Because she always makes the bestest memes...

[gwendolyngrey]

1. Five-eighths, one-half or three-eighths?
I think it's because I started out with commercial patterns, but I always do 5/8th. Although most of the time I just eyeball what I THINK looks like 5/8ths and hope it works.

2. Linen, cotton, wool or silk?
Silk. I'm all about the pretty.

3. Stripes, solids or prints?
Dude. REALLY. Stripes.

4. Drape or draft?
Bit of both... like many others I draft from historical patterns and then fit and fudge. I can't properly drape things from scratch though, as I don't have a dressform.

5. Pins or weights?
Pins. Never used weights, and never want to.

6. Nipper or seam ripper?
I'm not even quite sure what a nipper is!

7. Pleats or ruffles?
I feel like I have a disgusting amount of history with pleats, and while they're a snap now, I hate them (or to be honest, I hate ironing them). So I suppose I prefer ruffles.

8. Wheel or scissors?
Scissors. I think wheels are much more of a quilters thing.

9. Princess seams or darts?
I think princess seams are prettier, and I HATE marking darts.

10. Flat-line or bag-line?
I mostly bag-line un-historical stuff... force of habit, also brought about by early commercial pattern training.

11. Serge or French seam?
I don't have a serger and I haven't the patience to french seam... a lot of the time I trim the seam allowance and zig-zag it, or I leave it as it is, or I bag-line.

12. Invisible or original sliding?
I like avoiding zippers where ever possible, but if pressed, I'll use an invisible zipper. Then I'll curse and cry when it jams or breaks.

13. Hooks & eyes or lacings?
Hooks and eyes always make a garment feel more "real" to me than lacings do.

14. Corset for comfort, or corset for look? (And no, you can’t claim both.)
For look. I have no patience when it comes to undergarments, and if it didn't affect the overall look I wouldn't bother. Plus I have less chance of being bored to tears if I make it pretty.

15. Bind, pipe or face?
Bind. I've not done much piping (yet... there are Grand Plans) and facings are pure evil.

As for real content:

Two years ago my sister (the icon is in her honor) very reluctantly agreed to go with me on my first trip to Bristol Ren Faire. She was very dubious about the whole thing, but after a few hours there conceded that it was rather fun, and by the end of the day she agreed that it was a fabulous experience. Then last year she was quite eager to go with me again when I proposed it, and even though she was exhausted from work she loved it as much as before.

This summer, she recently suggested to me that it would be ever so much fun to go again, and we are now planning a last-minute, very-end-of-summer hurrah for next weekend (which also happens to be the last weekend before I go back to school). While I would have loved to go when all the LJ-ers went earlier, I'm very much looking forward to it. We have grand plans of doing a lot of nothing... of sitting on the grass and quietly poking fun at people (our favorite pastime), of smoking expensive cigars and maybe getting a beer or two and watching a few shows... if nothing else, I know we'll have fun just hanging out together.

Anyway, I have to whip up a last-minute, horribly-unhistorical outfit for her. She hates long skirts, despises layers and sleeves in the summer, and wants to wear her black work boots. I've managed to sketch out something that she likes, and have a week to make it in... shouldn't be a problem. This just means that the V.B. dress will have to take the backseat again.