Ah, how lovely it is to have a finished, fitting toile. My client is afraid the toile won’t fit her, but as it’s in the mail today, we will wait a couple…
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17th c. Jacket: Toile-ifications, Round 1
With my dress form “batted” and corseted to my client’s measurements, I started working on her pattern. I drafted this pattern with help from a little scribble I made in my journal…
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A Dress Form, of the 1 7th Century
Okay, this post isn’t very exciting, but I’m excited about, because my brilliant plan is working. My client is all the way across the country, so we will not be able to…
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A Day in Virginia City, Nevada – The Girls of 1879
On the back stairs of the extremely haunted Old Washoe Club. These stairs were used to usher prostitutes into the upper levels of this building, known as The Millionaire’s Club. We visited the Old…
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Happy Independence Day … Yesterday
Happy 4th of July – Independence Day – America-is-so-cool-and-I-love-it! Day, from American Duchess 🙂 We had a bbq, not in costume, but there were dogs (no photos, though!). Now get back to…
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17th c. Shirt
Last time I posted about 17th c. costume, we were looking at the client’s references for 17th c. linen shirts. Well now it’s done! lol. I used a simple rectangle-based pattern for…
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Trinkets On My Vanity
I’ve been getting more and more enthralled with the “manual” function on my camera, and I’m really starting to learn how to, y’know, use it. I’ve been taking pictures of everything! I…
