Red Handed Jill

Don't forget "Pirates of the Plain" with Tim Curry. Great little flick about a pirate time traveled to modern day Nebraska.....

Ahoy! i been away fer a while .... holed up in some costuming h***...

I be not only red handed , but red crowned!

Hetha what ye say about redheads be true....leastwise, I find the same in me own experience. thar be a boldness we have that no other seems to.

{by the by....i love the red beards gathered here...men on fire!}

--pours a tall mug o killian's red ale--- Any one want a pour?

Short version: Red Handed Jill is the name that Wendy would have taken if she had joined with Captain hook's crew in the Peter Pan Tales. And being as that she was a great story teller (as I have also been told I am) I thought the name fitting.

Longer version: the above, plus.....my never ending ability to get caught when attempting to do what I aught not do....Not really anything to do with the usual "red Hand" of pyracy...refering to the bloodied hand. My daughter, whom I call Tinker Bell, was watching Peter Pan one day as I was trying to choose my moniker for pyracy and.....What the heck....Why deal with reality when fantasy is soo much more fun! Only later did I discover that htere was another Red-handed Jill on the pub...note the hyphen? But I had taken it and so it will remain!

Wenches o' Waterland Annual Charity Ball, to benefit the the children orphaned by the Tsunami disaster and to rebuild schools through World Vision, Friday, March 18th in the main ballroom at the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma.

Featuring Wiskey Creek the ultimate tribue to Lynyrd Skynyrd an dRandy Hasen, known the world over for his Jimi Hendrix tribute. doors open at 8pm show starts at 9pm.

This will be a major production which will include a multiple camera shoot and big screen monitors. There is a $10 cover charge to attend with tickets available at the door. No pre-sold tickets are available.

Presented by: The Wenches o' Waterland

Produced by: Arrowood Productions

Join us for fun, come in costume!

...you'd prolly need to stop in at yer local Drama Dairy...

::groaner::

Drat...I missed it....could ye post a bit sooner next time? don they do that sort of thing on a regular basis to raise funds fer the restoration? Thought I saw a write up in the paper not too long ago.

Hmmm....18" and talks vs. 7" and silent.......I'm with them that would go fer the full scale version (with the banana would be fine by me)

A pretty boat ...er...ship to go wit it would be grand!

I think the non-talking ones are the 7" ones, right??  (I'm on dial-up right now and don't wanna check the linkage..    )

I thought they are the same size as the talking ones, with out the electronics.....not posted at the site though

Sorry about the hyperlink.....here's the right onewww.deadmentellnotales.com

Found the POTC action figures at Deadmentellnotales.com

they have the talking version of JD and are getting non-talking versions of (both smiling and serious) Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, Will Turner and one cursed pirate! (no Elizabeth, tho)........I love the idea o' a Scene decor...even a miniature one..

Kat, I may be interested in yer supplier too...jas townsend, although swift on delivery, sent me the wrong size blank...by three inches! I'm hoping to have the replacement very soon as i have a publicity shoot next weekend and REALLY wanted to be wearing my new cavalier!

How do ye trim the edge...do ye use bias tape or grosgrain? I am thinking I want it all black fer now...may add some metalic lace or sumptin later.....

:: pouts in the corner holdin a fist full o' ostrich plumes...thinkin she'll just pin em to her head::

Thanks Fancy.... I heard the on about a bullet that shot through a man's ...um...privates....and then into a woman's abdomen lodging in her uterus and causing her to become pregnant....can you imagine? Any way I think the origin ye found is much better...at least it has a ring o' truth to it! Thanks fer the link.....

..Of course it was in the last place you looked..... once you found it, you stopped looking........

so if i look in the last possible place first, and kept looking anyway, would it still be the last......or is that a blonde thing?

Yar har har!....yer random thots got me rolling.....sneaked home fer lunch today (work is tough today) and neded a laugh....thank ye very muchly! (fuzzy logic makes me laugh....not sure about if it tickles...sorry ...Blonde here.....)

Patrick also inspired me... I tried his Hardtack recipe (earlier in the thread) and got out my bread machine, too. Made an awesome italian bread with herbs, garlic and cheese! (Patrick your hint about the sugar may have saved me from tossin' the thing out....loafs were coming out WAY too dense!)

Again I ask....were do we get the term Son of a Gun?

"Scotland Forever" makes me want to run Englishmen through with a claymore.

I be in agreement with ye on that Patrick....I have my father's family tartan on the wall wrapped around my claymore with the family crest! (the only thing holding me back is that the maternal side is VERY English!)

As far as piracy "roots" ....My family on my mothers side is Swedish and Norwegian...can you say "Alwilda" (amazonian viking pirate of lore)...hmm wonder where I get it?

Here is a random thought/question: From where do we get the term "son of a gun"?

Charity, I'm with you on the White Squall thing...I ruminated on that for days.....So sad...

Anyone tack their hat up with black thread instead of steaming?

I had to do that for my tricorn....the shape wouldn't hold! Pinned one side and stitched the other two. (not very happy with it, which is why I decided to endevour to construct a cavalier)

i get it wet (soaked) pull the side up ye want to rise and push it up agin a hard object and use a goodly amount of weight to keep it from sliding away from the surface forcing the side to continue up against! mmake sure water won't ruin the surfaces involved in this endeavor ok?

soaked? are you sure? I think I might try that.....My (dearly departed) father built a wet sink in the basement for his darkroom... I have been using it for my dyeing and tinting...should work great!

Thanks for the hints...i know about the steam bit but never thought about boiling water.....Was the ribbon sewn by hand or machine? Hadn't thought about lining, but that's a good idea. The hat is on order and should get here by the weekend...I'll let ya know how it comes out!

Oh my gosh!!! that explains why I have been craving chocolate today?!??! Ain't science wunnerful? from what I read on the link...I'm movin' to Scotland! Party with men in skirts ummm I mean Kilts, especially on a day like this one was!

Ahoy mates! I am planning to make myself a cavalier hat from a sized hat blank...I have never done this before and I was wondering if any of ye have a few pointers fer a first timer? I am ordering the blank from Jas Townsend....just not sure about the finishing and such.....

Thank you for your help!

Welcome Kat...that me my alias, too.....in me "other life"...I'll have an pot o' Ale if ye don't mind ..I be a might thirsty tonight. Monday, Monday...can't trust that day.......

My Wench costume is as close to period as I can get with modern materials....ie mostly cotton and linen or silk...i also made my own elizabethan corsett, hand stitched, couldn't find any balene for the boning though...lol...so had to swallow autheticity and use doubled plactic boning from Joannes.

..My pirate costume is more for parades and parties with period styling (for example drop front breaches) but modern (polyester blends) for washability and glintz for the "torchlight" type parades we have here.

But DANG...... kinda got me inna realy good happy place just right now....... And there are times when just being happy..... well that's good enough........ 

That's the way it should be! Good on ya, mate!

.... Hanky panky...... thats not .......

Hanky-panky...hokey pokey....they all be games involvin' hands!?

Take care and enjoy rogue! Yer a far braver lass than I ...

hmmm...very nice......umm coat I mean...(the rest ain't bad neither!.. wouldn't kick ya outa me bunk fer munching hardtack...did i write that out loud??)

I too am embarking upon the quest o'this coat....bronze and black brocade, fitted fer a wench o'course.....making the cuffs and godets out of velveteen (might slit them fer comfort tho...) I appreciate all the hints given here...should make it a might easier.....wish me luck!

::looks around and exclaims "where's the Beef?!?" thus showin' her vintage::

It's another Satuday night and yer cookin' cow?....hmmm..throw in some carrots fer me will ye? perhaps a spash o' rum fer tenderizer?

finished the Tiger ye say? Startin' on a Frock coat meself...got some fabric on sale today...got a "wenches Ball" coming up next month "womanizin" the simplicity "sparrow" pattern. i'm gonna try yer "slut" shirt ter go with it...thank fer the pointers on yer website.

Thanks Mate! I love to "one stop "......kinda disappointed tho...many o' the links aren't workin'! Still a grand treasure trove!...Saved it to me fav's, I did!

ye have "house rules" posted as "articles o' shipboard conduct" and when yer pulled over fer speeding ye present your letter o' marque (forged of course) instead o' yer drivers license.