I’ve written before whining
and moaning about my writing difficulties and insecurities. But have I told you about the other things
that I'm passionate about? For one, I like to
make jewelry. I find myself staring at
women in the street, the bus, the train or when I’m out to lunch. No, not that way; I’m looking at their
jewelry and trying to deconstruct it with my eyes so that I can figure out how
it was made. Then decide that I can do
that.
Another passion of mine is
Archery and I try to enjoy the sport whenever I can. Sadly it isn’t as often as I would want, but
I try to do it once a month. I’m also
passionate about Halloween and love to dress up and make my own costumes which
can be a bit time consuming.
Next up on the list of
passions is that I like to go to The Renaissance Faire. Last year, I dressed up in a blue Renaissance
gown and pretended to be a Princess. I
had my hair braided with flowers and gave a slight bow of the head when the occasional
peasant curtsied before me saying “My Lady”.
I really enjoyed that part. Soon,
it’ll be time to go again so I started looking online for a new gown because a
girl, I mean a Princess, can’t go to The Renaissance Faire two years in a row
wearing the same gown. It’s a rule, look
it up. It’s in the guidebook of
Renaissance Faire etiquette that I made up.
I found several gowns that I
liked but unfortunately they were priced a bit beyond my budget. Apparently my kingdom’s coffers aren’t as
full of gold and jewels as I would like.
The reality is that I don’t have a budget for such things but you know
how it is. When you really want
something you figure out a way to get it even if it means siphoning money from
the utility bill payment. Not that I
would do that, of course, but I did think about it and was sorely tempted.
But something happened instead. I got this crazy idea. You see, I looked at these dresses and
decided that I can do that. Why not?
Just cut a few pieces of fabric, pin them together, stitch and voila –
instant Renaissance gown. This crazy
wonderful idea wouldn’t leave my head, so I bought the fabric and I’m going to
dive right into making this gown. I don’t
have any formal sewing training but my motto is “make it work”, so I’ll repeat
it over and over like a mantra until the gown is done.
Hopefully the end result won’t
scream "amateur home-made dress!" So this is now my latest passion that I have to
schedule into my life and maybe it won’t intrude into my writing time too much.
I might do another post and upload progress pictures. Wish me luck!