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Liebster Blog Award

I got an early Christmas present form Natalie over at Frolic Through Time http://zipzipinkspot.blogspot.com. She tagged me in the Liebster Blog Award.Thank you Natalie you made my week!  Here are the...

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2012 Year in Review

With the new year beginning today I figured it was high time I wrote a year in review post. My very first blog post was about my costuming plans for 2012....

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Costuming Plans 2013

I have grand plans for 2013. But due to my business going so well lately I fear I will have less time for personal sewing. I'm already nearly booked out for commissions till April at which point I will...

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My Adventures in India, Part One

In Sense and Sensibility, Colonel Brandon said about India that the air is full of spices. This is true, but it's also full of pollution and a bunch of things I don't even want to think about! But...

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Pittsburgh Jane Austen Festival Sneak Peek

I'm still alive and kicking even if I'm not blogging. I'm super busy getting ready for the Pittsburgh Jane Austen Festival. I have been working on a bunch of commissions and then last week I threw 2...

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2013 Pittsburgh Jane Austen Festival

So as promised, here is a little write up about the Pittsburgh Jane Austen Festival this Saturday.True to form I did a bunch of last minute sewing into the wee hours the night before the event,  and...

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The Historical Sew Fortnighly, Challenges #3 and #6

While I was busily sewing away on commissions and stuff for the Jane Austen festival I manged to squeeze in 2 challenges from The  Historical Sew Fortnightly hosted by he Dreamstress.So I admit I was...

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Springtime Sewing

I hang my head in shame for not having written a post in over a month. I have the excuse of having been extremely productive these past weeks, but I'm afraid I also had absolutely no blogging...

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Historical Sew Forthnightly Callenge 7

Looks like I am on a blog post roll right now.This is just a short one however to show of what I made for the HSF Accessories ChallengeI made a pearl beaded early regency reticule. The Challenge:...

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Historical Sew Forthnightly Challenege #9, Flora and Fauna

Last week I completed my entry for the HSF challenge number 9 Fora and Fauna.I wasn't particularly creative with this one and chose to make a dress from a floral print cotton that i already had waiting...

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Louisville Jane Austen Festival 2013

OMG a post! Hell surely must have frozen over!Well not really, I'm just for once not busy sewing! Jane fest lies behind me dear readers and with that my work load is less severe and you can now expect...

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Historical Sew Fortnightly #15 White

Historical Sew Fortnightly #15 White http://thedreamstress.com/2013/04/hsf-challenge-15-white/Running a bit late for the challenge but here it is.I made a regency bodiced petticoat for my friend Erin....

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Historical Sew forthnightly #18 Re make, Re use and Re fashion.

I know I know I said I would blog more when Jane Fest was over but the truth of the matter is I am just about as busy now as I was before, I'm swamped with commissions and a slew of late summer...

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Regency Wig Wrangling 101

 A while ago I styled a cheap modern wig from Amazon.com into a regency hairdo. I promised I would write a little tutorial on it, but it took me a while....So here it is better late than never!I...

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HSF Challenge #23 Gratitude

Per the guidelines of the historical sew forthrightly  challenge #23 http://thedreamstress.com/2013/08/the-hsf-challenge-23-gratitude/ today's post is about gratitude.Us costumers tend to be friendly...

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The Belle Goes Victorian

Dear readers, I wrote this blog post 2 months ago, all that I had left was a bit of editing but then my life turned upside down and I've had some serious personal things to deal with, so I never did...

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New Years Sewing.

I haven't done any sewing since the middle of November. Shortly before Thanksgiving my father got very ill so I hightailed to Georgia to be there with him and support my mother. I didn't expect to be...

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Lovely Josephine

I've not done much sewing yet this year. I had grand plans of catching up on my work and all, but other than Lottie's twelthnight dress and cleaning my sewing room I've not accomplished much on the...

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The Empire Diadem Hack!

Ever since I started doing regency reenactment I have been coveting an empire diadem.Coral and pinchbeck diadem, early 19th centuryThey seem to have been extremely popular in France and to a lesser...

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Historical Sew Forthnightly Challenge #3 pink

I'm finally getting around to doing some of the HSF challenges again. And this time I even finished on time!For HSF #3 Pink...

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