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7 July 2008

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I like cats, cosplay, and Necco Wafers. 'Nuff said.

I'm First Hand in Ballet San Jose's costume shop, and have way too many sewing projects going on at one time at home. My favorite projects involve building 19th c. bonnets and needlepoint anything. A co-worker recently gave me some deliciously nasty-colored yarn to create period projects with, so I'm looking forward to raiding my antique books for patterns.

I blow off steam by RPG-ing with friends. Our GM, Jeremy (husband to the below-mentioned Jenny Smetana), is an amazingly creative GM who's constantly dreaming up new and exciting ways of killing us off. Well, not actually killing, per se, but we get quite a lot of challenges thrown our way, both in brain and in body.

Linx to other pages here at my site:

NEW! I've created a jewelry page! 7 July 2008
See the bonnets I've built so far!
Check out my free patterns page!
The Continuing Saga of Sailor Saga
My Mighty Mighty Cosplay Complex
Want to look at some historic costumes?
Here are some awards I've won over the years.
Would you like to see my sewing library? Now sorted by author/title/subject - .pdf file
Need a .pdf fabric conversion yardage chart?
How about a .pdf rough guide to Boye needles and shuttles for your antique/vintage sewing machine(s)?

Some other fun stuff you should check out:

Deep 7 - Friend Todd Downing's game company. They have a fantastic Red Dwarf RPG set which will blow yer sox off.

Cinematic Titanic - A new group spin-off from the folx who brought you Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

Anime Fortress - Friend Jenny Smetana's anime site. She's got some wonderful graphix up, plus some cels, VHS and DVDs for sale. As a matter of fact, she's the designer of this fabulous background I stole from our cosplay site. If you're curious to see what else she can do, write her at firevixen at aol dot com.

Geoff Noer - My sweetie of these past several years, and philatelist extraordinaire. His specialty is the Faroe Islands. He's also a fiddle player - been playing since he was six, and he's concert master with the Mission Chamber Orchestra.

Rifftrax - Mike Nelson 'n' friends bring riffing to current, popular films. A LOT of fun.

Vintage Pattern Lending Library - A simply amazing collection of copied/repro vintage and antique patterns for sale or borrow. Yes, you read that right - borrow. Janyce Engan runs an online lending library with a great selection. The patterns are organized and cross-indexed by era, gender, age, type and collector. Swing by and see what she has to offer.