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1820s SILHOUETTE OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD, or is it?

 Since I’m still not sewing, I did some research to educate myself on the 1820s dresses. I keep hoping that the more I look at dresses I want to make, the more the enthusiasm will build up where I will...

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1908 A NEW THING – A JUMPER COSTUME

 I learned a new thing this morning. While looking on Pinterest for a picture from 1908, I came across a fashion plate showing a sleeveless bodice that a blouse is worn under. This was not new to me,...

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2020- A YEAR IN REVIEW

This particular year I wasn’t sure I’d even have anything to review and write about at the end of it. But it made me wonder what it will be like to read in years to come of a year where not much, and...

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GETTING BACK TO SEWING—1887 Plaid Bustle Dress

 After almost a year of not feeling like sewing any of my historical dresses, I FINALLY broke through the wall a little bit. My inspirations that have been wiggling their fingers at me have been mostly...

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FINALLY FINISHED & WORN: 1873 PURPLE FLORAL DRESS

I knew I’d been working on this dress off and on for a couple years. But I was shocked today when I saw the last blog post I made on it was in October 2018. Almost 3 years ago! Actually, it was...

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IDEAS FOR A COSTUME VENUE

 We all know costuming events have been a desert out there for the past two years. And I’d guess that most of us are still in a costume sewing slump too. I’ve continued with my “baby steps” sewing my...

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THE INDIAN GARDENS 1838 DRESS

 My blog last year was very sad. Only three posts for an entire year. But there was barely anything worth writing about. I played around with a couple dresses but didn’t finish anything. Yes, a couple...

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MY FIRST OUTING OF THE YEAR; RIVERSIDE DICKENS FASHION SHOW

Last weekend felt like a breath of fresh air. We had our first costume outing of 2022, a fashion show at the Riverside (CA) Dickens Festival, which hadn’t been held in person for two years. As seen in...

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2022 Port Townsend Victorian Heritage Festival

 Last weekend (April 29-May 1) was my first “official” costume outing this year, other than a previous fashion show. It was at the Port Townsend Victorian Heritage Festival in Washington state. After a...

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MY HELLO DOLLY HAT PROJECT

  I bought this hat years ago, I think around 2008, at an antique store in La Mesa, CA, where I’d found a couple other antique hats. On picking it up, I knew right away it was a wire frame by the...

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Bits & Pieces, and Costume College 2022

Here it is two months after my last blog post, and what have I done? Only bits & pieces of a couple different outfits. Real life had a habit of breaking up my days and weeks so it was hard to focus...

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ANOTHER FASHION SHOW FOR THIS YEAR

 This last weekend we did our 2nd“annual” fashion show at the Lantern Crest Retirement Community. I had hoped last year after we did the first one in November 2021, and had a few people mention they’d...

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2022 ROUND-UP & REVIEW

This is where, at the end of the year, I will either embarrass myself, or surprise myself, at what I accomplished this last year.I started my year just puttering around with a few things, trying to get...

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THE LITTLE BLUE DRESS THAT TRIED

I’m shocked that I haven’t written a blog post since last Christmas. I partly have an excuse for not sewing because I came down with the “mega-cold” that was going around just before New Year’s Day. It...

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A LOST BLOG POST: 1873 PINK STRIPED SEASIDE DRESS

A long long time ago, I was going to make a pink seaside dress to wear to the Port Townsend Victorian Festival in March of 2020. Due to the Covid Pandemic, that event never happened. So, I thought I...

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2023 Port Townsend Victorian Festival “Memories of the Seashore”

 This year’s theme for the Port Townsend Victorian Festival in Washington, held on April 28-30, was “On the Tide”, relating to the seafaring history to the town. I waited this time to come up with a...

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REGROUPING AND DESIGNING SOME 1910-1912 DRESSES

Waaay back in 2017 I almost finished a jade green linen dress using Truly Victorian’s TVE45 1911 bodice pattern and TVE30 narrow panel skirt pattern. It got put on my back burner for 6 years. I kept...

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CREATING A VICTORIAN GARLAND FOR MY DRESS

 I’m one of those attendees to Costume College this year that decided to pull some outfits from my current wardrobe to wear to the events there, rather than stress myself out getting something new...

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COSTUME IDEAS FOR THE COMING YEAR

 Today, just a week past attending Costume College, my mind is planning my costumes for the coming year. I had already been putting together a Regency dress for a Bridgerton Ball, so I’ve been...

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2023 COSTUME COLLEGE & THE COSTUME EXHIBIT

There’s no rest after Costume College. The 2023 Dean and I, the 2024 Dean (in the photo below), are sharing reports, and I’m busy planning for next year’s event, and starting to gather my committee...

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ALASKA & CRUISE 2023

I apologize to those who came here to read a blog about my costuming. Blogger is not letting me write this up as a separate blog title, rather only as a post to my costume one. Its two weeks worth, and...

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OUR ANNUAL HISTORICAL FASHION SHOW AT LANTERN CREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY

The Historical Dressers just held our 3rd fashion show for the Lantern Crest Retirement Community a week ago. The theme I wrote was Historical Dressing for the Holidays. My first idea was to wear...

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2023 My Year in Review

I had almost given up writing this final post of 2023 because it’s been a year of unfinished and incomplete sewing. For many years I have been told my accumulation of finished costumes has amazed...

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1887 Autumn Plaid Bustle -3 Years in the Making

Well, this is embarrassing. I didn’t realize that it has taken me almost 3 years to finally finish this dress. And the skirt still needs hemming. If you’d like to read the beginnings & construction...

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ANOTHER DRESS OUT OF THE “BLACK HOLE” THAT IS MY CLOSET: 1860s Wrapper

A couple weeks ago, while discussing some possible outfits for the Port Townsend Victorian Festival’s fashion show, we thought adding tea gowns and wrappers to the line-up would be a good fit for the...

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