The very last day of 2013 is a good time to look back, as so many of us have been doing this past week. Here are the costumes I made and wore in 2013:
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| A Grand Panier that turned out to be too grand. | A pair of Regency half stays I ended up never wearing. |
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| The “Green Acres” 1880 bustle gown. | My stab at a Titanic dress for our annual April tea |
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| A 1950s red-white-and-blue sailor dress from a vintage pattern. | The 1920s “Little Jersey Dress” for Gatsby |
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| A new Elizabethan doublet for Valhalla Renaissance Faire. | The 1790s Curtain-Along Dress, at Costume College. |
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| My last project of 2013, the “Cafe Promenade” 1879 tea gown. |
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| My wedding gown for October. | The “Angel Wing Bum” to go under my wedding gown petticoats. |
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| The Lobster-Tail Bustle Project. | A new corset |
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| A 1920s charmeuse slip to go under a beaded gown. | Some PANTS! |
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| A 1950s Derby Day dress made from a vintage pattern. | My “Pierrot” Halloween costume. |
It’s surprising to look back and see everything – I thought I hadn’t sewn so much this past year, but that’s a lot of completed projects! I didn’t include the UFO’s, of course, and there were quite a few that were conceptualizes but never even started. Such is the way this hobby goes, at least for me. 🙂 Now on to 2014, and all the projects that will hold!
Happy New Year!!
18 Comments
sonia
December 31, 2013 at 8:44 PMThe wedding gown and tea gowns are my favorites. How talented you are! Happy New Year!
Lauren Stowell
December 31, 2013 at 11:09 PMThank you!
Rachel
December 31, 2013 at 9:33 PMYou accomplished more in a year than most do in a decade!
Gorgeous, wonderful, beautiful, divine.
thanks for sharing
Lauren Stowell
December 31, 2013 at 11:10 PMThank you! I feel like I'm so lazy sometimes! It's good to look back and realize just how much we've done in a year.
Mary Kay Chicoine
December 31, 2013 at 10:34 PMYou inspired me to actually TRY to make a bustle dress and I ended up doing 2 during 2013!
Lauren Stowell
December 31, 2013 at 11:10 PMAwesome! I'm so flattered that I was able to inspire you!
Princess at heart
January 1, 2014 at 12:56 AMI Love all of them, But your wedding gown is my favorite. So beautiful
Lauren Stowell
January 2, 2014 at 2:12 AMThank you!
Laura Morrigan
January 1, 2014 at 7:59 AMI reallly really adored that green acres dress! And of course the cafe promenade gown and your wedding dress! Let us hope the new year brings many lovely new dresses for us both!
Lauren Stowell
January 2, 2014 at 2:12 AMThank you! Onward to 2014!
Beky
January 1, 2014 at 9:03 AMWow, that is a serious number of costumes you have made in one year. Very inspiring. My favorite is the Cafe Promenade tea gown. You are very much a chameleon, :-).
Lauren Stowell
January 2, 2014 at 2:12 AMThank you!
Dawna (Stitches from the Tub)
January 1, 2014 at 4:59 PMSuch beautiful clothing. It inspires me to try to find time to sew clothing again along with the quilts that I am constantly making.
Lauren Stowell
January 2, 2014 at 2:12 AMThank you! Jump right in!
Unknown
January 1, 2014 at 11:39 PMWhat a wonderful year of creativity you have had Lauren, I adore them all my favorite, if I had to pick! is the Cafe promenade bustle gown and your delicious wedding
Lauren Stowell
January 2, 2014 at 2:13 AMThank you so much, Lorna <3
Patience_Crabstick
January 2, 2014 at 11:05 AMAll of your projects are gorgeous, but your wedding gown is absolutely stunning. I also love the pants.
Chris the ButtonLady
January 2, 2014 at 7:49 PMyour attention to the smallest detail always gets me, it's impossible to pick a hands down favorite. you even rolled your stocking correctly! See: you-tube video original recording, "Roll-em Girls, Roll-em, which Aunt of button collector friend recalls vividly.. I have the original sheet music to go with display/program of original flapper garters, an alternate to rolling.