Orchesography

I finally have a copy of this book! I am so very thrilled. I was in a group that won a competition to fill in an apparently missing section of a dance at one of the Dance Seminars and this was the prize. I never even got to look at the book as it was given to someone else in the group. I got together with one of my friends from my Calontir days that lives here now. We went to the Chatterbox for dinner and then to the Half Price Books on Ford Parkway. I wasn't going to go in the basement, but I decided to check out their dance section in the basement and there it was for $5! if I didn't have homework to do, I'd be up all night reading it.
Maybe new pics tomorrow. I've made progress on the Nordskogen champion baldric projects. The archery badge is almost half done, and the bardic badge only has the strings left to be embroidered.

Clothier's Seminar

I had two classes, one that I thought went well and one I thought that did not.
Since I had to cut down the hand stitching class to an hour, I gave the three people who came a choice between clothing construction or decorative stitches. They chose clothing construction. I didn't have a hand out because it was a hands on class and they'd get some practice in the class and examples that they did on their own to take wit. It worked out well. I didn't mind only having three people because each one got more help that way.
The shirt class didn't go so well, but I know what I'll do differently next time.

I wore the silk Italian dance dress and it is lookingg even better on me now that I have lost about 1o pounds so far. It's much more comfortable too. I'm concerned about one of the neckline corners in the front that seems to be ripping a little bit. It'll have to be reinforced from the inside to prevent further ripping.

I participated again in the Walk Through History. My hair taping was a big hit with many people and so were the socks that were the main highlights. I demonstrated that a few times for people. I got more work done on the large embroidery project and I'm nearly ready to move to a new section. I haven't gotten to it since Clothier's, but I'll have more time starting this week.