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Apr 27, 2023
Roman Garb for SCA
I discovered my area's SCA group last summer and started going to their weekly meetings around the end of the year. I'm lucky - our local...
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Apr 13, 2023
Utilitarian Edwardian Combinations
Sometime last summer, having finished my 1890s corset, but not started planning the corresponding wardrobe, I bought a pattern for...
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Apr 7, 2023
Project Catch-Up and the Event That Wasn't
My goodness, this year is flying! While I have been very motivated to plan (or at least dream of) some sewing projects, the motivation to...
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Dec 15, 2022
Thoughts on This Green Dress
I originally sewed this green Regency dress back in 2015 (give or take a year), made from a straight size of Simplicity 4055. I had...
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Dec 2, 2022
Blue Lace-Up Bodice
I have, once again, been long absent from this blog and from sewing. I moved rather suddenly in August (like toured one day and moved in...
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Apr 28, 2022
Making the DAR Vest
At some point in 2020 or 2021 (it's all a bit of a blur these days) I bought myself Fig Leaf Pattern's DAR Museum vest pattern. I finally...
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Jan 19, 2022
More Regency Reticules
When I went through my fabric stash at the end of 2020, I rediscovered two pieces of polyester brocade - one in a blue/brown pattern and...
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Jul 22, 2021
Late 1890s Corset Part 4 - Flossing & Wrap Up
Part 1 - Research & Resources Part 2 - Mockups Part 3 - Construction My 1890s corset is finally constructed and wearable, but it's not...
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Jul 8, 2021
Regency Ribbon Bodices
I found the image to the left on Pinterest ages ago and fell in love with the idea of an over-bodice made of ribbons. Eventually (read:...
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Jul 1, 2021
Late 1890s Corset Part 3 - Construction
Ok, so my corset quietly slipped from being a "work in progress" to an "unfinished object" sometime during March and April, mostly...
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Apr 22, 2021
Making a Regency Bonnet
With the underthings and classic white dress for my Regency wardrobe done, I can focus on expanding my wardrobe with accessories! Several...
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Mar 11, 2021
Late 1890s Corset Part 2 - Mockups
Pattern Selection I had my heart set on a Symington pattern from the start (because heaven forbid we make things easy on ourselves), and...
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Feb 11, 2021
A Pair of Pieced Pockets
One of my sewing goals for 2020 was stash-busting (yeah, I started this a few months ago). Making a pair of pieced 18th century pockets...
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Jan 28, 2021
Late 1890s Corset Part 1 - Research
As I mentioned in my 2021 goals post, my big, year-long project is a late 1890s corset! Given that my last (and so far only) foray into...
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Dec 9, 2020
Regency vs Roman
Women's fashion in the early 1800s (roughly 1797-1815 or so) was very much inspired by discoveries being made about the ancient Roman...
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Oct 1, 2020
"Fashion in Costume: 1200-1980" Review
The curse of selling things at Half Price Books is looking around at the other books while you wait for them to look through your books....
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Sep 17, 2020
Sewing a Regency Gown Part 3: The Skirt
Part 1: Drafting the Bodice Part 2: Sewing the Bodice As I neared the end of the bodice drafting process, I realized that I had to figure...
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Sep 3, 2020
Sewing a Regency Gown Part 2: Sewing the Bodice
In Sewing a Regency Gown Part 1, I drafted the bodice pattern for my quintessential white Regency dress. Now, I can go over construction!...
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Aug 27, 2020
Sewing a Regency Gown Part 1: Drafting the Bodice
I've been planning to sew a basic white Regency dress since 2016. I started blogging about my plans in 2017. In 2020, and in the midst of...
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Aug 6, 2020
A Regency Re-do
Several years ago (possibly 2014) I took my first foray into historical costuming and made a vaguely Regency-era dress using a dark green...
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