I feel like I shouldn't even write about this because it's been mostly done by my mom, but she is wonderful and the world needs to be educated. *blows her a kiss* A while ago, one of my supervisors at the museum where I intern asked if I could make her a dress for a … Continue reading The worst sewing project ever
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Devonshire Shoes
Jane Austen Week Questions
From Elegance of Fashion: What is your favorite thing about Jane Austen? Why? There are two. One is the way there's such variation in her main characters - each heroine is different and so is each hero, though I can still find something I identify with in each heroine. The other is that she wrote … Continue reading Jane Austen Week Questions
Whipping through those Eyelets
(get it, do you get it) Wow! This afternoon I went to my mom's and watched some TV and sewed, and I totally finished all of the eyelets in my stays - the two CB rows, and the eight to hold the straps to the front. Next step is to finish the channels so I … Continue reading Whipping through those Eyelets
Blue Stays
In September 2009, I finally let myself order the stays kit from Silly Sisters in blue linen. It took me months and months - it's hard to commit to sewing miles of boning channels when you have papers to write - but I think around the September of 2010 I had them basically finished (minus … Continue reading Blue Stays
Mimic of Modes 