Curse Words and Crinolines

So this post has absolutely nothing to do with me but will help give background to tomorrows post. Michael makes reproduction Victorian mi...

I really wanted a new sewing kit for Dickens this year, last year I had a small sewing basket that quickly turned into a disaster during the...

Last year I was very happy with the foundation I created for my Dickens Fair dresses. I had my chemise and bloomers, corset and hoop and a r...

. . . A really old basket ;)  For Dickens of course, a small covered basket was a commonly carried item by a lady especially if she was ou...

This jacket was really more about creatively procrastinating than anything else :) I needed to fit the bodice portion of a pattern for a ful...

In the spirit of Christmas, for Dickens this year I thought it would be nice to have a little holiday plaid. So I have added this lovely gre...

I'm back! Or at least I feel like I'm back :) even though I have been continuing to sew off and on for the last month, this weekend ...

For Dickens fair that is. And the first few pieces to arrive are a shawl, a calling card case and a new set of boots.  The boots are from ...

I'm still here I promise, life has just gotten super busy lately!  I am still sewing, it's just that there is little that is notew...

. . . There was a girl that decided to sew an 1850s day dress . . . Wait that's not what you do when its brutally hot?! It was super ho...

Two weekends ago Michael and I attended the art deco festival on the Queen Mary. The event is put on by the art deco society of LA and is th...