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Pennsic prep
I made eleven Paris-pie hand-pies yesterday morning, and we split the leakiest one for lunch. Note to self: at 350°F, the pies leak a bit onto the cookie sheet, and the leakage solidifies and curdles. At 375°F, the same leakage scorches and blackens.
I also braided a lacing cord for![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
shalmestere, about 49" long. Started with FFF beading silk, looped five times around two clamps attached to the dining-room table 60" apart; tied a slip knot in the middle, used its loop as an anchor to braid one half of the cord, then untied the slip knot, and used the loops at the braided end as an anchor to braid the other half of the cord. The only difficulty was finding the five loops after undoing the slip knot, because they had tangled around one another while I braided the first half. Perhaps if I put them on a comb, or put a weight on each of them? Still need to attach an aiglet to one end of the cord. She has some commercial aiglets of silver or silver-gilt, which would be cool, or I could just make one of sheet brass.
I also made and attached a neck facing to a linen shirt that we just converted from one of D's smocks, and that appeared to be splitting a bit between the shoulder blades.
I also finished machine-sewing the new valence to the tent roof, then went around the bottom of the valence with pinking shears to give it a crenellated effect. I don't want to put too much work into this 25-year-old tent, because I very much hope to have the new tent finished by next summer.
I discovered yesterday that the trailer's registration hasn't been renewed since 2019 (a lot of things haven't happened since 2019!), so I probably need to go to the DMV today to renew it.
[ETA: Went to the DMV, and it went pretty smoothly. They grumbled a little about me not having the title to the trailer, but it wasn't a blocker. They refused to let me keep using my current license plate, but handed me a new one, and don't appear to have charged me anything extra for it. Trailer is now legal. In and out in under an hour.]
And I did some practicing on the noodly line in the Faenza piece we're doing in our concert next week. I've got it mostly off-book, but there are several passages that are almost the same in the A and B sections, but go different places, and I get them mixed up. I plan to perform with music in front of me, but the more memorized it is, the more fluent it'll sound.
Meanwhile,shalmestere finished putting sleeves and gussets on the wool gown that she just repurposed from one of her dresses, and attached a collar. I think we'll want to put a linen lining on the collar, both for comfort and to help the collar stand up straight. She also patched some braes and smocks.
I also braided a lacing cord for
shalmestere, about 49" long. Started with FFF beading silk, looped five times around two clamps attached to the dining-room table 60" apart; tied a slip knot in the middle, used its loop as an anchor to braid one half of the cord, then untied the slip knot, and used the loops at the braided end as an anchor to braid the other half of the cord. The only difficulty was finding the five loops after undoing the slip knot, because they had tangled around one another while I braided the first half. Perhaps if I put them on a comb, or put a weight on each of them? Still need to attach an aiglet to one end of the cord. She has some commercial aiglets of silver or silver-gilt, which would be cool, or I could just make one of sheet brass.I also made and attached a neck facing to a linen shirt that we just converted from one of D's smocks, and that appeared to be splitting a bit between the shoulder blades.
I also finished machine-sewing the new valence to the tent roof, then went around the bottom of the valence with pinking shears to give it a crenellated effect. I don't want to put too much work into this 25-year-old tent, because I very much hope to have the new tent finished by next summer.
I discovered yesterday that the trailer's registration hasn't been renewed since 2019 (a lot of things haven't happened since 2019!), so I probably need to go to the DMV today to renew it.
[ETA: Went to the DMV, and it went pretty smoothly. They grumbled a little about me not having the title to the trailer, but it wasn't a blocker. They refused to let me keep using my current license plate, but handed me a new one, and don't appear to have charged me anything extra for it. Trailer is now legal. In and out in under an hour.]
And I did some practicing on the noodly line in the Faenza piece we're doing in our concert next week. I've got it mostly off-book, but there are several passages that are almost the same in the A and B sections, but go different places, and I get them mixed up. I plan to perform with music in front of me, but the more memorized it is, the more fluent it'll sound.
Meanwhile,
shalmestere finished putting sleeves and gussets on the wool gown that she just repurposed from one of her dresses, and attached a collar. I think we'll want to put a linen lining on the collar, both for comfort and to help the collar stand up straight. She also patched some braes and smocks.