I spent the better part of last year (the pandemic) working on sewing and craft projects. And with the pause in travel, we’ve been spending about a weekend each quarter in Galveston (about an hour drive from my home). On one such trip, I brought a couple pandemic projects to take pictures on the beach. […]
Costuming
Sewing a Regency Poke Bonnet
Last summer I made a sleeveless spencer in blue and styled a reticule and raven brooch with my Regency gown. All that was left to make for this ensemble was a bonnet. Quick fabric bonnets are nice, but I wanted to try my hand at a more formal millinery project, and chose to make a […]
Little Coven on the Prairie
As trends go, I don’t tend to follow them. But the Target dress challenege had me cackling and I managed to snag the red one and blue one in my size. My idea would be to show pandemic life from my perspective, and I enlisted two of my favorite witches to join me in one […]
Costuming Scully and Mulder from The X-Files: Bunny Hutch Edition
I’ve always wanted to go to the Bunny Hutch party at DragonCon, despite negative reviews from other con goers…only because I wanted to make a cute costume. So that’s exactly what we did in 2019. I turned our otherwise vanilla Dana Scully and Fox Mulder costumes from The X-Files into bunny and Heff versions… [Related: […]
Making My Texas Wildflower Witch Hat
After last October when I posted my friend Sarah’s How to Make Your Very Own Fabulous Witch Hat, I made my own witch hat with fabric and craft remnants for my Loblolly Pine Witch costume. I had so much fun with it, I had to make more, and decided I’d make one for each season! Here’s how […]
A Quick Regency Beach Bonnet
More Regency era clothing and accessories? Why not! I’ve spent the majority of this pandemic sewing through my fabric and notions surplus, so when it’s safe to gather again, I’ll have plenty of options to wear to Houston Regency Society events. Last week I converted a cheap floppy straw hat to a casual and simple […]
Went With the Adidas: A Carol Burnett Curtain Dress Costume Mash-Up
With my tendancy to kill repurpose curtains, the curtain dress from The Carol Burnett Show “Went With the Wind” skit was always a dream costume for me. I’ve almost bought the civil war dress pattern several times, I just couldn’t bring myself to wear that many velvet curtains…it looks too uncomfortably hot to wear! So […]
What the Adidas Are You Wearing?
Those who know, know. But for everyone else wondering “what’s the deal with all the Adidas?”, here’s a little story about the ridiculousness that has three-striped my life (and a few costumes), so you can be in on the inside joke too. It all started a few years ago before a transatlantic flight from Houston […]
My First Foray Into the Victorian Era
When I first learned how to sew about 5 or so years ago, I made an Ursula inspired ball gown. Although I loved that Disney villain costume at the time, I’ll never wear it again, because I know now that I could’ve done better. Rather than remake it, I took the skirt apart and reworked […]
Sewing My First Robe à la Française
In preparation for Fetes Galantes 2020 (yes, the one the pandemic canceled), I made a robe à la française, or sack-back gown, mock-up to wrap my brain around the confusing construction of this garment that had intimidated me at first sight. I hand stitched, machine stitched, and learned a lot along the way. I ended up finishing […]