Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it another wrapping gown? It’s the Fitting and Proper Chintz Banyan! Let’s talk about how to put it together.
1750s , 18th century , Blog , fabrics , garment construction , Wrapping Gown
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18th century , American Girl doll , Cloaks and Mantelets , doll costumes , fabrics
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Blue Silk Mantelet for an American Girl Doll
This 18th Century blue silk mantelet, sewn for my American Girl Felicity doll, is a special piece of clothing – it is made of memories.
20th Century , fabrics , garment construction , modern sewing , total chaos
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The Project that went Really Really Wrong
How often do you have a sewing project that goes really really wrong?
18th century , Accessories , fabrics , Playing Dress Up , underpinnings
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Three Pairs of 18th Century Pockets
In honor of the annual Spring Fertility festival, here three pairs of 18th Century Pockets! (All of them bright, colorful, vaguely egg-shaped, and perfectly designed for holding your Easter chocolates!)
1790s , fabrics , total chaos
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Fabric Shopping in the 1790s
My original plan for 2022 was to make a 1790s capsule wardrobe – one pattern and three gowns that would take me through any sort of event.
Let’s see how THAT worked out.
fabrics , garment construction , Halloween
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Fire and Ice: Part 4 – Almost Ready!
Four days ago I was handed an invitation to a birthday party with a theme: Fire and Ice. I’m almost ready.
fabrics , garment construction , Halloween
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Fire and Ice: Part 3. You learn something everyday…
Three days ago I was handed an invitation to a birthday party with a theme: Fire and Ice. Today i learned about scratchy net under gold lame.
fabrics , garment construction , Halloween
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Fire and Ice: Part 2 – Construction Begins
Two days ago I was handed an invitation to a birthday party with a theme: Fire and Ice. I have one week to make a gown!
fabrics , garment construction , Halloween
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Fire And Ice: Part I – Brainstorming
Yesterday evening I was handed an invitation to a birthday party with a theme: Fire and Ice. Now i need to build a costume!
fabrics , total chaos
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Beaded chiffon and purple velveteen!
Yesterday I sat down and beaded the edges of the orange chiffon doll scarf that I had hemmed while I was up in Brisbane.