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New kokoshnik is done. I might add some pearl strings later, if I can find my stash.

Sewing my husband’s Basmanov costume. And then kokoshnik on the cat happened.

The annual Russian Christmas party rolled through our house yesterday. I think I have managed to cook up the best spread yet, with two kinds of pies, pelmeni, blintzes, salads and an enormous vat of borscht. There were kokoshniks aplenty, a babushka, and my friend A. showed up as Basmanov from the orgy scene, at which point I pretty much lost my damn mind. 

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Russian Christmas party this Saturday, and I just finished a new kokoshnik. Not sure who’s going to get to wear it yet. Hell, maybe I’ll get drunk enough to pull a Basmanov and wear it myself.

Here’s one I made for my sister last year.

Some sketches. In my last book, I was intimidated by the light green section of pages. Loving them now. I think this calls for mermaids. Or mermen.