News from the Flemish Inquisition
Aug. 23rd, 2011 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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First, a tidbit foralysten. In terms of sleeveless not-Viking: Here's a slightly OOP German:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:War-Scene-xx-Sebastian-Vrancx.JPG
I've seen other iterations of this gown, and I think we might find some woodcuts. I teach you honeycomb smocking at RUM - you be all set.
I'll also keep looking.
I did find another extant undercap, of the same structure as the one at the Met (that![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
hsifeng.livejournal.com first brought to my attention.) Only it's displayed on a head form and I was right about it's structure. Win! I'll try to link to it a bit later.
Expect a new webpage on Friesland soonish.
Meantime, I have made the double chocolate cupcakes from the Miette cookbook - GF, by dint of using the Tom Sawyer GF AP flour. This is the best GF AP flour I've happened across as yet. They're decent. Better with the Almond Vanilla Swiss Buttercream frosting. I wanted to make French Buttercream, but didn't have enough eggs.
First, a tidbit for
alysten. In terms of sleeveless not-Viking: Here's a slightly OOP German:http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:War-Scene-xx-Sebastian-Vrancx.JPG
I've seen other iterations of this gown, and I think we might find some woodcuts. I teach you honeycomb smocking at RUM - you be all set.
I'll also keep looking.
I did find another extant undercap, of the same structure as the one at the Met (that
hsifeng.livejournal.com first brought to my attention.) Only it's displayed on a head form and I was right about it's structure. Win! I'll try to link to it a bit later.Expect a new webpage on Friesland soonish.
Meantime, I have made the double chocolate cupcakes from the Miette cookbook - GF, by dint of using the Tom Sawyer GF AP flour. This is the best GF AP flour I've happened across as yet. They're decent. Better with the Almond Vanilla Swiss Buttercream frosting. I wanted to make French Buttercream, but didn't have enough eggs.