Is it just me, or am I just about the only one who's actually really excited that next year's theme for Costume College is Medieval? No offense to chloeandrudy, but I was rather surprised to hear that the theme for the tea doesn't have anything to do with the Medieval period. I know that people tend to associate tea with frilly things, which aren't ( Read more... )

I've officially sent in my request for Limited classes:

1. Frogs without Water (I refuse to reproduce the inappropriate apostrophe)
2. Creating the Fashionable Shape - 18th c. Half-Boned Stays w/ Straps
3. Draping the 18th c. Robe a' la Francaise
4. Metal Thread Embroidery - 18th c. Stomacher

For anyone who's interested, here are all the Costume College photos that various persons on my f-list have posted thus far. As more go up, I'll be updating this post (including the time stamp, so that it'll be obvious when new photo albums get posted, so don't be surprised if this post keeps popping up on your friends page ( Read more... )

Hello, dear friends in LJ-land ( Read more... )

Just a quick addendum to my costume college-related posts, this one about my own clothing. Somehow, miracle of miracles, I actually managed to finish sewing not one, not two, but ALL of the crazy, last-minute projects that I started. That includes the belt to go with my 1890s blouse and skirt (which I managed to leave at home on Sunday. Grrr.), ( Read more... )

There's no way I'm going to do justice to this weekend in just one post, so I'm going to focus mainly on the classes for now, and we'll see what happens later ( Read more... )

I really had hoped to have time to take some photos of what I'll be wearing at Costume College, but the timing just doesn't seem to have worked out, and since I know that some of you will be hopping on planes soon to come and visit me*, I suppose I'll have to settle for throwing something together based on what's currently up on Flickr and in ( Read more... )

The results are in! My last official sewing day before Costume College has come and gone, and here's how the projects stand ( Read more... )

So, I'm re-thinking my costume college wardrobe, kinda. ( the rambling preamble )

Aargh. Without fail, whenever I go to JoAnn's, they only ever have about half of the stuff that I'm looking for. Long story short, I'm going to have to go to Lincoln Fabrics on Saturday, taking valuable time away from sewing! Eep! On the bright side, pretty much all the stuff I *did* get at JoAnn's was 40% off ( Read more... )