April 25, 2010 Blogging, boy clothes, and 20th c. pattern goodies

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. I've grown to hate Dreamweaver and dealing with website stuff, so I've been slowly working on starting a Festive Attyre blog, which will hopefully get seamlessly integrated into this site eventually so that I can update more easily... and more frequently! But I'm having to learn everything from scratch yet again, so that probably won't happen until this summer when I have more time to mess with it. I've made a few new costume pieces that are posted on my blog that I haven't posted over here yet, but I'm going to try and catch up whenever I have some spare time.

But I just finished a new outfit for Mike, so I decided that it was a good time to get back on the horse and add it to my site before I got lazy and forgot all about it. I also wanted to mention that I've started a new archive of my vintage pattern collection. Flickr is SO much easier for archiving than what I was doing in the past, so hopefully, I'll be adding more of my Victorian fashion plates there too eventually. I'm all about the easy, baby!

December 13, 2009 Venturing into a new era

It has taken me a month to get this one webbed, but I made 1792 zone gown for the costume guild's 18th c. picnic in November. I had a blast making this thing, and I look forward to many more fabulous Georgian costumes in years to come!

October 2, 2009 Getting back to work, 1860's style

I've finally gotten another new costume posted - a Civil War era work dress. It's nothing fancy, but it'll be very useful for reenactment events. Every wardrobe needs a few good work dresses.

March 19, 2009 Adventures in Steampunk Costuming

Hey everybody! Sorry for the long hiatus, but I've been sucked into a mommy black hole since having my baby in 2007. I had a healthy and happy boy, and he is the absolute joy of my life! I've made a few baby costumes during the past year and a half, but I decided that I'm not going to post them on my website until my boy is old enough to give me permission to do so. Maybe when he's a teenager he'll let me have a retrospective showcase of all his silly baby costumes.

I've been waiting until I had something new of my own to post, and I finally finished my first new costume last week. I made a zouave-inspired steampunk outfit to wear to a local con. (don't know what steampunk is? try googling it!) I had a blast making it, and I'm already scheming about another steampunk costume for next year.

July 24, 2007 Harry Potter Madness

I decided that it would be an absolute crime to miss dressing up for the very last Harry Potter book, so I whipped up a quick Professor Trelawney costume last week to wear to a midnight release party. You can see pictures and read more about it here. This outfit was so much fun to make, and I really enjoyed taking a break from the serious historical stuff for a change. I have a feeling that you'll be seeing more fantasy and movie costumes from me in the future.

May 30, 2007 New Victorian Fashion Plates

A friend of mine from the DFW costume guild let me borrow one of her Demorest's pattern catalogues from 1880 to web. It has some really cool garments in it, and best of all, there is a front and back view for everything. That is so helpful! I hope some of you find it to be useful.