Yes, that is a purple wall behind my purple dress– I wasn’t kidding about loving purple! We even painted the wall ourselves. This post has some of my favorite stuff– my FAVORITE color and cozy stuff for winter. Both garments are simple ones that I have made before, but the fabric makes these special.… Read More PURPLE Winter Knits
I’m sure no one will be surprised to learn that I’m not the only crafty one in my family! In fact, all of my crafts were originally taught to me by my mom. I feel so fortunate that when I started sewing more seriously as an adult, I had already learned the basics from my… Read More My Sister’s Leggings and Other Christmas Crafts
All the pictures of Wade are taken on our trip to Disney World. This is at the Polynesian, where we went to a luau. I have a bit of an obsession with plaid (ok, maybe more that a bit!). In the winter, practically all I wear is plaid flannel shirts. I have also been… Read More A Trio of Plaid Shirts
Presents! For Christmas this year, I decided to make Wade and I matching robes. Wade’s computer is set up in the basement, and I am always chilly so it’s nice to have an extra layer to throw on in the house. I have an old terry cloth robe, but it is looking pretty ratty.… Read More Awesome Robes for Christmas
I’m going to let you in on a little secret; like a lot of makers, I HATE mending and alterations. I like to make stuff! Not rip out stuff I’ve already done and re-do it! But the flip side to this is that I know exactly how much work and materials went into my clothes.… Read More The Art of Mending
This outfit was made to wear to my cousin’s wedding, and it is awesome! For starters, the fabric is a silk kimono with purple peacocks. I bought the kimono awhile ago because I love both peacocks and purple, but when I bought it I wasn’t yet sure what it was going to be. In my… Read More Purple Peacock Jumpsuit
Awhile ago I went a little crazy buying vintage silk saris online (they are so cheap! and colorful! and embroidered!). I posted previously about several of the garments that I made from them, and now I have added a couple more. The first one is a super fun maxi skirt from lekala, #4186. It is… Read More More Fun with a Vintage Saris
This has actually been finished for awhile, but it’s taken me awhile to write about it. You can read about my process for this quilt in these previous posts (here and here). I LOVE how it has turned out! It makes me happy every time I look at it, and I love that I can… Read More My Completed Quilt
We didn’t get pictures at the party– too busy having fun– so the quality isn’t great. As already discussed in my 18th century underwear post, and my post about my cosplay of Claire Fraser’s red dress, my approach to these costumes was to use patterns (from Reconstructing History) that are designed to reproduce 18th… Read More James Fraser, an 18th Century Gentleman
I am so proud of this dress! The is definitely one of the most challenging projects I have done. If you have been following along, you already saw a preview of my cosplay/ historical costuming in which I talk about what goes under the dress. Now I can tell you about the dress itself! (I… Read More THE RED DRESS!!