I normally don't do this sort of thing, but padawansguide inspired me! So here goes :)

( My first costume was finished in the first few days of the year, and the last completed in the last few days! )

The twenties are a wonderful decade. Not only might a dress still fit if you cut two fronts (as I did on one muslin of the 1920s bathing suit. Oops), but if your bandeau falls around your waist within five minutes of putting it on despite the fact that when you were trying it on, it didn't need the straps to stay up and you end up wearing it ( Read more... )

So, the first day of Under the Redcoat? I am *so* glad I came ( Read more... )

What do you do when you go to a sewing day and instead of packing the aprons that need waistbands you pack the extra fabric? Make the world's oddest fichu. But with the piecing and stripes going every which way, it'll be perfect with the shortgown.

Oops :)

Ever since I made the shortgown I've started thinking about the bizarre caraco in the V&A again. I've toyed with the idea of making it just to figure it out for quite some time now. And for some reason, I've thought about it a lot today. Maybe because just the other day I realized that I have fabric for all the upcoming projects I have except ( Read more... )

So, on Friday I thought about it, on Saturday I got the fabric out of storage and started the petticoat, on Sunday I started the shortgown itself, and tonight, except for whipstitching the insides of the pleats down, I finished it!


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After being teased by sarahnucci that my version of 18c everyday was really rather Marie Antoinette like, I thought about some fabric that I bought ages ago for a shortgown, and that it really would be a fun project. So I picked up the fabric from storage today. It's one of the vegetable dyed prints from JoAnn (six years ago!!!) and rust linen for a ( Read more... )