Ah flist, you're fabulous

[blamebrampton]

I know that I am very biased, but I just wanted to say that you lot are champion. That was SUCH a fun discussion in my last post, and so many interesting points were raised in support of several different stances. Why can't politics and diplomacy be conducted with that much civility and focus?

If you're still bubbling with QoM discussion you'd like to voice in different discussions, check out the thread at ddg_and_sundry , you can find it here. Or drop by gossymer 's journal and weigh in on her discussion on whether you read fic for the H/D (or other OTP) or for the fic first. Lots of cleverness!

Another slightly late happy birthday to Amy, but I wished you an early HB first! and, in today's important news,

Happy Birthday pingrid!!!

I have a little pressie that I will hand over in November, and was going to come up with a costume-porn centric drabble (NB that's porn regarding textiles, not people, I rock at the former and am rubbish at the latter, let me talk to you of twill weaves and thrown silk!), but I am still too flattened from Pilgrim Flu, so you will have to do with bright red text and my hopes that you are currently painting Oslo the same colour!

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

You do indeed, and I have not forgotten this ;-) I also know exactly the dress that you should make should this turn of events ever occur. I plan to research the one I will make from it in Italy (rubs hands together with glee).

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

Ok what dress should I make from it?

Also what dress are you planning to research while you are in Italy?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I'll show you next weekend, for both questions.

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

Cool, I can't wait.

Do you think you will get to look at Eleanora's stockings while you are in Italy?

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

OH! I meant to tell you! It's Medici grave clothes abungo, so I have every hope! Will take many, many photos for you.

[annes-stuff.livejournal.com]

Must not salivate of keyboard.

Oh, so this means you will get to see Eleanora's burial dress as well.

Is it just the stuff the Medici's wore or will it be stuff that Janet Arnold wrote about in patterns of fashion as well?

I finally got around to introducing Mr Rutt and Mr Scanner today. I hope to scan the details on historical knitting from that other book you lent me as well.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

Cool! I have a great new embroidery one you will probably want to scan while you're here, as well ;-)

Not really sure what's in which collection at the moment, so I plan to be my most astonishingly charming to everyone I meet so that they will all let me have a look at their own collections at the sundry museums many of them represent. In return, I can correct the grammar in papers they submit to English journals ;-)