I did, in fact, ditch scottish country dance last night. Instead, I walked to the market, cooked dinner, did a bit of hand sewing on my corset cover, sewed down one more strip of trim on my 1860s skirt, sewed down the bone casings on my edwardian corset, hammered the eyelets on my belt and waistcoat, and finished the little bit of hand-stitching ( Read more... )

This weekend's progress was, I think, quite good ( Read more... )

After meeting Steve for dinner after work last night, I started trying to draft a pattern for a waistcoat based on one of my victorian bodices. The back turned out okay, but the front is pretty awful. I think part of the problem is that I was hoping to have something that I could wear both corseted and non-, and just cinch it in a little in the ( Read more... )

Even though I know that Costume College is looming on the horizon, I'm really glad I decided to take a few days off from sewing and scale back my plans a bit. In fact, I'm officially giving myself permission not to sew on weeknights in favor of paying attention to Steve and taking care of the apartment ( Read more... )

The Labyrinth of Jareth was amazing. It was so much fun going with a big group, most of whom were LoJ virgins. The costumes were incredible, of course, and if I may say so myself, we all looked pretty damn fabulous. As much as I love my goblin dress from last year, I think this year's celtic princess/wood nymph dress completely blew it away, if ( Read more... )

1. I'm officially registered for Scottish Country Dance this summer ( Read more... )

So, I got my limited attendance class information for Costume College yesterday, and I made it into my first choice (glove making workshop), but got wait listed for all three of my others (dyeing, matching plaids & stripes, and making frogs ( Read more... )

As expected, I did meander downtown to the fabric district on Saturday. I had hoped to buy a whole crapload of batik-dyed rayon (or similar) for my Labyrinth of Jareth dress, hopefully for less than $100. In the end, I didn't find quite what I had in mind, but I think I can make it work anyway.

( The damage... )

As of 5:30pm yesterday (when I got my registration booklet), my mind is all a-whirl with thoughts of Costume College. Picking my top 3 limited attendance classes was relatively easy, but deciding on a fourth has been giving me a devil of a time. As it stands right now, my selections are as follows ( Read more... )

I wrote these up for the SD Costumers' Guild newsletter, so I figured I may as well post them here as well ( Read more... )