I sewed the rest of the marabou onto the muff cover last night. Then I cut out the lining, made buttonholes for the ribbons to come out of, sewed the two pieces together, turned, and sewed the ends together. I varied a bit from the pattern instructions, because I didn't really like them, but I'm pleased with the overall result. But seriously. This ( Read more... )

I feel like I'm never able to get much done on weeknights. Last night, I finished the (inner) muff, which involved stuffing it, sewing big ugly quilting lines on it to keep the stuffing in place, and sewing the ends together in a very awkward manner. I've made a muff before, but the process was nothing like this. Honestly, although it makes a nice ( Read more... )

I finally took those pictures of the riding habit that I promised you guys! It's wrinkling weirdly, and I don't know why, and I have no clue how to fix it, but otherwise I think I like it. I wore it with my American Duchess Kensingtons, which I painted red and paired with my vintage shoe buckles. (And yes, that's my fichu pretending to be a ( Read more... )

2011 was a pretty productive year for me, especially in the first few months.

January: Pre-Raphaelite-inspired linen dress and bodice (which I still haven't worn for anything)
             Chemise a la Reine, with short-sleeve shift, and matching sash and petticoat

February: Fully boned stays, which had been a ufo before this because I had ( Read more... )

Though not much, since I live in CA. But my fingers were cold enough on Thursday that I decided it was time to make a muff (in order to ease me back into sewing now that Jane is done. This always happens to me!)

I made an inner muff out of two pieces of muslin, with the sheets of fiberfill-ish stuffing (everything in this project came from stash, ( Read more... )