Today I finished the toile for the LM fan-front dress. I was hoping that it would go together smoothly and fit me perfectly, but it became apparent that I had too high expectations, and this expeience has reminded me why I tend to shy away from commerical patterns. I think the last time I used a commercial pattern for historic dressmaking was 2008 ( Read more... )

I have two projects that I brought with me to my dorm room in Seattle to work on when I don't want to study, or need something to do. The first, a quilted bonnet, I was doing fine on until I realized that none of the red thread I brought with me matched the red of the silk in the bonnet and that I can't quilt it without the right colored silk. So, ( Read more... )

In about 12 hours I start the first leg of my journey to Europe. I'll be on a plane for a whole 13 hours, which is why I've planned lots of distracting activities including reading The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (I've tried reading that whole book twice, but never got through it), doing all of the embroidery on the Past Patterns chemise, and ( Read more... )

The Blue Quilted Petticoat is finally done after what seems like forever (okay, it was only 6 months, but still). I actually finished this thing over the weekend, but didn't have the energy to take pictures of it until today.

( Click here to see the finished product! )

I'm almost done with the quilted petticoat. Just gathering the waist, attaching the waistband, and hooks and eyes left. I should hopefully have pics of it up by Friday ( Read more... )

Spring Break began yesterday and with it came more energy to sew. The main thing I've been working on has been my quilted petticoat (you can read more about it here). I started the petticoat back in October in the hopes of being able to wear it to some of my winter events, but I never finished it in time. Originally, I was going to completely hand ( Read more... )