Stitching with a Shimmy

Shimmying through life with needles and thread…

Archive for October, 2009

October 29th, 2009 by deRomilly

Bellydance Costumes – Raqs Gothique

Where do you start with this genre? “Raqs Gothique” grew out of the Goth movement, which, over the years has embraced dark retro, punk, medieval, Victorian and “Steampunk” attributes. Then add bellydance to any of the facets of Goth culture and you get Gothic Bellydance, or “Raqs Gothique”. In other words, there are almost as [...]

October 27th, 2009 by deRomilly

My not-quite-a-UFO pile – Acorn Sampler

Also back in my not-quite-a-UFO pile, we find the Acorn Sampler kit from The Drawn Thread. This was a fun little piece to stitch, and I’d really like to hang it on my wall, so I should probably get around to finishing it and getting the hardware for it. It’s white and colored work and [...]

October 23rd, 2009 by deRomilly

Binky Gives Permission

Binky is not my invention. Nor is he the invention of the woman who introduced me to him. As I understand the story, yet another lady was trying to learn a musical instrument and having difficulty getting past the “I sound awful” stage – She made a poster that said simply, “Binky gives you permission [...]

October 21st, 2009 by deRomilly

Bellydance Costumes – Tribal

Oh Dear! I seem to have lost track of this series of posts way back in May of 2008! My apologies! Tribal style costuming, like “cabaret,” comes in many different flavors. Remember that there are always going to be variations, even with styles. American Tribal Style ATS, as created by Carolena Nericcio takes the standard [...]

October 13th, 2009 by deRomilly

I’m baaaack!

And raring to go.  The workshop was a glorious success. I learned a lot about sacred dance traditions from Artemis Mourat. Want MOOORE!!! And Donna Mejia is a wonderful teacher that had me feeling like I was back in my old college professional dance classes. Yeouch. Talk about sore!  I set off my clicking hip [...]