Makepeace McEvoy - Music Everywhere (Page 9)

The Lahja Dressing Gown from the Named Pattern Company. Two lengths, belt, patch pockets.

Lahja than life

It occurs to me that I haven't yet talked about the process I go through when I'm choosing a pattern; and it's probably worth doing that, because that process is going to be a bit different for everyone. And, as it happens, I chose

Off the scale

I can't remember exactly why Porthos wanted a frock coat. I mean, yes, he is a semi-pro countertenor (and a very good one at that), so he does sing on the stage; but I'm fairly sure it wasn't for that. But, anyway, for whatever

The dress has a low square neck and contrasting gold lace edgings. The overskirt and bodice are adorned with beads.

A relaxing Bath

Back in 2011 I won a very welcome and unexpected prize. It was a trip to the Bath Fashion Museum, courtesy of Your Wardrobe Unlock'd (I would love to link them, but it appears they're no longer running, which is very sad because what they did

Left: bowman from the Battle for Wesnoth game, pixel art. Right: original sprite being made for the same game.

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When I started using Linux, which is quite a long time ago now, I wanted some games that would run on it, because I'd been used to playing the standard Windows games like Minesweeper (at which I was pretty good). And almost the first game I found turned

Red tissue paper pompom showing some of the previous stages of making it.

Deck the halls

I know, I know. It's way too early to start thinking about Christmas decorations. We're barely even into Advent. But if I do this post now and you get inspired by it, then it means you have time to get your supplies in. You don'

Paul Darrow as Kerr Avon, viewed from about table level; he's wearing a silver batwing top over a black funnel neck.

Kerr Avon, style icon

I was almost 14 when Blake's 7 first aired, and I'm eternally grateful that we were allowed to watch it. The thing was, Mum wanted to watch it, so it was fine. If she hadn't, we would not have been, because it started during

Poet/pirate style shirt in white linen, with baggy sleeves, collar, and laced front with ruffles.

Getting mediaeval

Mr Wooster's Victorian shirt wasn't the only linen shirt I made. There was also this one. I'm not exactly sure what I made it for, except possibly just the sheer fun of it (oh, and hot weather; I dislike hot weather with a passion,

Staged scene showing Annie Oakley and two of her younger siblings talking to what may be a clergyman.

Twenty lovesick maidens we

To avoid confusion, I'll say right now that I didn't do the costuming for the performance of Annie Get Your Gun shown in the feature photo; but these are the only good theatrical photos I have (my sister has been in several other productions but I

A wide band of embroidery in gold metallic thread with beads along the hem of a long dark red skirt.

Gallimaufry

Every now and then, there's going to be a post made up of little bits that aren't really enough individually to make a whole post, so I'll just throw a few of them together and we'll see how it develops. This embroidery,

Most of a recipe for apple clafoutis, written in a large ruled hardbacked notebook. The rest will follow in the text.

Tested to exhaustion

A while ago I posted about Finnegan's Cake. This is... similar, only different, and worse. But it does all end well! At about the same time as I bought the air fryer, I also bought a recipe book from eBay. It was, specifically, a vegan air fryer recipe

Rectangular basket, with handle, woven ffrom different coloured cane and other natural materials.

They muck you up...

Yes, I do realise that Philip Larkin's original quote is several letters of the alphabet removed from my title line; but I've never used that word and I don't plan to start now. Anyway, I think I was about eleven when my parents decided

Cuddly, and apparently very drunk, penguin wearing a red fez.

Doctor, Doctor!

I'm not a Whovian, in particular. I used to watch it as a child in the Jon Pertwee/Tom Baker days, and both of them were very good, and I can't even remember who took over from Tom Baker but I rather lost interest after that.