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Yo, I’m back… for the moment….

I’ve been working on one of these in non-quilted, classic black because I’m boring, and am nearly done with it, now, but man that last eyehole finishing bit was hard to wrap my mind around. It all suddenly made sense when I was halfway through doing it wrong (hot tip: finish one of the eye circle things before you sew the other side, in case you’re like me). I think I’m on the right track now… might have it done today or tomorrow, if I don’t end up having to take an angle grinder to my sunglass lenses, which aren’t quite the right shape.

Photo from a few days ago, before I had straps/lining/bias tape around the eyes. Pattern by @mctreeleth​

Oh, and if you’re like me and don’t have fusible interfacing/bias binding/batting, and can’t find them because pandemic, you can still get by. I used the same material (a dress that was in my mending pile for so long I forgot I had it – I have like 6 black dresses anyway, NBD) as interfacing. I just cut it to the same seam allowance and carefully pinned to the outer layer before sewing. This did make it harder to do the topstitching neatly, though…

Friends, Romans, tumblr users! As foretold in yesterday’s ominous owl posting, today we celebrate one of our favorite historical holidays, the Ides of March. We here are Sock Dreams are huge nerds, so of course we had to cast some of the main players from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in socks:

Julia Cesare - the great general of Rome.  Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.

Marcus Bootus Knife Socks - Caesar’s best friend and eventual betrayer.  Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

Gaius Cassie Anklet - The master manipulator.  The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.

Today the bird of night does sit Even at noon-day upon the marketplace, Hooting and shrieking.

An ominous portent… what could it mean?? 

Hmm…. we’ll have to get back to you on this…

DIY Tutorial: Historical Ribbon Garters, the Feminist Way

March is Women’s History Month, and as a company largely run by women, we wanted to bring you a historical DIY tutorial! We’ve mentioned a few times in the past that early garters were just ribbons which people used to tie their socks up, though the phrase,“just ribbons” doesn’t really tell you the whole story. Some of these ribbons were incredibly ornate, and some included embroidered mottos!