gwendybee blogs

Gwendy's side personal blog for inspiration, fandom, friends, and everything else!

[escapismsworld]

Strawberry Hill House. A Gothic Revival villa that was built in Twickenham, London 1749

[a-totally-reasonable-username]

@namelessennes

[avidreaderffn]

@sandstonesunspear

[polyamorousmisanthrope]

Jesus Tapdancing Christ... THIS is a good welt pocket and the people who designed Simplicity 2895 ought to be blasted well ASHAMED of themselves for the crap way THEY wanted a welt pocket made. *SNARLS*

[makereadgrow]

This is how I learned to do it and a good example of what you want to see in a short form tutorial: pinning, pressing, seam finishing, good fabric handling.

I would mention that you can make the pocket facing with a small panel of your matching fabric that is visible and the rest in a lighter fabric to reduce bulk. That's a lot of denim layers for comfort.

[screamsfinalgirl]

[rosieandthemoon]

Tararua Forest, New Zealand

[rhymewithrachel]

watching twilight and I keep making myself laugh imagining if it was just alucard or any other vampire instead of Edward. POV nausferatu goes to ur school

[pencildragons]

bro i LOVE indigenous fusion music i love it when indigenous people take traditional practices and language and apply them in new cool ways i love the slow decay and decolonisation of the modern music industry

[pencildragons]

I WILL !!! I WILL DO THAT

some of my favourite indigenous artists, in no particular order:

Inuit artists:

the jerry cans (esp their album Inuusiq)

beatrice deer

twin flames

Māori artists:

jordyn with a why

Indigenous australian artists:

tilly tjala thomas (i particularly love ngai yurlku nhiina)

kardajala kirridarra (srlsly check out ngajabu (Grandmother's Song))

i've also heard good things abt Baker Boy, but i haven't checked out his stuff yet

[columbidaae]

Another one for Inuit artists is Piqsiq! Two sisters who’ve been doing traditional throat singing since they were kids. They make some really gorgeous, eerie, atmospheric stuff. Highly recommend watching this video of them performing live a cappella using a looping machine, because they might be the coolest people on the planet actually

(Jo March nearly in tears voice) women,,,,

[aconissa]

For anyone into North Asian and Central Asian folk music, there's this incredible Siberian folk-pop band called Otyken! The group is mostly women and they're from multiple indigenous groups in Siberia, with songs being sung in their range of different languages. They're so much fun and their music videos are amazing!

[alqemizzy]

i'll go ahead and recommend The Halluci Nation (formerly known as A Tribe Called Red), an EDM group from First Nations Ontario that do really cool fusions of First Nations music with dubstep, moombahton, and hip hop.

[emeraldraccoon478]

I really really really appreciate people who share videos on posts like these, because almost without a doubt every time I love the music but I’ve never got the spoons to click on links and look through a bunch of music or worse google the artist I always end up too overwhelmed to start and I hate that

[morathicain]

Haven't seen Belle Sisoski here yet so here we go: she's the current Artist of Year for BURO impact Awards. She's from Malaysia and knows how to play an insane amount of ethnic instruments and mixes them with her own voice. She does covers and her own songs, mixes ethnic instruments with Techno and shows the process. And she's also a live DJ at 19!

And one of her own:

Oh and of course there's also the HU and Bloodywood for people who like more rock and metal mixed in:

[upthewitchypunx]

1876 is a Pow Wow punk rock band from Portland, Oregon

1876

[tieflingkisser]

Alien Weaponry is an awesome Māori metal band

Darkaside is a Papuan metal band

Shepherds Reign is a Samoan metal band

[vonclosen]

Ts'msyen (pacific northwest coast) black metal

[oyasumiwa]

[dragonie]

I also want to recommend King Stingray here! They describe their work as Yolŋu surf rock

[secretsfromwholecloth]

Lenin Tamayo, Quechua pop singer.

And of course I can't not add Mari Boine (Sámi) to a post like this:

And Arvvas, who I think have moved on to other things but did mashups of Sámi traditional singing and jazz:

[marrogerson]

Knight Eternal's cover is now live! Head over to The Nerd Daily for an excerpt plus an interview in which I talk about the book and my thoughts on @charliebowater 's mind-blowing artwork!

[marrogerson]

And because I can suddenly feel my publisher's marketing team giving me a meaningful stare through the internet, it would be remiss of me not to mention that Barnes & Noble is running a 25% off preorders sale through tomorrow, which is a great deal if you were thinking of preordering Knight Eternal. I believe this makes the hardcover a better price than it will be on Amazon. All you need is a free B&N account and the code PREORDER25 at checkout. If you preorder, thank you sincerely for your support. Preorder numbers are important for authors, and I appreciate every single one.

[rosieandthemoon]

Rock Bottom by Daniel Merriam, 2022 {via}

[vinceaddams]

"Stained glass" faille jacket by Freda Blackwood, 1970's or early 80's, via Kerry Taylor Auctions.

[vinceaddams]

There's more of them!!

[sennedjem]

My original ‘celestial’ Gale cosplay, designed for this year’s Cosplay Met Gala at Katsucon (theme ‘Starlight and Sorcery’).

I wanted to go for a classic wizard feel - swooshy robes, draping sleeves! - and so the actual structures are fairly simple, with the detail coming out via textures and embellishment. I designed it around circles and curves to invoke celestial bodies as well as the Netherese orb, with the straight lines of the constellations providing contrast. As with all my cosplays, I wanted it to feel like clothes, not a costume - each piece able to stand on its own as a full garment; while together they are a story, each layer progressively lighter-weight as distance from the body echoes a journey towards the heavens.

First is the shirt - rich, heavy, almost constricting, bearing the weight of the embroidered orb across the chest. The forearms are bound with silver threads like strands of the Weave, the same thread that I used for the outer constellations.

Next the robe, a loose-woven blend of dark blues and purples, glimmering with metallic threads for a night sky effect. The hem is adorned with silver-trimmed circles representing the ‘endless worlds’ Gale desires to visit. The hood, sleeves, and skirt are lined with a brilliant two-toned fabric that recalls the shifting colours of an aurora.

Shirt and robe are confined by a narrow yet solid belt bearing the symbol of Mystra, meant to represent, quite literally, her ‘boundaries’. Matching pauldrons of leather and aluminium are embossed with constellations (I just really wanted to do more metal embossing, mkay?).

Over it all drapes a sheer, free-flowing mantle in the colours of the Outer Planes, glittering with hundreds of star-like beads and displaying numerous constellations. On the back is a tableau of actual Faerûnic constellations, including Mystra’s Star Circle, while the front features invented constellations meaningful to Gale’s character, such as magic missile, the Crown of Karsus, and a tressym.

I am so, so proud of this project. I can’t begin to say how much Gale means to me, but I love trying to express it through this sort of passionate creation.

[lilium-orientalis-deactivated20]

[so-i-did-this-thing]

do you by chance have fabric recommendations ? i have been planning on making myself a little wrap cape cloak thing and ive been debating between heavy cotton or light wool(-blend. college student money unfourch) and it is a harder debate than i thought

also btw this is ezra petticoatedmouse im avoiding emails again

For warmth, you really do want wool.

I'll let my partner @crowtoed list out some recommendations for where to buy, as they are regularly advising the ren faire folks to use wool for their cold-weather kit.

[crowtoed]

Crow here! Fabric is going to depend on what your piece is for, if there's an authenticity level, and (of course) budget. I personally love a sturdy yarn-dyed cotton flannel - like those made by Robert Kaufman or Marcus Fabrics (Collections: Shetland flannel, Mammoth Plaids, Primo Plaids) - if it's for casual use and not for wet weather. Night out, brisk spring walk, that kind of thing. Depending on how warm you want it, however, you might have to line it.

But if you think things might get damp, wool is a good investment. Cotton has a low saturation point and becomes sodden quite easily, then gets chilly to wear. Wool has a higher saturation point and has the fascinating feature of staying warm to wear despite saturation (though the weight can get onerous). If you REALLY want something for inclement weather, line it. Good way to ensure that none of the damp gets in. (Lining my wet-weather hood made the difference out at Faire during a few downpours.) Right, my favorite sources for woollens. There are other places, like Mood (overrated imho) or Fashion Fabrics Club (jumbled stock and not the bargain source that it used to be). -Dorr Mill Store: Source for US woven woollens. Has sales often. Great selection of colors and patterns. Check the clearance for $17-18 a yard/meter deals. -Burnley and Trowbridge: Old standby for US historical costumers. Their stock is NOT fixed, so if you see something, try to be prompt about ordering it. They have a variety of weights, from thick coating suitable for sturdy outerwear or blankets to tropical-weight suitings (called 'stuff' in period). Good quality, good prices, ridiculously quick shipping. -Renaissance Fabrics: US Based. They tend to be light on the woollens, but they're still worth a check. -Woolsome: Polish shop, specializing in woollens for costumers and reenactors, including diamond-patterned twill in loads of colors. Great prices for the quality, even with the goddamned tariffs. You pay for your order after they confirm that the yardage is available via email. -Herts Fabrics: UK-based. My UK historical costuming chums swear by this place and the prices are great. Other places worth checking, but the stock might be hit or miss: Surge Fabric Store, Online Fabric Store, Stone Mountain and Daughter (expensive, but they're one of the only unionized shops that I'm aware of and maybe that's something important to you), Bolt Fabric Store, Gala Fabrics (CA). Happy hunting!

[m1male2]

The Library of the Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland, contains over 170,000 books and documents, most notably a valuable collection of manuscripts from the 8th to the 10th centuries.

It was rebuilt between 1758 and 1767 and is considered a masterpiece of Central European Rococo architecture.

[thedogist]

Rigatoni, Golden Retriever (3 m/o), Theodore Roosevelt Park, New York, NY • “When I’m working from home, he just sleeps under my feet, but when he gets excited and I’m up and moving around, he loves to fetch. I don’t know if you noticed, but his arm is shaved. He swallowed a sock. Rigatoni loves socks, but fun fact: they eat socks because it smells like their owners. I do have pet insurance... I saw him swallow it, so I brought him in within 20 minutes, so all they had to do was get him to throw up; but they said if it got into his intestine, it would have been $10,000. He’s always smiling. I feel like New York, as much as it's like there's so much to do, and so much fun... it’s a million miles per hour, and now I'm like seeing so many areas of the city that I've never even gone to just because I want to take him there.”

[bob-artist]

Crimetober 1-9

Because birds are criminals.

[bob-artist]

Crimetober 10-21

When will they be held accountable

[bob-artist]

Crimetober 22-31

Justice will never be served.

[athanza]

From Veronica Tucker via Pinterest

[silhouette-cosplay]

My finished trapunto quilted gambeson for Vax! It was so cool to take techniques I learned on my Galadriel gambeson and dial them up further for this design!

As Vax is associated with ravens, I designed various wing and feather motifs wrapping around the body, a stylised raven skull in the back, and then added his “threads of fate” in hand stitched gold embroidery ribbon.