Cabinet des Modes will begin tomorrow (assuming you read this on the night that I'm posting it). I'm excited! I'm going to post about the amazing experience I had this weekend - it was a party! And Susan de Guardiola was there and so I danced a whole lot! - but I have no pictures to … Continue reading Break's Over!
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Plans for 2014
I always make too many plans - but compared to my past output, what I've done this year is so outstanding that it makes me think I can decide which pieces I need to build a basic and versatile wardrobe, based on the events I've gone to this year (which is, again, an astounding amount … Continue reading Plans for 2014
Actual Sewing!
So, I spent the past week engaged in making a Regency day dress for myself. Fastest thing I've ever fully put together! Albany's TulipFest is not really intended as a costumed event, but the Empire State Costumers (join us!) can turn any party into a dress-up party. (I'm the second from the right.) To start, … Continue reading Actual Sewing!
Finishing Up The Year!
I'm not going to tot up everything I made this year because it's kind of pathetic, but I will tell you what I got for Christmas! - What Clothes Reveal, Linda Baumgarten: no explanation needed. - Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns, Book I, Susan North and Jenny Tiramani: truly amazing resource that shows off how far … Continue reading Finishing Up The Year!
The Grand Project
I don’t talk very much about this project o’mine, because everyone knows the stereotype of the person who makes loads of plans to do something amazing and talks about it incessantly but never gets around to doing it. I don’t want to fall into that trap! But I do think about it a lot of … Continue reading The Grand Project
Mimic of Modes 