Magic in Real Life: Making Elsa’s Spirit Dress, Part 2

Welcome back to my 3-part series of posts dedicated to telling you all about the making of Elsa, my main sewing project of 2020! If you missed the last post, you might want to check it out here because it describes the analysis of Elsa's Fifth Spirit dress from Frozen 2 and the planning I …

Making a 1912 Titanic Era Ballgown

After a full year of doing on-and-off work on my 1912 gown, I was starting to doubt my ability to get it finished- and now, it's actually done! Imagine that! That doesn't mean the whole project is done. I still have yet to make the petticoat; I wanted to have the circumference of the skirt …

A Little Tea-Dyeing Adventure

Now that my corset is done, it's time to move on to the next phase of the Edwardian project: the combination chemise, petticoat and corset cover. As always, I like to prep my fabric before I use it, and that's what this post is all about. For those of you who follow the Facebook page, …

Padmé Costume: Cape/Shawl

This post will be among the last ones about this costume... and it's the Cape post that I've been talking about for a while! Remember when I talked about how I found the sequins for the blouse and skirt by looking at Padawan's Guide's FB page? Well, it was on that post that I found …

Padmé Costume: Corset Part 1

*drum roll* And now... It's time... For the hardest part of the costume.... The CORSET! I had been dreading and excited for this part of the costume at the same time. 😛 It's so pretty, but, it's a corset. So it's a wee bit complicated. Also, it was my first corset, and I'm pleased to …

Padmé Costume: Blouse and Skirt Part 1

(Previous posts: Hairnets and Headband) This post is about how I researched the blouse and skirt, selected the fabric and embellished it. After I finished my hairnets and headband in spring of 2015, I decided I was ready to move on to the bigger stuff... the blouse and skirt. I read all about it on …