This was my *first* time setting sleeves “the period way,” and it definitely takes some practice. But here’s a little insight, for those who are completely confused about how to do this……
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Revolution Dress – Coming to the End…Sortof
I’ve spent all day sewing on the Revolution Dress, for this weekend’s festivities, Gaskells Ball and Pirate Faire. The gown is done (yay!). I’m proud of it! Lilly’s not wearing stays, so…
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The Rag-Curled Hedgehog Wig of Win
Why…so…serious? A few days ago I was chatting with Lauren M, Lady of Portland House, and I asked her about her fantastic hedgehog wig, and how she got it so freakin’ awesome.…
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Vintage Black 1960s Dress
Gratuitous outfit post, to distract you while I feverishly work on the red polonaise, to be worn this weekend (eeek! it has no sleeves!) Also, this is one of my favorite dresses…
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Annies Got Their Guns – a Day at the Carson City Rendezvous
After our ride on the stagecoach, which was crazy and fun. We got the last ride of the day, too Yesterday, my lovely mother and I dressed up all perdy-like, in our…
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Georgiana Shoes: CHEMICAL FIRE
Dear Ladies, I have very bad news regarding our “Georgiana” shoes that you ordered back in April. The shoes were all packaged up, in their shipping crates, and ready to go on…
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Revolution Dress – Skirting the Issue
The back with the skirts down, no hem yet. So I’ve been procrastinating on The Revolution Dress because I got kindof stuck with those front rumples, but thanks to all your encouraging…
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“Georgiana” 18th c. Shoe Status Update
For all of you who have been waiting patiently for your Georgiana shoes: They are on their way over the sea to me right now! Barring any complications, we plan to have…
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Back From the 16th Century, with 18th Century Shoes…
My mother and me in our Elizabethans. This past weekend we attended Valhalla Renaissance Faire, as I posted about earlier. It was wet, muddy, chilly, but the wool cloaks, fox furs, and…
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Prepping For Valhalla Renaissance Faire, 2011
I made this jacket last year, from a pattern in “The Tudor Tailor” (there’s also one in “Cut of Women’s Clothes I believe, and some other places). The partlet is also from…
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Vintage Patterns in the Boutique
Just as a quick aside, I’ve started listing my recent vintage pattern haul in the Boutique on Etsy. I have quite a few to list – 20 or 30 – mostly from…
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Revolution Dress – Front Meets Back
Some more progress and problems on the Revolution Dress… First, I was having trouble getting the front pieces to lay smoothly after I stiffened the silk with fused interlining. Bugger. I decided…
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Revolution Dress – Baby Got Back
Just a quick update on this gown I’ve been procrastinating on. I cut it out, there’s a start, and pinned up the en fourreau back pleating, using pgs 49 – 50 in Costume…
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Vintage 12-in-12 and a Great Many New Old Patterns
Yesterday was a glorious day: I got my hands on 43 vintage dress patterns from the 1950s and early 60s. All of them are fab, some more my style than others, and…
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Making a Workable Dress Form – or – The Violent Transformation of Franken-Lilly
This is Lilly straight out of the box. Lilly is a dress display mannequin, as opposed to a dressmaker’s form. She has a nice jersey cover over a molded, hard foam body.…
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On Wiglets and Hair Pieces, Part 1
I say “Part 1” because this is a work in progress. I would also like to say up front that I am not a hair genius, in fact I suck really really…
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Revolution Dress – About Those Stays
The Dreamstress asked me to share a little about the stays I’ve been working on. Those extra grommets at the bottom are me messing up. Ignore those, pls. 🙂 I apologize for…
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Revolution Dress – A Better Idea of What the Heck I’m Doing
The idea of how this gown, “the Revolution Dress,” is going to come together has been milling around in my head for a couple weeks now, in a somewhat nebulous form. Luckily…
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Revolution Dress – Undies!
This is just a quick post on underwear, in all its glory. As you know, I’ve started this latest 18th c. gown project with the basics, a proper set of proper undies.…
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18th Century Figurines – Capodimonte and the Crown N Mark
Who doesn’t love little Georgian figurines? Visit an antiques fair and you’ll see literally thousands of the little things, all in various degree of quality. They became extremely popular in the 20th…
