My lovely blog readers, you have been so patient in waiting for me to chug through a couple other costumes before returning to The Baroque, but at long last your wait is…

Much has been accomplished since last I posted.  For one, I worked on the skirt, cutting the front length and making the swooping curve that creates the train in back.  I sewed…

Please forgive the messy messy room!  However, dogs are always included 🙂  The tabs will be *under* the skirt when it’s worn.  I’ve cut the skirt to length, with a big swooping…

I’ve done so much hand-sewing today that my wrist hurts and I have to stop! I don’t wanna stop!! This morning, being clear, bright, and only minorly breezy, I undertook The Spray…

I could say that this is going slowly and tediously, but each piece is exciting to me!  Last night I stitched on another piece of the satin bodice covering, and now have…

This 1660s bodice is coming together in bits and pieces, in no particular order, with no particular sense, yet is somehow coming out alright.  I’ve run out of bones, but that didn’t…

So excited about this costume am I that I spent tonight sewing the lining (simple white muslin) and the interlining (canvas) together and beginning my boning channels, to make the structured base…

Ah, the joyous process of draping and drafting.  There is nothing quite like developing a pattern from nothing, finding the shapes, getting the exact fit.  I don’t claim to be *good* at…