| Jul. 11th, 2008 @ 01:43 am Work? What work? |
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Current Mood:  exhausted
Current Music: Sweet - Fox on the Run
I've been ridiculously productive over the past week (with the exception of Monday night).
Saturday: Drove back from Indy. Started Hand-and-Arm guards at Charles the Brown's place - patterned them, got main pieces cut out, some holes punched), sewed 12 cored cloth buttons, sewed 6 of them onto my gambeson.
Sunday: Sewed other 5 buttons onto gambeson, got rest of pieces cut out for Hand-and-Arm guards and most holes punched, dyed them.
Monday: Nuffin'
Tuesday: Practice
Wednesday: Padded new fencing burgeonet (this consisted of figuring out padding method, cutting out padding, taping it together until it all fit, then sewing the padding together (with artifical sinew, an idea I got from Charles the Brown). Patterned chin cup for strapping.
Thursday: Skipped gym to do stuff: Went to Play it Again Sports to try and find more substantial elbow protection. Found it, didn't buy it 'cause I'm not sure if I need it, bought socks that hopefully won't suck too bad as garb instead. Bought leather for chin cup, new #3 punch to replace one I blunted. Cut out wood block to punch holes onto. Polished and oiled swords (except for the complicated hilt, I'll do it next week), retaped tips, polished nasty rusting peen block, strapped helm, final dye on Hand-and-Arm guards.
Movies watched doing projects over those four days of productivity:
The Fifth Element (part of it, while at Charles' place)
Independence Day
Transformers
Batman Begins
Men in Black
The 13th Warrior
Die Hard
Shakespeare in Love
Elizabeth
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Hellboy (twice, on TV)
And there's more to do tomorrow: assemble hand-and-arm guards for this weekend, get another shirt sewn.
Projects in the works, in planning or desired:
At least 3 more shirts, one handsewn for possible A&S entry (in the works)
Doublet (at least one desired)
Another pair venetians (desired)
Pluderhosen (desired)
Pouch (in planning)
Fencing Doublet of Sexy Awesome (in planning)
Gamboised cuisses to point my new knee cops to (in planning)
Braies to point them to (desired)
Pad elbow and and knee cops (spring steel!, in planning)
Figure out a way to keep elbow cops on while fighting (desired, feel free to suggest ideas)
Redo shoulder straps on leather torso armour (desired)
Stain/seal/treat awesome box I got at Rose Tournament.
That's all I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there are more.
And that's just the SCA projects.
To make matters worse, I have no money, and will have to get a job at school next year. If I get the one I want, though, I'll have time to do handsewn projects while doing it.
I have so many projects it's ridiculous.
AND I need to lose weight 'cause I'm fat (overweight, same thing).
This weekend's plans are:
Friday night - Sewing at Brighid's, including assembling hand-and-arm guards
Saturday - Event, hopefully to include C&T time with Marco
Sunday - Planned trip to Conal's to make a Glastonbury chair |
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