Making Shakespeare a Collar || an Elizabethan Falling Band [CC]

IN WHICH our intrepid recreatrix makes a delightful late Elizabethan falling band (or collar) for "Shakespeare's" birthday. Prince of Snark Cosplay: https://www.instagram.com/princeofsnarkcosplay Lady Grey a la Creme Tea: https://www.spiceandtea.com/Lady-Grey-a-la-Creme-Tea Eithni’s Magic Veil Stitch: https://eithni.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EMVS.pdf Renaissance Tailor’s Cavalier Collar Walkthrough: https://www.renaissancetailor.com/demos_cavcollars.htm ## Rosemary Shortbread Cookies *Ingredients* - 1 cup (2 sticks, 8 ounces) unsalted butter - 1 teaspoon salt - ¾ cup (5¼ ounces) sugar - 2 cups (8½ ounces) unbleached all-purpose flour - 1-3 tsp ground rosemary, to taste *Instructions* 1. In a medium-sized bowl, cream the butter, salt and sugar together with a mixer or by hand. 2. Add the flour and rosemary and blend until the mixture is cohesive. 3. To shape, form the dough into a long roll, 1½ to 2 inches in diameter, cover with parchment paper, and freeze until very firm. 5. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 300°F. 6. Slice the roll into cookies no thinner than ¼ inch and prick each cookie twice with a fork (or stamp with a stamp). 7. Bake on ungreased baking sheets (or parchment paper) for about 20 minutes. Watch the cookies carefully— when the bottoms are a light sand color, remove them from the oven and transfer to a rack to cool completely. 8. Store the cookies in tins lined with waxed or parchment paper. You'll find that shortbread improves with a li