I was in the middle of making assorted Fun Fair costumes, and I had already made a number of the two piece jacket/skirt ensembles that I have previously blogged about, so . . . I was getting bored. One of my favorite “personal challenge” games is to find something inspirational at a thrift store, and…
I had a friend contact me looking for 1800-ish historical looking nightwear for a production she was costuming in two weeks. I didn’t happen to have any in my “stash”, or at school, and it was two days before Thanksgiving, so I my response was “Sorry, I can’t help”. Of course . . . making…
And here we are . . . on the last of seven variations on a theme. This post is a little sketchy–so if this is the first one you are reading, and it seems like I am skipping a few steps, I suggest you could look at the previous posts in this series. Not only…
The outfit for Peasant Girl #6 was a fairly quick upgrade, and required very little additional fabric, which is a plus if you don’t happen to have any lying around. I also did something a little different with the blouse, which, while (somewhat) unintentional, didn’t turn out half bad–and has given me a few other…
This project began with a curtain and an idea: The curtain was a double panel ruffled curtain joined with a curtain rod pocket at the top. The panels were about 30″ x 72″, with the double ruffle along the inner edge and the bottom. I also had two ruffled curtain tie backs. I paired this…
If you have been following along with my blog, you have seen a few posts along the way detailing how to make this sort of adjustable tie-waist skirt (Peasant Skirt/Petticoat Tutorial for “Cinderella” Sewers: Over the Bum Pad and Eggplant Bridesmaid Dress Post #3: A more Medieval Look)–so sorry, nothing new. I recently posted a youtube tutorial and…
I have been wanting to do a “start-from-the-beginning” post and had been trying to decide what sort of costume to create. I have lots of ideas rattling around in my head, it was just a direction of picking a direction to go 🙂 I got inspiration from a comment my sister made on on of…
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