Monday, January 28, 2013

Historical Sew Fortnightly #2: UFO

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Un-Finished Object: Ruffled 1780s Handkerchief I can't help feeling a little bit like I punted for this challenge. My UFO was alread...
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18th Century Underpinnings

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I want to show you some of the undies I made last year, in preparation for the DFWCG Georgian Picnic. I'd made a pink wool gown for Cost...
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Friday, January 25, 2013

A New Project

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I've finished the UFO for the next Historical Sew Fortnightly challenge. The post for that will be coming soon; I got thrown off my pos...
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Historical Sew Fortnightly #1: Bi/Tri/Quadri/Quin/Sex/Septi/Octo/Nona/Centennial

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Otherwise known as: What would reasonably still be in use by year XX13? My costuming plans for this year include projects from the 1790s i...
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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Historical Sew Fortnightly #0: Starting Simple

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Before I even considered taking up the challenge, I had accomplished a minor, but fiddly, annoying, and tedious alteration.  It is also very...
Monday, January 7, 2013

Throwing My Bonnet into the Ring: The Historical Sew Fortnightly Challenge

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I’ve never participated in a challenge or sew-along before.   Some are too time-intensive (Sew Weekly), some are very timing-specific (m...
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Monday, December 10, 2012

Material!

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Before I talk about materials for this dress, I'm going to take a quick detour into my Philosophy of Costuming. I got into costuming...
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