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 spring festival: three pairs of 18th Century Pockets! (bright, colorful, vaguely egg-shaped, and made for holding 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.
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.
19th Century , American Girl doll , doll costumes , fabrics
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Winterhalter Eugenie Gardums!
In Gardams, a Brisbane fabric store, I took inspiration from a Winterhalter portrait of Empress Eugenie for a doll costume!