Silkie McDonough

Image from above

This one shows the pleating I am always talking about rather well...

I was in a play once ...between the wooden comb in my hair and the boning in the stays and the hip roll and the fabric of the dress ...I felt like a couch!

Hmmm ...the significantly better half flailing at night?

Procrastinating and suffering from a sinus headache.

spicy food? ...you?

oh ...I may just have found the project for my green velvet!

Mr. d'Dogge, Happy birthday goode man!

Ahhh ...he age old dilemma, fantasy vs. reality. If I actually charged anyone I could afford this hobby. Heck, I could likely quit my job but then the hobby is no longer a hobby and well ...I don't want that.

I had to take a diversionary break from gettin things ready fer Hampton, this is how I spent me mornin'

Ans now it has become the focus of a full fledged project.

And we will be PC - trust me, lots of work and research have been done - with much more to do.

Hmmm ...another man to press into service Captain? His lady might be suited to work in the Hide also!

I use to do costuming. The work is often the same but costumes are very often NOT what the reproduction clothing is. I have done costumes that needed to be tougher than normal clothing and others that just had to have the correct "feel" to them visually but fabric was not an issue. I wouldn't say that one is easier than the other but PC garb/clothing and Stage costumes are two VERY different beasts most of the time ...especially if you have a very limited budget at the theatre. (I worked in community theater. LOL)

After reading Patricks post suppose I should add a tip. ...when in a hurry and on stage a stapler works very well to pin hems up until after the show. LOL

SophiA! I had no idea who Sophie was! lol

Happy Birthday Lass! Best of days to you!

Damn the tiny waist ...It is green it is ment for me!

Oh ...now ...who is gonna buy me the fabric?! LOL

remembering that most jackets etc. from this time period had all the edges left raw,

I'm not the one to pose this question but I am also not the one to research it either ...have you doccumentation to support this statement? Would you kindly share it?

Thank you Michael, that will be helpful to ...well to me.

Can some moderator change the title of this thread ...I keep clicking on it wondering what show is being discussed and I find SHOES!

Please?

The Hide fire is available to any who wish to use it. I do not have any cooking gear. M.A.d'Dogge was kind enough to let me use his last year. Willie Wobble had his own but was generous in their use. If you bring your own gear the fire at the Hide is available to you.

....especially now that I have a slightly better idea of how to keep the coals hot overnight. Still working on improving on that (anyone who knows how to play with fire and wishes to assist I would be greatful for your assistance).

D'dogge is too wrapped up in diapers ...errr ...I mean he is too busy with his boys ...issues, to join us these days.

Well that was easy. LOL

Very cool. Now, as seen on the first one paint lets the wood grain through. Any ideas what you will do to correct that?

I like September also but I am not a parent or an educator.

Just some fun stuff.

CBS News

White House Back-Story: The President And The Pirate

"Pity the poor historian a couple hundred years from now, at a loss to figure out why Barack Obama, an American president at the start of the 21st century, was photographed meeting in the Oval Office with – a pirate." As if we don't have enough trouble deciphering visual renditions already!

The article says "To get a Blackbeard, you just don’t look up “pirate” in the Yellow Pages" Captain, are we in the yellow pages yet?

It also says "He was “more than game,” said an official familiar with the shenanigans, “as long as the costume was legit.”" Should we explain what legitimate means to us pirates?

If you want to read it but the link has been broken, here is the actual fluff of an article:

Pity the poor historian a couple hundred years from now, at a loss to figure out why Barack Obama, an American president at the start of the 21st century, was photographed meeting in the Oval Office with – a pirate.

What kind of unexplained policy initiative was being played out in this photo, the historian might wonder, perhaps confusing it for something other than what it was: a gag – one of dozens – for the president's remarks at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner.

The joke was the idea of three top presidential aides including senior advisor David Axelrod.

They would have Mr. Obama refer to his recent meetings with world leaders.

“There I am with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso,” he would say, followed by, “there I am with Gordon Brown.”

But the punch line was his assertion that he was living up to his campaign pledge that “we can’t just talk to our friends.” And with that, up would pop the photo of President Obama with a pirate.

This was no modern-day pirate of the type that hijacks ships off the horn of Africa. It was a buccaneer in full Captain Hook regalia: knee-high boots, a cut-away coat, an eye patch and even a parrot on his shoulder.

To get a Blackbeard, you just don’t look up “pirate” in the Yellow Pages, unless you’re in Somalia. And even there, pirates work in plain-clothes, except for their automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades.

The White House needed a pirate, and it turned to speechwriter Cody Keenan. It was a role not exactly in his job description.

He was “more than game,” said an official familiar with the shenanigans, “as long as the costume was legit.”

Fellow speechwriter Jon Lovett called costume shops all over town until he found the costume in the picture. “The President loved it,” said the official.

The gag also had Mr. Obama play off his recent encounter with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a frequent vituperative critic of U.S. policy, who gave Mr. Obama a book when they met at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago last month.

The writers worked that into the pirate gag.

“Now let me be clear,” said the president of the pirate, “just because he handed me a copy of Peter Pan does not mean that I'm going to read it -- but it's good diplomatic practice to just accept these gifts.”

It wasn’t even close to the biggest laugh of the evening for President Obama – but for speechwriter Cody Keenan, it’s a highlight of his White House career. Maybe not.

But for the benefit of that historian 200 years from now, please stash this story in the presidential archives.

(CBS)

Mark Knoller is a CBS News White House correspondent. You can read more of his posts in Hotsheet here. You can also follow him on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/markknoller.

How fun. Useful as a weapon ...like a rolling pin.

Did I mention, I managed to take both Pern's pistols at Fells Point? Only one more thing of his left worth stealing....

I agree Lilly. The two things that have to be kept from the public are the two things that must not be together! The powder and the fire pit.