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  • Photo Shoot: Downton Abbey Glamour at the Cobb Mansion, Virginia City, Nevada

    December 13, 2013

    I’ve been sitting on these photos for quite some time, leaking them out little by little, but I think it’s high time now for a little photo story… With Downton Abbey fresh…

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  • V131: 1912 Ladies, and Alcatraz

    May 10, 2012

    Our ship docked at Pier 33, San Francisco Hi again, from the Big Blue!  The last two days we’ve been at port in San Francisco, a city I’m familiar with, but oddly…

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  • V121: “The Unsinkables” at Gaskells Titanic Ball

    April 30, 2012

    As promised, here are a few photos from Gaskells Ball last Saturday, with our “Unsinkables” group of lovely-attired ladies.  I had a fabulous time, and got to see so many people I…

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  • V120: 1912 Titanic Ball, Hair Stylings

    April 30, 2012

    I just got back from The Other Side of the Mountains (Californialand), and my trip down to Gaskells Victorian Ball.  It was an amazing evening, full of beautiful 1912 gowns that I…

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  • V119: Are Sequins Period Accurate?

    April 28, 2012

    The Met: toque (hat), 1915 The short answer is YES! I’ve heard this question come up a couple of times, in regard to using sequins on our Titanic gowns.  Sequins are not…

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  • V116: Finally, My Almost-Complete Titanic Ball Gown

    April 25, 2012

    Okay, so it’s *still* not done, despite the event coming up on Saturday, but hey … it’s a costumer’s life, right? At any rate, it is “very almost” done.  Both sleeves are…

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  • V106: Titanic Memorial Tea, Reno

    April 15, 2012

    Yesterday, like so many of you, us ladies and gents up here in Reno held our Titanic Memorial Tea at The Isles Tea Shoppe.  After many pots of tea, a parade of…

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  • V83: 1912 Titanic Day Wear Complete

    March 23, 2012

    Finally I’ve finished something.  It feels like it’s been *weeks* since I’ve even picked up a pair of scissors.  I decided to throw together a slim wool skirt for a daytime Titanic…

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  • V38: Progress on the 1912 Titanic Abbey Gown

    February 7, 2012

    Well I’ve gone through all the easy bits now, and am on to the hard I-hate-these-parts bits, with my 1912 gown. The sleeves of the gown are made of just the net,…

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  • V15: 1912 Titanic Abbey Dress Progress

    January 15, 2012

    I’ve been on an Edwardian binge lately, and working ever so diligently on my 1912 gown. I know it’s only January, but why not go on and get something done early, for…

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  • V9: 1912 “Titanic” Edwardian Gown Design

    January 9, 2012

    After much deliberation, and some fiddling around with beaded net fabric, I’ve come up with my design. It’s a combination of these two: Janet Arnold’s drawing of the Laurel dress, on the…

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