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The spring time festival is one of my favourites and was always associated for me with a name "Beltane". This is how it was called when I first attended it with friends from my Irish dancing club. We stayed overnight in the woods, everyone was dressed in historical clothes and I also had ribbons in my hair. There were a big bonfire, lanterns with candles, live music, wine and dancing, a lot of dancing. In our interpretation, faeries come out of the forest during Beltane and join people in their celebration. They could even grant you a wish, if they would be pleased with your dancing. Everything felt so magical during that night.

Renaissance summer seems to be a theme of this summer for me. I am finishing my trossfrau outfit and torn between trying to make it a bit more historically accurate and to “slash it all”.

Good evening to everyone!

I was a bit busy past couple of months finishing courses at sewing school and trying to work more focused on my sewing projects and orders. Here are a couple of photos from the spring: I made two 1940-1950s inspired pants (pattern for green pants was borrowed from Burda). I am currently working on setting up my Etsy shop and website, but I hope to come back to more regular posting soon. 

Best wishes,

Trying different time periods and techniques. As for now I am in love with all of them and it is hard to choose one for more thorough studies. 

Decided to participate in current flashmob of making copies of paintings and since I always was thinking of doing so with "Girl with a pearl earring" here it comes. 

Good day, Sirs and Damsels!

By a happy accident, this blog turned into my historical projects blog and this is a reason why sometimes I do not post so much. (I am studying at a tailoring school now and also make modern clothes. If you are interesetd, https://www.instagram.com/luenelsdesign/ here you can find all of my works)

I always feel so dignified when I wear renaissance clothes. I have made this trossfrau dress from wool and the shirt with smocking from linen

“It's not without particular Reasons that the Old Writings of the Knightly Free Art of Fencing with all diligence, in their Books are praised and reposed and the Princes and gentlemen themselves, with earnestness Ordered namely but that more portions of Knightly Fighting and forthright strikes from there have arisen from trustworthy,credible words, that what through' splendid feelings for Manhood originated, for the Praise also thereby in the Highest Command and administration of War will be attained not solely in the History of the Greeks and Romans but is especially proven also through daily experience, that the training in various Knights games and Fencing, is learned with diligence, like those same practices that came long before, and it is masterful with all speed.” (From Joakim Meyer’s fencing manual, translation by Kevin Maurer)

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten“ (c) Neil Gaiman