Category Archives: clothing from this century?
A (mostly self-drafted) Lamour Dress
Don’t look now, but this might be considered modern sewing? But really it’s a dress based strongly on 1950s, so we can call it vintagey and go from there. So a good friend of mine from college was getting married … Continue reading
Wearing History Leslie skirt
This is technically a 1950s pattern, so we’ll sneak it under the historical/vintage umbrella yes? So I rarely buy patterns; these days I mostly draft my own or work off existing ones I have. But Wearing History came out with … Continue reading
A fantasy fairy outfit – part two skirt fail but then a pretty great result
Per my usual, the last post was in January about an outfit I worked on in September/October to wear in November. Par for the course around here, I’d rather spend time sewing than blogging about sewing, sorry loyal readers. A … Continue reading
Kwik Sew 3531
So I made a long list of sewing I could do during pregnancy that I could do without having a waistline (like accessories, small fixes to existing dresses, actually making something for my husband). Do you think any of this … Continue reading
2017 recap
2017 recap in March, so basically par for the course on this blog. I started off slow by working on a Wheel of Time costume for Jordan Con, of the character Sevanna: From January through July I worked on all … Continue reading
Costume College, Thursday and Friday
Only a month behind, that seems pretty on top of things for me and this blog, eh? The pool party night was Disney themed so I pulled out my old Elsa costume, since that seemed like a pretty good excuse … Continue reading
A modern interlude
Part of the reason I was so swamped in April/May and didn’t come close to finishing my Eliza Schuyler dress (I’m still just on the skirt now…) was because my Advanced Flat Pattern class took a ton of time. We … Continue reading
On Sergers
Let’s talk about all the good and bad things of this morning: The bad: By my calculations, the 9 rows of ruffles on my petticoat is something like 30 yards of ruffles. The good: Firefly is a space western, meaning … Continue reading
I AM A FABRIC WIZARD
Pattern calls for 3 1/8 yards of fabric. I get every pattern piece out of 2 1/2 yards of fabric, including pattern matching my plaid (ok I didn’t match on the vertical because I forgot, but there is a bias yoke … Continue reading
And Now For Something Completely Different
Still no sewing mojo. Round 2 of Edwardian corset still a pile of muslin in the corner of the table. Me whenever I thought about sewing the last couple of weeks -> Needed a simple project to get my sewing … Continue reading
Avant Garbe 