My original plan was to make a 1910's hat for my suffragette costume out of straw braid, but I ended up running short on time, so I deci...

I painted a suffragette ribbon today.  It is based on the one found  here , but I omitted the shadow on the letters to make it easier to pa...

So in my last post, I was angsting about the darker green trim.  Even though all of you good readers, my husband, and my mom all told me tha...

The dress is going together now, but I'm having second thoughts about my trim color.  I found some silk shantung in a darker pewter gre...

I worked on my new 1910's corset last week, and although I still need to add the garters and bottom edge binding, it was finally done e...

Thanks for the feedback about the fullness of my skirt.  I feel a lot better about using that one now, but I got bored and made up some des...

I made the mockup of my suffragette dress this week.  I like the bodice, but I'm not sure about the skirt.  It's fairly full in the...

I haven't done a dress diary in AGES, but I thought that I might give it another try just so I have something to blog about.  I'm or...

We went to Scarborough Faire the weekend, and Mike was finally  able to wear his new Alsatian costume !  It took me over 3 years to get it...

I finished adding all of my women's vintage patterns to my flickr archive .  There are a few VERY old ones from the Edwardian period, b...