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  • April Vintage Pre-Order is OPEN!

    April 9, 2021

    I will admit I haven’t been sewing much (Covid energy-sap), but I do have plans. Honestly all I’ve really been up to is -work- but at least it’s fun work, getting so…

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  • The February 2021 Collection is Here – {Pre-Order Open!}

    February 26, 2021

    Time for the first collection of 2021! This year, the big plan is to do a pre-order every single month through August (yowza!). Our February collection got off to a bit of…

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  • The {FREE} American Duchess Cape Pattern

    February 8, 2021

    Click Here for the pattern Howdy! Since we put our Patreon to sleep, we needed to find a new place to host the #ADCapeCult 1910s Wrap Cape pattern. So it’s going to…

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  • {Video} Cake or Death – Marie Antoinette

    February 3, 2021

    This is a bit of a weird one. Last Spring, 2020, I made an attempt at Youtube, like SO many of us. I had an idea for a series of cake-decorating-meets-interesting-historical-deaths. Dark…

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  • How to Care for “Velvet” Finish Sauvage Leather

    February 1, 2021

    Leather comes in many different finishes, from smooth to suede to velvety. It’s important to know how to look after each of these leather types to keep your shoes looking great. Many…

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  • My 2020 Costuming Year in Review

    January 27, 2021

    This has indeed been a weird, challenging, rough year. I think I’ve left my house, like, 20 times max for 10 months. During this time I feel I sewed very little, but…

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  • Old Projects I, Uh, Forgot to Post About

    January 20, 2021

     With all the updates to Ye Olde Blogge, I was going back and checking the “Projects” page when I found several costumes I finished but never actually posted about. The horror! So…

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  • Lessons of the Volante – So Far

    January 13, 2021

    Du….Du Hast…Du Hast Mich… There’s something about pleat-to-fit garments that both attract me and drive me bonkers. I think it’s a combination of no two surviving examples being the same and my…

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  • Pattern Notes & Adjustments for Simplicity S8941

    January 6, 2021

    As promised, here is my really big post of pattern notes and adjustments for Simplicity S8941 1790s to Regency Round Gown and Open Robe pattern. This pattern was originally designed in the…

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  • 1833 Plaid Silk Gown + All the Accessories – Done!

    December 23, 2020

    I can’t believe I never shared *finished* photos of the 1833 plaid day dress with all the accessories. I went through the whole making of it but, like…never showed the finish. That’s…

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  • The Medieval Gambeson as Winter Historybounding Jacket

    December 16, 2020

    We all *love* historybounding – wearing historical garments in modern contexts, mixed with modern dress or styling in some way great or small. It’s “secret” history…the muggles see an interesting jacket, but…

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  • The Pincurl Diary – How to Do 1930-50s Hair for a Whole Week

    December 9, 2020

    How remiss am I in never posting this video I made earlier in the year. This is a tutorial of sorts for how to set wet-set one’s hair and then maintain it…

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  • 2020 Holiday Shipping Dates

    December 4, 2020

     Important announcement! Here are the shipping deadlines for this holiday season – USPS: We recommend getting your orders in a few days before these dates, so we have time to pick, check,…

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  • How to Fix Funky Points on 18th Century Stays

    December 2, 2020

      See those points on the front edges of the stays, at the bust? If you’ve got a pair of 18th century stays that lace at the center front, either fully or…

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  • Our Silver Bells Sale is OPEN

    November 27, 2020

    Here comes the sale announcement for our Black Friday-to-Cyber Monday annual sale. Here’s what we have for you this year… COUPONS! We’re offering six coupons for all sorts of things – free…

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  • Well Don’t I Feel Foolish…

    November 23, 2020

     I’ve been updating my blog theme and messing around in the (new-ish) Blogger admin, breaking stuff, and I noticed in the comments tab a *whole bunch of comments* waiting for approval. Dang,…

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  • (More) Dress Form Hacking – Literally

    November 21, 2020

    Marking how much of the shoulder needed to come off to match my shoulder width from base of neck to shoulder bone. Blogs may be dead, but I’m still holding out (like…

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  • Gown-in-a-Weekend: 1790s Vigee-Lebrun Round Gown from Simplicity S8941

    November 16, 2020

    For some reason I got a wild hair to do a “gown in a weekend” project. Dr. Carolyn Dowdell and I made a pact to fill the void of black gowns in…

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  • Marilyn 1940s Pumps – Pre-Order OPEN!

    October 30, 2020

    We’re not quite done with the Fall/Winter 2020 shoe releases yet! As much as we’d liked to have introduced everything at once, this year has scuppered those plans. We’re still makin’ it…

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  • Why Sew with Nowhere to Go?

    October 20, 2020

     -or- Why Sew When the World is Ending? For so many of us, sewing is about so much more than producing clothing to be worn. Everyone has a different reason for pursuing…

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