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Mar. 6th, 2010 09:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwendolyngreyThis afternoon I finished putting together the buckrum form for my early spoon Mildred Augusta bonnet. I haven't decided yet exactly how I'm going to cover it though. I know I'll be using some blue silk taffeta that I got from Katie, but it's the style I'm stuck on... I'm leaning towards a drawn bonnet but I just can't decide. And how much wadding should I add to the tip? And do I interline or not? These are the questions.
And after all that is done there'll still be the trimming to figure out, but that's the fun part. ;)
And speaking of the Civil War (which I kind of was... obliquely... fashion counts) I'm in the middle of reading The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, which the movie Gettysburg is based on. It is phenomenal. I tend to assume that books which are centered around a battle are rather dull affairs filled with a lot of wordy descriptions of tactics and maneuvers. The Killer Angels is anything but, being very well written and fleshing out incredibly compelling characters. I was also pleased by the unbiased 'political' stance, as both the North and the South are portrayed sympathetically. Shaara lets the characters speak (and think) for themselves, instead of using them to preach to the audience. I still have to finish it, but I had to gush.
And after all that is done there'll still be the trimming to figure out, but that's the fun part. ;)
And speaking of the Civil War (which I kind of was... obliquely... fashion counts) I'm in the middle of reading The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, which the movie Gettysburg is based on. It is phenomenal. I tend to assume that books which are centered around a battle are rather dull affairs filled with a lot of wordy descriptions of tactics and maneuvers. The Killer Angels is anything but, being very well written and fleshing out incredibly compelling characters. I was also pleased by the unbiased 'political' stance, as both the North and the South are portrayed sympathetically. Shaara lets the characters speak (and think) for themselves, instead of using them to preach to the audience. I still have to finish it, but I had to gush.
