Ruffled Turn-of-the-Century Inspired Skirt (Meet Me in St Louis)
Ideas on how to make a ruffled turn-of-the-century inspired skirt from a bed skirt.
Ideas on how to make a ruffled turn-of-the-century inspired skirt from a bed skirt.
Have I mentioned that I am having the BEST time making these costumes? Mixing and matching patterns, colors and prints is so much fun . . . and much more satisfying than breaking off weeds that won’t pull out of my sun-baked clay, or cleaning . . . although I DID do a deep clean…
I am now moving into the “variations on a theme” sort of post. Shirt + skirt + linen = outfit. I have a few more ideas for different base garments, and hopefully I will get to those in the next couple of weeks. This is college-apartment moving season for daughters #3 & #4, and I…
One of the most memorable songs (at least for myself and my sisters) from the 1960’s movie “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was the “Toot Sweet” song. This is a grand, frolicking piece with a very singable chorus, and of course, the added joy of the dogs storming the Candy Shop at the end is…
This is a little project that I did before Christmas. I probably should have made a point to be a little more timely in my blogging . . but better late than never, right? By now, any of you who follow my blog know that I love to start projects with a tablecloth. This is…
And here we are, in the fourth installation of the seven part “Peasant Girl” series from Young Frankenstein. For this outfit I went back to the round tablecloth method of making a skirt, and if I do say so myself, I think it turned out pretty cute. Circle Skirt Musing: I want to talk a…
What would YOU wear to cover your ball gown when going to the ball? Well, a voluminous, flowy cape of course! Knowing it would take a TON of fabric to make a floor length cape to cover a ball gown, and having a real dislike of doing more work than I need to . .…
Thanks to my Mom for her initial draft of the instructions! For my blog followers/readers: this is a tutorial written for the volunteers who will be sewing for our “Cinderella” production. This is a little different format than my usual posts. TUTORIAL: Thanks for volunteering to sew for “Cinderella”. These are the instructions for the…