#Hoods

[vincentbriggs]

Made a hood to wear at home because my head was cold. The hood is just a big square folded in half and sewn part way into the middle in a Y shape to make sort of a pair of little darts, and then the other two edges sewn together and the remaining hole in the back gathered in somewhat uneven cartridge pleats, with the extra fullness being pleated into the neck.

The cape part is the rest of the fabric (which was a 1.3 m piece of cotton flannel from the thrift store) with the larger leftover rectangle forming the back and the smaller rectangle being cut in half mostly diagonally and added to the front.

It was a very quick project done almost entirely on machine, which is unusual for me. There are a few things I'd do differently next time - I'd make the hood a bit shorter so the front edge doesn't block my view so much, and I'd put the button loop right on top of the neck seam instead of sandwiching it inside the front edge seam of the hood. I'd have to cover the ends of the loop with a patch, which would be a good use for the neck hole cutout.

I think this pattern would work on a wide variety of sizes of fabric cut, as long as you cut the hood out first. Then the remaining piece could be cut into the cape portion and it might be very small or very large, and the two angled front pieces could be made to fit the edges on either side of the neck hole by adjusting the angle at which you cut that second rectangle apart.

[rubbernun]

[wardrobeoftime]

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) + Headpieces

Mary Boleyn's headpieces.

[silverpsychedelic]

Okay, so...how do your NiGHTS and Reala look without their hats? I've seen some people give them horns while others just have the hats just be regular ol' jester caps.

I like giving them horns and hair underneath! Here's a collection of both NiGHTS and Reala and how I typically draw them under their hats/hoods:

I think both interpretations are fun, and both work well for the idea of these nightmarish, though very dreamy/otherworldly entities. It also gives a neat juxtaposition against Wizeman, having these ethereal, beautiful (and only just slightly uncanny) creatures under his command when he is this metallic, rigid and angular thing.

[submissivefeminist]

I need more comfy clothes with hoods 💋

[546five]

penny form pokemon scarlet and violet is the most accurate depiction of how hoods actually look

it makes you feel so cool and mysterious when in reality you look fuckign stupid

[burningflash]

Quilted hoods c. 1850

Obsessed! This is the winter look I’m aspiring for this year

[stanford-photography]

Strange Friends By Jeff Stanford, 2023

Buy prints at: https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/

[bandcampgremlin]

hello history tumblr k thought you would like to see this 16th century, Turkish umbrella hat

[rubbernun]

[wardrobeoftime]

The Other Boleyn Girl (2008) + Headpieces

Elizabeth Boleyn's hats and hoods.

[dommesticpet]

Kink Advent Grand Finally

And that's a wrap? About a month ago I was surprised by @dommestic with a Tumblr post that resulted in a series of gifts and kinky adventures, which is probably the most thoughtful set of experiences I've ever had thrust upon me. (Thrust.) I got some new toys - some we've tried, some we have not - along with a trip to the local dungeon, a lot of time in bed, and a lot of time out of bed. We've still got a lot of things left to explore or try, and we started the new year off with a bang.

One of the gifts she gave me was a magnetic white board for the fridge, which she is currently using to track orgasms in the house. Initially it was split down the middle with two marks on her side, and one on mine, because that's how the bang went. To anyone who sees it, it's just marks - so I said "We should call it an Org Chart" and she wrote that on the bottom. The three marks were the result of me finding a hood on my pillow when I came back to the bedroom after getting some water, and her talking me down and up and down and probably sideways. I have been instructed if I have fun alone, it has to be added to the chart and I have to make things up to her.

We had more communication. We don't touch base to talk about kinky or sexy things every day - we did in December, because either she had a plan to implement, or because one of us had to say "hey maybe tomorrow" a couple of times near the end. We've been together for a fair amount of time and so far we've been kept very busy by other aspects of life, sometimes to the detriment of this sphere. Kink engagement feels a lot better, although I assume the realities of not-the-holidays are about to take over one or both of our days most weeks.

More stuff is on the way. I was measured for at least one item that's yet to come. She's working on a recording to go with the sleep mask with speakers on it. Other things were alluded to and for all I know, are hidden away or en route or are on a wishlist somewhere. (Send her recommendations?)

Learning is good. We're skimming the local dungeon to see what else is coming up to see as a class... but we're not scheduled for any cons. We do have a book to finish discussing, though.

The hood is weirdly comforting. I was not someone who brought in a proclivity for hoods - she wanted to try it - and I have to say I wonder what it might be like to sleep in one. Maybe it'd drive me nuts. Have you tried it? We used it during various sessions/scenes/etc. a lot.

Unfinished Business. I believe she had a poll and I remember talk of a footstool thing earlier but I was very much focused on other things at the time. I think. I'm a little fuzzy on most of the details of Monday morning.

I am not exactly sure how the scoring system on that Org Chart is going to go. If I did, though, I would point to it as some sort of foreshadowing. Will the interwebs throw things at me I can't ignore? Will I just hold out and not need to do anything to make marks? Will the weather be nice today? Did Echo pack her leftovers for lunch? Stay tuned!

I hope your year is off to a great start and I need to keep in better touch with the very few people on here I keep in touch with.

[atticrosary]

I have new designs available for custom order! 🌸🌱🩵 I kinda fell down the fairycore rabbit hole. I actually started these designs last Spring, but I was so back logged with custom cardigan and set orders that I didn’t have time to finish these up, photograph and edit them, and then make time to take on new orders. But I’m slowly getting out the last of my custom sets and cardigans, so now I have time to work on some new designs! I have a new bag design coming soon too! Be sure to follow on instagram (smalltowncoven) for all the seek peeks 💖

[i-am-trans-gwender]

If I had a nickel for every time I was told I looked like the Unabomber, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.