This is an ongoing series of dresses that represent seasons or holidays. Each dress pairs heavy fake flowers with lightweight airy fabrics and full silhouettes. So far the series consists of three dresses, one that represents summer, one that represents fall, and one that is halloween themed. The Fall Fairy: This dress is inspired by … Continue reading Diaphanous Flower Dresses
This past weekend I put on my Maroon dress and went out in hopes of photographing it in a pumpkin patch near my house. Sadly it was too crowded to get pictures there, so my dad and I went on a little adventure and ended up taking pictures in front of the woods. A bit … Continue reading Maroon Dress Photos
This post will cover making the accessories to go with the redingote featured in this post! I’ll be talking about a ridiculous hat, a fichu, and a petticoat/skirt. I’m also including a review for the shoes I purchased to match, which are the Fraser style by American Duchess. … … I’m going to start with … Continue reading Making 18th Century Accessories + Shoe Review
I’m happy to report that I’m starting my year off with lots of new fabric, and many sewing plans! Once again I chose to put my Christmas money towards materials purchased in the NYC garment district, and today I’m sharing what I got and what I plan on turing them into. I went in with … Continue reading Fabric Haul and Future Projects, January 2017
As promised, today I have the photos of my 18th century redingote ensemble to share! If you missed them, the blog posts about constructing this dress can be found here, and here. For the fourth year in a row I went to the local pumpkin patch to photograph my newest piece. I really love this … Continue reading 18th Century Redingote, Worn Photos
Todays post is about a real doozy of a dress that I made over the last two weeks. It consists of a redingote, petticoat, hat, and fichu. I even bought some fancy period appropriate shoes to go with it! I’m going to split this into two blog posts – one about the redingote, and another … Continue reading Making an 18th Century Redingote
This post is long overdue. I’ve attempted writing it at least a dozen times, and I never get past the first paragraph. But I was determined to get it up before the end of the month, and I managed to make that deadline! If you hadn’t guessed by the title, this post is an end … Continue reading A look back at 2016
My wish since starting this costume was to get it photographed in a pumpkin patch. Last month on an early Saturday morning that wish was granted! It was an cold and windy day, which was unfortunate because my hair doesn’t get on well with wind and turned to a frizzy mess in minutes. But the … Continue reading Fall Flower Fairy Photos
October was very eventful. I wouldn’t say it was productive because I didn’t get that much accomplished, but a lot happened! I started and completed three dresses. I began work on two others. I added more fabric and glittery things to my ever growing collection. I got photos of my flower dresses. And I received … Continue reading Progress Report: November
So this is a haul in place of a progress report. I was sick for the beginning of September, and worked on my Monarch Series for all of August so I don’t have much to report. I’ve done hauls before and gotten really positive feedback, and this time I bought a lot of things I … Continue reading Fabric & Flower Haul
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