
Make the thing. Make it not as great as they make it, but Make it anyway. The only way to get better at literally anything is to do it over and over again.
It's fine if you suck. Do it anyway.
Other ppl seing amazing embroidery art: “wow thats so impressive i could never do that”
Me blessed/cursed by artistic hubris: “thats just some thread, i absolutely could pull that off. just give me ten years”
8 strand iron age Finnish braid. It's 4 mm. It's still to big! (This is looking at the Ravattula Ristimäki grave 41 /2016)
Literally what I was doing last year. It got to the point that I had tissue death before I went to the Dr.
Asking for help and proactively taking care of yourself is less of a bother than emergency surgery. It's a hard adjustment to your mentality. I still find myself falling into the trap.
"I wouldn't want to bother anyone," I say as the thing inside of me eats me alive.
It's just ridiculous, and pretty, and it makes me giggle!
It's my 1 year surgery anniversary. On Monday (the same day that a year ago I was in so much pain that I vomited and nearly passed out, the same day I acknowledged that I needed to go to the ER) my friend died suddenly. No warning. No pre-existing conditions that would predict this.
I am not taking any of it well.
But hey. My scar Is looking good.
I reread all these books when I hit 30. I think that I should re-read them again now that I'm in my 40s. I Gove them to every little girl I know.
“Kazul’s not my dragon.“ Cimorene said sharply. “I’m her princess. You’ll never have any luck dealing with dragons if you don’t get these things straight.”
Dealing With Dragons - Patricia C. Wrede
Y'all... I'm pretty sure this is a circle and a quarter skirt, and I'm also equally sure that this hem is more than 9 yards....
Ok y’all, I need you to drop links for free binder services. It’s November which means that parents won’t think it’s odd for their children to request that they not inspect packages. They’ll simply assume it’s a present for whatever holiday they observe. So please do your part by dropping links in the reblogs and trying to get this seen by those who need it
edit: k, so I mean this in nicest way possible. Liking isn’t going to help anyone. This isn’t just for me, other people need these links. If you if you can’t/don’t have the energy to find and post links to ACTIVE donations. Please at least reblog so someone who follows you can. Please and thank you <3
The Armsyces! Why are they so big that my tit can escape out the armpit of my t-shirt?!
And yes, it is impossible to look at off the rack clothing and bring yourself to spend for something that will not fit.
the thing nobody fucking warns you about is that once you know literally anything about sewing or how clothes are constructed it immediately becomes impossible to buy clothes because 90+% of newly produced clothes that you can actually look at in a physical store are just hot fucking garbage. like what is even the point of buying something made of thin polyester blend with a shit ton of exposed lazily serged seams on the inside and weirdly large armscyes? its completely unrepairable and also not worth repairing because it’s designed to be disposable and half its flaws are unfixable without essentially re-sewing the garment from scratch and the other half are a ticking time bomb where no structural element is expected to last past the first failure. no fucking wonder nobody bothers learning to sew buttons or darn in this day and age!! theres no damn point because the rest of the garment is totally fucked by the time it becomes needed! *i am gently escorted out of the department store, frothing at the mouth*
but you watch enough historical costuming videos and its just like. “+1 skill acquired: making your own clothes! good luck, you’ll definitely be using it from now on :)”
This is one of the 2 sources I used to recreate my 14th bce Minoan hypothetical dress.
We know so much about death rituals in some cultures, but very little about others. The beautifully-preserved panels of the Hagia Triada Sarcophagus give insight into 14th century BC Minoan burial practices, depicting offerings and sacrifices, as well as goddesses and griffins.
For people who live in the U.S., November can bring to mind a lot of things, and one of them is Thanksgiving. This can be a complicated holiday because while most people just see it as an excuse to get together with friends and family and pig out, we all know that the story of the "First Thanksgiving" is bullshit.
This November, and for as long as it takes, I'm asking you to keep Native American and Alaska Native rights in mind and to fight for them. ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, is at risk.
This act was created to stop cultural genocide. Until the late 1900s, Native American and Alaska Native children were routinely kidnapped and placed in residential schools and white families, where they faced abuse, forced assimilation, and sometimes murder. ICWA was passed in 1978 to stop this by allowing tribes to control the foster and adoption placement of Native American and Alaska Native children.
However, today, the SCOTUS started hearing arguments in a case that could overturn ICWA. This would not only endanger children and allow cultural genocide, but it would endanger tribal sovereignty since it would deny sovereign tribes the rights over the placement of their own children.
This November, this Thanksgiving, and until ICWA has been upheld, I ask you to stand up for the rights of Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
Spread the word about what is happening. Don't let this get swept under the rug. Post about it. Tell your friends and family.
Sign petitions.
Write to representatives.
Reach out to local tribes to see what you can do to help.
Protest.
And if you can afford to do so, donate to Native American and Alaska Native organizations.
Of all the ways to present this scene. This makes me happiest.
I have never seen ANYTHING this needlessly extra ever in my life. Why is he like this.