OK, so they're really more pre-WWI, but stripey warmness is something I'm a fan of regardless of the era. bexi posted links to sweaters on that website, and I found these by poking around ( Read more... )

So, given how happy looking at my dressmaker's dummy is making me, with it all decked out in silk faille taffeta, I went looking for the 3/4 yard of fabric I had left. AND I COULD NOT FIND IT. Minor panic ensued. And then I remembered -- during the flood this summer, I threw out most of what was in my scrap box, because it was in the basement ( Read more... )

I have declared today to be a day of getting things done. Here are the things I will do:

1. Clean room.
2. Get canvas, muslin and silk cut out for Victorian corset.
3. Write 4,000 words before lunch, and 4,000 words after lunch.
4. Finish hemming kirtle that I started to hem last fall.
5. Finish hemming Tudor kirtle I started this summer, and reattach skirt. Bad ( Read more... )

1. I am completely in love with the icon I'm using for this entry. Vintage photos of pretty girls? Pssst. Butterflies? Hell yeah!

2. Last night, I sketched up the design for the 1870s dress. The whole thing is here, but there are selected bits of it under the cut. Here's the original, if you need a refresher ( Read more... )