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Post by meganl on Dec 31, 2016 6:41:51 GMT
That's lovely Sandra and I am glad she got you in the picture, it always feels strange to have friends on the internet that you could walk past in the street and never recognise. Have a good Hogmanay
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Post by sandrainsydney on Dec 31, 2016 12:40:14 GMT
I have pics of some mudcatters, some I've met in person & others from pics posted on Mudcat in the good ol' days. My way to celebrate NYE is to stay home! I live in Kings Cross, place where many a person goes to celebrate (ie. get very drunk & behave badly), & getting home is difficult. Occasionally I head out to see the 9pm fireworks (over the top of intervening tall buildings) & came back an hour later after a big walk! (memo to self - take a another walk one day!) I took 27 pics & only 1 had a single view of the fireworks, cos I set out 5 mins before they started. The yellow light in the first pic is on the corner of the road I intended to travel along to see what I could over the heads of folks on the street. Fireworks are set off further to the right in the second pic which shows the CBD. the fireworks as seen by those at the vantage points Attachments:
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Post by ragdall on Jan 1, 2017 14:38:45 GMT
The bag is lovely, Sandra. Interesting to see the leaves that inspired you and wonderful to see you. I'm glad that your friend included you in the photo.
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Post by ragdall on Jan 1, 2017 14:44:33 GMT
Fireworks are difficult to photograph, Sandra. You did well to catch one of them. I like the dream-like effect in the second photo. There is much happening without any of the people being clear. Thanks for sharing your New Year's Eve with us.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 2, 2017 10:16:32 GMT
thanks, maeve & rags
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Post by maeve on Jan 2, 2017 15:09:54 GMT
I have not been clever or alert enough to look at and compliment the lovely leaf bag until now. It is surpassed by the beauty of the smiling unmet friend in the photo. Megan did comment on it earlier as did rags.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 2, 2017 23:02:49 GMT
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Post by maeve on Jan 9, 2017 20:01:30 GMT
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Post by maeve on Jan 16, 2017 16:56:15 GMT
Oh well, I thought it interesting.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 16, 2017 23:27:05 GMT
it is! I've passed it to friends in the Needlework Tools collectors society here's my Elizabethan doll - I used a cotton (cotton was not known in Elizabethan times but the pattern is close enough to period) Her caul was made using a 1920's lace fabric, the corset used wooden iceblock handles! The miniature blackwork around her smock neckline, sleeves & hem was done on very fine cotton. Her flat shoes were made from a piece of brocade & the beret from taffeta.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 16, 2017 23:49:10 GMT
more miniature blackwork - unfortunately I don't have a close up pic & as there is a lot of stuff in front of the doll cabinet I don't have time to get into it. 1544 - Tudor. Blackwork came to England with Henry VIII's first wife Katherine of Aragon. I used very fine silk gauze for the counted thread blackwork & couldn't do it today! Dolls house makers use it for 1/12" scale needlepoint. The Ladies of fashion were dressed between 1980-1988. pic 1 - chemise with wide sleeves & blackwork hitched up to show red stockings, garters & shoes. pic 2 - chemise & green corset. Corset were not yet boned. pic 3 - corset & unlined petticoat
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 16, 2017 23:57:16 GMT
part 2- corset & lined blue silk petticoat. Corset was not boned. kirtle (full petticoat) & sleeves red velvet robe, also lined headdress was pinned up on one side, over a close-titting white coif, & was made from 1920's gold lace with a black cotton veil
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 17, 2017 0:25:53 GMT
1544 in true colour. I put her in a prestigious show & the display "experts" unpinned her veil. Another one of my dolls has a leg-hugging skirt which they spread out as if she was wearing a hoped skirt. Over the years other entries suffered under their artistic experise. They were famous for damaging fine knitting etc by hanging it from the ceiling of the cabinets & putting prize-winning embroideries on the back to the cabinets where they couldn't be seen. One year they put the 1st & 2nd prize ribbons on the wrong entries, & wouldn't open the cabinet when informed by the judge, so the following year an entire guild boycotted the show. The only entries came from non-members who didn't know what had happened. I can't remember who judged these few entries as the guild did not supply a judge, either. sandra (getting off her soap box) Attachments:
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Post by ragdall on Jan 17, 2017 9:19:25 GMT
Oh well, I thought it interesting. I thought it was interesting too. I'm sorry I didn't tell you without being prompted. I need to remember that feedback is important to everyone.
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Post by ragdall on Jan 17, 2017 9:25:42 GMT
Sandra, the display "experts" must be a challenge. Were the same ones in place the year after the boycot?
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