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Feathers: Look What I’ve Got!!!
The trip up to Reno this past weekend proved to be very fruitful indeed! I came back with more feathers! I acquired a bag full of beautiful, perfect, fanned out pheasant wings,…
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A Little Bird…
…you know you want to click the little bird and see where it goes. Go on…click it! See what rabbit hole it leads you down…
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Time Travel: Edwardian Picnic
Last Saturday I attended the PEERS “River City Picnic” up in beautiful and much-missed Alameda. In preparing for this day, I realized I had absolutely no passable Edwardian costume, and I lacked…
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Scratch Hats: How To Make Structured Period Hats From Craft Store Goodies
No period costume is complete without a hat. The proper hat can make a costume really stand out, and the absence of one can break it (and sunburn your head.). Up until…
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Event: Egyptianesque Returns
Another appearance of the Egyptian-themed late 18th c. wrap-front voile dress, worn to Le Societe De Pique-Nique’s “Sphinx N’ Drinks” picnic, last Sunday. Egyptianesque accessories included a lovely gold and black African…
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1790s Jacket: A Bit O’ Progress
The bulk of the project mostly pinned together, to get an idea how it will all look when completed. I started putting together this jacket last night, using a flatlining technique new…
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1790s Striped Jacket – progress!
Oh hey, look what I found… I walked into my local Hancock Fabrics this past Saturday, pleased with the huge “50% OFF!” banner hung on the outside of the building, and there,…
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18th c. Wigs of Glory: Addition and Subtraction
It has taken me way too many days of experimentation, failing, purchasing, more experimenting, and attempting to film it all, to get this wig together and in a state of glory. Ladies…
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Measure Twice: Preparing For Costume Creation
One day you’re surfing the internet, enjoying your favorite dress diaries, when BAM! it hits you. There on your screen is an image of a dress, a jacket, a bodice, that makes…
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Depressionistas: Costume Incarnations
What is one way to save literally barrels full of cash on your out-of-control costuming habit? Remodel, revamp, reuse, recycle, and refurbish your old gowns into brand new ones! Remodeling gowns is…
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Festival of Feathers: Let the Madness Begin
Good thing I put that linen toile together for this robe, otherwise I’d be 100% lost. Instead, I’m only 60% lost! Every tiny thing is a challenge. I realized, once I started…
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The Directoire Depressionista: Costuming & the Economy
The Guilt of the FeathersSitting amidst my piles of rooster feathers, I come to realize that I feel guilty about the purchase of them. The desire to create the most fantastic over-the-top…
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Wolfie and Woffington Give a Nod to Lil’ Duchie
Finally I have returned from work-related duties in Atlanta, Georgia, and have been greeted by such a wonderful surprise! The Celebrated Mrs. Woffington, a wonderful 18th c. blog, has awarded me The…
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“Sewing Drought”
So happy was I to receive my feathers and fabrics this past weekend…until I remembered that I won’t be able to work on the costume at all for the next two weeks!…
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OhGawdFeathers: Enter the Schlappen
I get to have a goofy title for this entry because quite frankly, this is all nuts. I received my feathers this past weekend, a great big plastic bag full of them.…
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How To Bleach Feathers…
…or “Changing Birds in Mid-Stream.” As you all know by now, I have been amassing to me a legion of feathers for the Halloween barn owl costume. The rooster schlappen has been…
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Guts: 1790s Wrap-Front Gown Details
I was very bad throughout the construction of the voile roundgown, and didn’t take nearly enough photos nor update this blog on the gown’s construction. My excuse is that I was so…
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Using the Binding Presser Foot You Don’t Have…
…And Can’t Get For Your Machine. I was full of glee today when I discovered such a thing as a binding presser foot for home sewing machines. Visions of perfectly machine stitched…
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Wherin Lil’ Duchie Justifies the Purchase of All Those Feathers…
If you read last night’s tedious entry about feathers, you might have been shocked by how much money I just spent on feathers. I was a little shocked myself as I punched…
