Okay, now for a fun post! Beginning my new OOP (thanks, girls!) interests, I'd like to make an 1850s/1860s fancy day dress. Up here in Montana, there are several Wild West activities that happen in the summer. If I make a day dress first, I won't be overdressed in a ball gown for strolling through a ghost town, etc. I could certainly wear it to the ( Read more... )

Hey gals. Well, I gave up on the black dress I was making because I'm a moron and used fabric that was too stretchy, and it looked icky. At least it was cheap and it was less than a day's work ( Read more... )

I'm currently working on a new project. I'm making a black dress out of a heavy cotton sateen (similar to the fabric of my green kirtle) for a camping/play dress. Nothing fancy, but useful for events where I'm in the dirt all day. I'm about 70% done with the bodice ( Read more... )

Hey ladies. So, I want a white dress. NO, not a wedding dress, but a white Elizabethan dress. I know, I know, white = evil because it'll get so filthy, right? I'm starting to think that I just don't care and I must have a white dress ( Read more... )

Alright, a finished garb post! The trim for the pink dress is on and finished ( Read more... )

Oh my goodness girls, I've been so bad! I keep buying fabric! I just bought 3 yards of this sexy red embroidered silk on Ebay. It was a super-amazing deal, though! Naturally, I need your opinions ( Read more... )

Ok, the trim is going on the pink dress. Which style do you like better for the bodice? I'm going to to two straight lines down the front of the skirt, too, and maybe one around the hem if I have enough.


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Hey gals, I need some help. I'm having a fabric finding conundrum. I cannot, for the life of me, find a proper blue silk to go with my embroidered white silk fabric for my new Elizabethan.

Here's some that I'm debating:
Colors are called: dark blue, royal blue, turquoise, peacock blue, blue shot pink, and the sleeve fabric.

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Alright gals, new gown on the way. I'm doing a 1570's gown a la Helena Snakenbourg. You know her, right?

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Alright, update time! The pink dress is officially wearable, as in, if I just had to wear it to an event today, I could without too much embarrassment.

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