I was very happy when Sam LeVangie, a friend and frequent theater collaborator, was going to be playing in my new larp Brockhurst. When I cast her as one of the fancy ladies, I thought it might be nice to help her with a costume. I've been wanting to drive my hand at a 1910s look for a while now. Most of my current collection fits people close to ( Read more... )

Next month, the Watch City Players' current show, GHOSTSHOW, is going to be going up, March 8th at 8PM at the Democracy Center. You may recall it is a collection of ghost-themed short plays, some serious, some very silly and funny. It's free, fun, and short, so you should definitely come see it!

One of those most excellent pieces is "Unimportant ( Read more... )

So I sketched another attempt at a designed blouse. This is a case where the shape of the garment is fairly conventional, but it's the piecing together of the textile choices that is supposed to make it unique.


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Today, when a work meeting was unexpectedly canceled, I decided to go ahead and dye the Twenties dress. The color I selected was aquamarine; for some reason that seemed right to me, though I wished I'd been struck by a color less similar to the only other dye job I did. It went easier this time than the first time I attempted a dye project, as this ( Read more... )

So what I ended up doing is drawing a line along the pins to take in the sides, then sewed along those lines on my machine. It was a bit tough to get on, as the waist is much narrower than my hips, but look at it. The fit is way better now!


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I had such fun altering the Atonement dress for Carolyn that I thought I'd take on another alteration project. This time I found a dress in the thrift store that I thought had potential to be altered into a look for the Roaring Twenties!


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I am feverishly working away on finishing my thesis, as the due date looms. I actually don't hate what I have now, and hopefully it will turn out okay to hand in. But to keep my brain from glazing over, I took occasional breaks from writing to finish up the alterations on the knockoff Atonement dress ( Read more... )

As I posted about a few weeks ago, I have been altering that knockoff Atonement dress I have to fit the lovely niobien. I already did the work required to make the bodice fit, shortening the straps and lowering the top of the zipper. The other part that needed alteration was the hem. It clearly needed to be taken up so as not to be trod on when worn, but ( Read more... )

You may recall the knockoff Atonement dress that I bought myself for my birthday last year. As I recall, the eBay listing from which I got it said it was a commission that they were now reselling, so I think it was a custom fit. That original owner was petite but even less curvy than I am, and remarkably short-waisted, so I was never quite happy ( Read more... )