Farsetto Medioevale... Medieval Jacket

Ho fatto un farsetto medioevale. This is a medieval jacket I made.

Ho imbottito tessuto di lana con filo grosso. L'imbottitura ci servira' per le botte durante combattimento. I made the paddings with thick thread, like those for denium. The padding serves to protect against blows during combat.

Ci sono delle asole sotto la vita (davanti e dietro) per allegare le braghe con i lacci. There are a set of buttonholes just under the waist back and front for attaching the tights.

Le maniche (alla spalla) sono imbottito per dare piu' forma. Ci sono le asole sulle maniche per allegare l'armatura. The sleeves are padded at the shoulder. There are also buttonholes for attaching the armour.  

Le asole sono fatte da machina e poi sono ricoperte con cucitura a mano. To give a finishing touch, I stitched over the machine sewn buttonholes.

Tessuti: Lana
Fodera: Cottone
Bottoni: Argento
Imbottitura: Poliestere

Fabric: Wool
Lining: Cotton
Buttons: Silver
Padding: Polyester

Tutte le materiale e l'informazione mi ha dato il mio client C. Simonetti. All materials and information are provided by my client C. Simonetti.

wah Singapore ... damn stress!

roses from roby for our 1st wedding anniversary <3

Wah... what an intense 3 weeks in singapore. Cramming my social life into this short period and then back home in verona, with the long dry spell of nearly no daily human interaction (aside from husband and my in laws) ( which I actually prefer). After clearing some work I will be looking for some idiot part-time job.

This all feels like that french movie I saw years ago Le Feu Follet . Meeting old friends and realising you longer belong to this place nor are you part of their lives. They have changed, you have changed. Everybody is moving on.... with family and kids, married, single, straight, gay... doesn't matter anymore. Everyone is more settled, excepting the situation. Happy to see everyone but i have to go back to my country life soon.

Everything getting expensive, if i move here i have to be very careful with the money, take public transport and eat at home everyday. Life is definitely more intense here, well with more person packed into a square km compared to verona... it has to be.

The local culture is changing from 6years ago. Since culture has never been top priority anyway. It has always been money, more so today than when I left. It is more asian for sure, more chinese, filipinos, thais. I'm not staying here so i have no right to hate it. The beauty of culture if you allow it to change, give it a bit of time it could be good thing. So what if you end up with frakenstein, at least it's alive. If you try engineering it, it will become plastic and singapore will turn into a theme park. The money factor sometimes rob you of your common sense. That aside I think the situation is quite optimistic.

I was lucky enough to go to a political rally in woodlands on the thursday before polling. That was quite interesting. Roby remarked that it is a good start, but 20years behind the level of public participation in italian politics. "Why are the speakers so polite?" "Why are they talking about economic issues only?" I guess I still learning about politics. Isn't it strange that with that many people living here, there is hardly major strife going on. I think the answer is new immigrants hardly have any political power as individuals. If you are new in the country for 2 years, you think about surviving not about voting rights.

Venezia Aprile

Despite my bitching, Venice on a friday night was enjoyable. There wasn't the usual crowd. Nor the parties. So that was bearable. We (me and Roby) didn't know where we going, led by Ivan and Miro. Ivan a resident of Rialto. We were half drunk. Thanks to the bad wine, cold spring air and speed walking it was not possible to get really drunk. The night was short but sweet.

crowd at rialto

The next day we had a late breakfast. We were greeted by the weekend crowd at Rialto. urghhh... quite unavoidable. We went off to meet a friend in a very quiet corner of venice, (I won't say where ;P ) . We ate at a bar... aw the grilled squid was so good. Took a ride on the Ruf's boat. That was fun... We took a train back to verona in the evening.

More fotos here.

Link to juunta's shop here.

Prelisting sale - Fisherman's Pants

Here are some photos of the trousers I made in 2 designs. They are available for sale for friends only. They are limited. Right now there are 2 pieces. I will be listing them on etsy on a future date.

These pants are really comfortable yet formal and stylish. They are based on a traditional thai design, which I have adapted and made more user friendly. I will be making more them in other materials, so watch out for it.

Eccoli! Ho fatto 2 paia di pantaloni da vendere ai amici prima di mettere online tra qualche settimana. Sono i pezzi unici.

Pants01

Description / Descrizione:

Model name / Modello- Pants01

Trousers in grey wool and red cotton trimming

Pantaloni di lana grigia con dettagli di cotone rosso

Size / Taglia:

Free size / Taglia unica

Length / Lungezza:

87cm

Pants02

Description / Descrizione:

Model name / Modello- Pants02
Trousers in light grey pin stripe wool suiting (2types)
Pantaloni di lana leggero a righe

Size / Taglia:

Free size / Taglia unica

Length / Lungezza:

85cm

Friends only Prelisting Sale -How to buy?

Please meet me personally where you can pick up and pay me directly. You will also be able to try them. Please arrange for an appointment by email or sms. I will be in Singapore from 1-24 May. 

If you are interested in them, when list them on etsy I will announce on this blog, so watch out for it. Se ti interessa, controlla questo blog per l'annuncio.

Adventures in tailoring...

È arrivato "babbo natale" sta mattina. Il signore che mi aveva regalato un pandoro. Ha un nome and numero di telefono anche! È arrivato prima che suonava la sveglia alle 8.

Roby mi ha insegnato qualche parola dialetto veronese. Phew! meno male ;)

Quatro diei = Quatro dita = four fingers = 10cm in tailoring terms ... (oh I see ;D )

Braghe = pantaloni = trousers ... (oh I see ;D )
Y

hohohoho

Santa came by this morning. The same that gave a pandoro for a present for christmas. He has a name and a telephone number! He woke me up bright and early at 8.

I am working the next design.

hohohoho

Santa came by this morning. The same that gave a pandoro for a present for christmas. He has a name and a telephone number! He woke me up bright and early at 8. Alteration job for santa!

I am working the next design. You can check out Bicibag the bicycle pannier I have for sale at etsy and the blog entry.

Until the next time. <3

Business as usual

In the afternoon I walked around sticking up notice for my clothes alteration services. All I got were a few prank callers ... kids from the sound of their voices . No thanks I don't need this kind of love.

Check out juunta's shop at etsy.

Creating the item for sale. In the meantime take a look at the bicycle pannier I made.

First listing- Bicycle bag/ pannier

This is my first listing on etsy, after much delay. This bicycle pannier is a result of a try out working with my brother. He wanted something sporty, sleek when we spoke about it. Then I forgot about the details because of my wedding and the craziness that followed. We went to Amsterdam for our honeymoon, there I saw the most beautiful bicycles I have ever seen, absolutely gorgeous.

Cycling was a way of life. They had those bags which I later learnt from my brother that they were called panniers. So I had this vision of creating a pannier that was attached to the back of the bicycle, you would ride everywhere. You could put your groceries in it, books, things for a picnic. Ohhhh and life would be so romantic.

I got back to my brother... he had a different idea of what he wanted. Something sportier. Opps... anyways what's done is done. It's not the easiest thing to put together so I am very happy that it is done.

Bag Description:

Name: BiciBag

It is made to strapped to the back rack of the bicycle. The minimum size should be at least 14cm x 31cm if not slightly larger. This fit is quite important. It has a velcro fastening.

the strap wrap around the rack and up through an opening.

The bag is made up of 2 side bags with flap cover on both sides that attaches to the body with a velcro fastening.

Height from bicycle rack downwards= 35cm

Dimension side bag (inside): H31cm x W15cm x L33.5cm

press studs fastening for tigher /looser fit

press studs fastening for tigher/ looser fit

There are studs for tighter or looser fit.

Materials: The bag is slightly waterproof. It is made with charcoal hemp cloth with black waterproof lining. It will not withstand soaking. There are plastic backing inserted to prevent the back touching the wheels.

Weight: 1.4kg

To buy go to esty and search for juunta or click here.

There are more photos here.

If you can't find it, email me juunta@gmail.com and I will direct you there.