Merja’s Baroque gown OMG. This wasn’t her Gala dress, but I needed to include a photo of it anyway. Ready for the last set of pics from Costume College? Well, I took…
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Weddingote: Draping and Testing
Now that Costume College has come and gone, it’s time to focus seriously on my wedding gown, which is to be worn in two months time. I’m going to share my progress…
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2013 Costume College, Pt. 2 – Festive Attyre “Curtain Along” Meet Up
Waverly Curtain dresses in chronological order from left to right. Ready for more photos from Costume College? I have tons, so here goes! Saturday, during the day, was the “Curtain Along” meetup…
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2013 Costume College, Pt. 1
I’m back! I’m alive! Costume College was splendid this year. I had SO much fun, met and chatted with so many cool people, and took so…SO…many photos. I’m breaking this up into…
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Loose and Lovely 1790s Locks
Costume College is fast approaching, and while I think I’ve burnt out on trying to get everything done, I *did* fully finish the 1790s Chintz gown. When I started this blog several…
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1790s Chintz Gown – The Home Stretch
It’s that time of year – that special time just before That Big Annual Costume Event when the mad “must-get-it-all-done!” sewing commences. I wonder why I do this to myself: I…
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Bastille Day Picnic 2013
This past Sunday, our local costume club, the Great Basin Costume Society, held a little picnic in honor of Bastille Day. We called it the “Off With Her Head Tea.” The costume…
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1790s Chintz Gown – More Fiddling
I’ve been stitching along on this 1790s chintz gown, little by little, fiddle by fiddle. My apologies for these terrible photos – someday I will find my camera’s battery charger and stop…
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1790s Chintz Gown – In Progress
A few days back I got the bee in my bonnet to start sewing on this 1790s chintz gown, inspired by the Museum of London gown everyone loves so much: Museum of…
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Curtain-Along Dress #2: 1790s
Last year, I joined Festive Attyre’s “Curtain-Along” sewing event, when I fell in love with the Waverly “Felicite” curtains from Lowes, and made my favorite dress ever, the 1780 Indienne Robe a…
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1790s Musings and Inspirations
I’m back to square one with what to wear to Maggie’s wedding in October. (Nevermind my own wedding, I’ve got that one figured out, haha) My ORANGE! sari dress just…no, so now…
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Bastille Day Picnic Inspiration
Portrait of Madame Emilie Seriziat and her Son, 1795 I’ve been MIA lately due to moving, yay! But also nay! because all of my sewing stuff is in complete disarray. Still, there’s…
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LACMA Sacque-Ma: Operation Petti-Pouf
Thank you to everyone who left incredibly helpful comments on yesterday’s petticoat post. Last night I went for it with implementing each of the changes suggested, to see what effect they had.…
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LACMA Sacque-ma: The Petticoat, and Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better
I spent this past weekend toiling on a “simple” petticoat for my first Robe a la Francaise ensemble, inspired by this gorgeous sacque in LACMA: I thought it would be a quick…
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My 18th Century “Weddingote”
So….I’m gettin’ married. (Woohoo!!) I’ve been a bit buried in all things wedding, with an additional layer of all things shoes on top, and I realize I totally haven’t posted about this!…
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White/Ivory 18th Century Gown Inspiraton
I just received 10 yards of delicious ivory silk taffeta, and I’m just *itching* to make something (or a lot of somethings) out of it. Of course I’m thinking along 18th century…
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Finished Project: 18th Century Grand Panier
And my, what a big panier it is! I purchased the now-out-of-print Simplicity 3635 pattern on eBay a few weeks back. The package contains patterns for stays, pockets, a chemise, and a…
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Behind the Scenes with the “More Than Just A Costume” Gainsborough Photo Shoot
Howdy! I’ve had some questions about the most recent images I created, inspired by Gainsborough’s portrait of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, so I’m going to show you a little behind-the-scenes of how…
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Special Event: “Kensington” Black Leather Colonial Shoes Re-Pre-Order
Hey all! So…we’ve run out of black Kensingtons. Yep, there are, like, five pairs left. So I thought I’d try something new – a “Re-Pre-Order,” to help us raise funds for the…
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Why Make Historical Shoes?
Lauren W. models a powder blue 1740s riding habit, surrounded by Kensington and Pompadour 18th century shoes This month marks the two year anniversary of starting the Historical Footwear side of this…
