Article-mania

Yesterday I e-mailed the revised article on 16th century Swedish women's clothing to Costume and today I read through the proposed changes to my article on politics and dress change in Scandinavia around the year 1000, okayed them all and sent it back to the editor of the Swedish anthology it's going to be a part of.

So now I can start on an article for another anthology, one actually related to my current research subject. The preliminary title of the article is something like this (it's in Swedish) "When Mary got a D-cup - changing body ideals at the transition from the medieval to the early modern period." But for this article I actually need to make some new research, not just write about things I've already done ;)

I also finally got my copy of the NESAT X report, which has been delayed for almost three months for some reason.

Sewing for the kids

Maja's "cold evenings in Visby-dress" is finished - it's a german dress in yellow wool with bands of dark red velvet on the skirt, around the neck, front opening and wrist, a yellow and white brocade gollar lined in murrey wool and a white cap in self-striped linen (tabby and satin weave). It is adorable and I hope to be able to take photos of her in it tomorrow.

Just before bedtime I also cut out the body pieces for a gothic fitted dress for Vendela from very fine wool tabby. It will be fully lined in a fine linen in a sort of pale pink/lilac colour.