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  • Butterick to the Big Screen – Historical Hollywood Contest!

    March 21, 2013

    Thanks to Francis, who posted about this on Facebook… Butterick is holding a contest to create your own Hollywood-inspired outfit, using a contemporary Butterick pattern, specifically any period from 1860 to modern.…

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  • Style in the Sky: British Airways Fashions Through the Ages

    March 19, 2013

    I can’t help but love aviation fashion.  I was a complete sucker for “Pan Am ,” and before that, “View from the Top ,” and just about any photograph of a sharply…

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  • What is Osnaburg?

    March 4, 2013

    I was pretty stoked recently when I found osnaburg fabric at Walmart, of all places.  I bought what was left on the bolt, dreaming of all the awesome interlinings and buckram I…

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  • The Great Gibson Giveaway WINNER – Anna Olivia

    February 26, 2013

    And what an amazing giveaway it was! Well over 500 entries!  Alas, it is time to choose a winner, and that winner is………. Anna Olivia Anna, you shared on Twitter, Pinterest, and…

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  • Upcoming 2013 Projects

    February 22, 2013

    I don’t quite know how this happened, but I sat down to figure out what I need to sew this year, and suddenly realized there’s…quite a lot of it!…and I keep remembering…

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  • V365: Costumed Ladies in Genoa, NV

    February 6, 2013

    This past weekend, a group of Great Basin Costumers attended an absolutely delightful play in Genoa, NV, one of the oldest settlements in Northern Nevada, and a delightful little town to boot.…

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  • V358: Rudolf Nureyev Exhibition at the de Young, San Francisco

    January 21, 2013

    Chris and I popped over The Hill for a photo shoot this past week, and while we were there, we visited the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.  On display was…

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  • V343: Costumer’s Christmas Swag

    December 27, 2012

    Some of the lovely, lovely items I received for Christmas… Costume books! The one beneath is an illustrated shoe reference guide – good stuff! A lovely beaded 1920s style purse.  I’ve been…

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  • V336: The Geneva Hand Fluter – Experiments

    December 16, 2012

    Last to arrive from my round of eBay acquisition was the Geneva Hand Fluter, a ridged iron that was used to flute, or crimp, all kinds of things, like cuffs, collars, ruffly…

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  • V309: Happy Election Day, USA

    November 6, 2012

    In honor of Election Day here in America Land, and in celebration of women’s suffrage, here’s an awesome video you’ve probably already seen, but is still awesome:  

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  • V299: Real WWII Bomber Girls

    October 26, 2012

    Today is the Battle Born Day’s Bomber Girl Pageant.  I’m getting my ’40s on right now, and will be dancing the night away, and hopefully impressing the pageant judges with my authenticity,…

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  • V295: Victorian Plastic – Yes, Victorian; Yes, Plastic

    October 23, 2012

    Ever since learning about plastic injection molding of the 1870s, I’ve been gnawing on the idea of Victorian plastics.  It seems like an oxymoron – we all know plastic is a 20th…

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  • V290: Hello, Baby

    October 17, 2012

    Probably 1850-1855Attributed to: William W. Kennedy (1818-1885) Acc. No. 1931.100.7 Well, today my niece London was born.  Happy literal day of birth to her. 🙂 I have maniacal plans to be London’s “Auntie Maime”,…

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  • V289: Where to Wear – How To Throw Your Own Costume Events

    October 16, 2012

    Ladies attending the 2012 Titanic Memorial Tea, at a local tea shoppe called The Isles Hi All! Today I’m going to answer another question I get often – where to wear the…

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  • V288: How I “Found My Era” – Question n’ Answer

    October 15, 2012

    Hi All! I received a question from Rachel and KittyKatt, asking how I found the era of history that was my favorite to start making clothes for, so I thought I would…

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  • V286: Costumer’s Link Love, October

    October 13, 2012

    It’s time for another installment of Costumer’s Link Love, where I share all the cool blogs I’ve found or been introduced to lately.  You can also find these blogs added to the…

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  • V285: Colonial Williamsburg Swag

    October 13, 2012

    We’re back from our Williamsburg-Monticello-Montepelier trip, and I’ve got swag to share with you.  I mean…how can anyone historically-inclined go to these places *without* loading up on some of the awesome, exclusive…

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  • V275: How to Take In-Focus Detail Photos With Any Point-and-Shoot Camera

    October 1, 2012

    We’ve all seen pictures like this, most frustratingly on eBay and Etsy.  Don’t fall victim to the blurry detail shot! Today I’m going to share the secret of taking up-close, in-focus photos.…

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  • V256: My First Shoe

    September 12, 2012

    No, this isn’t about baby shoes, but the first shoe I ever designed and made (with my own bare hands!), back in 2001, in my first university art class, Art 100, taught…

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  • V248: 1772 Colonial Spice Tea by Litttle Bits Clothing Company

    September 4, 2012

    This morning, with the power out and no internet to eat my soul, I had a chance to slow down and enjoy a fine cuppa new tea I got from Alicia of…

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