I had been on the road for about an hour and a half when I thought to myself, "wait... did I remember to put my boots into the car?" Sure enough, when I got to L.A., I checked the backseat and the trunk, and no boots anywhere. Bugger ( Read more... )

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I'm a baaad person. I tried on my two store-bought, vaguely-edwardian blouses over my edwardian corset yesterday, and simply wasn't thrilled with either of them. The both tend to pull a little over the bust. Add to that the fact that my vaguely-edwardian skirt is really much too short to be proper (comes down to about the top of my boots), and I ( Read more... )

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Here's my CC schedule for the weekend. If anybody's going to be in these same classes, please say hi ( Read more... )

In light of all the enthusiastic CC-sewing-related posts that have been appearing as the Big Event draws near, I feel the need to take a moment, for my own sake, and issue a statement of my goals as far as Costume College is concerned, just to keep things in perspective ( Read more... )

I'm so excited!! I was digging through some of my reenactment-related links for a friend when I decided to go check something out at Reconstructing History Patterns, when I saw that they now carry reed boning for stays!!! Whoo hoo!! They carry four different types, too, unlike Silly Sisters: 1/4" flat oval, 5/8" flat oval, 1mm round, and 3mm ( Read more... )

Had a moderately productive evening, in spite of the plumbing chaos ( Read more... )

So, i've been trying to get tickets to Costume College for years now, and finally, a ticket drops into my lap this year ( Read more... )

*squee!*

I got into Pressing Matters and the gold bullion embroidery class. I'm waitlisted for the Ladies' dancing slippers class. (As someone with size 12WW feet, being able to make my own period-appropriate shoes sounds *really* appealing.)

Now, to go finish that corded petticoat...