Obscure thoughts of the day
Jul. 13th, 2012 07:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotI love looking at the search terms people use to find my blog. "lilly pulitzer in the 1920s" - sorry, pal, you probably found me gloating that I could remove the Lilly Pulitzer dress from the exhibition. "museums and less than perfect extant clothing" - excellent topic. "what is a apron front panel cutting guide for 18th centur[...]" - what does this mean and where did you come from?
Had a thought yesterday about the term "kimono sleeves". Either it refers to flat, rectangular sleeves sewn to a slit armscye, and the previous registrars were idiots who used it wrong, or it's an inaccurate and stupid term and nobody ought to use it. What they meant was "dolman sleeve", I think, but I'm not fond of the term and prefer to say "cut in one with the bodice/body". ANYWAY.
I had the worst cramps yesterday. Almost went home around one, so I felt that taking tiny breaks to write bits of a blog post were justified since I was still getting more work done than I would have if I'd gone home. In the post I tried to explain my relationship with sewing vs. research and I don't think I did a very good job of it. It's hard.
Had a thought yesterday about the term "kimono sleeves". Either it refers to flat, rectangular sleeves sewn to a slit armscye, and the previous registrars were idiots who used it wrong, or it's an inaccurate and stupid term and nobody ought to use it. What they meant was "dolman sleeve", I think, but I'm not fond of the term and prefer to say "cut in one with the bodice/body". ANYWAY.
I had the worst cramps yesterday. Almost went home around one, so I felt that taking tiny breaks to write bits of a blog post were justified since I was still getting more work done than I would have if I'd gone home. In the post I tried to explain my relationship with sewing vs. research and I don't think I did a very good job of it. It's hard.
