Have you ever had that feeling when you try on a project for the first time and you discover that the absolutely perfect costume plan that ...

A lot of people seem to be intimidated by the pattern diagrams in the Frances Grimble books that use apportioning scales to help you enlarge...

Yesterday was the DFWCG's Mat Hatters Tea Party, so I wanted an appropriately flamboyant hat (and new costume to wear with it) to cel...

In 2010, I wrote 2 articles for the online magazine   Foundations Revealed   about how I created a recreation of an antique corset from th...

This past weekend, the DFWCG took a costumed outing to the newest Sherlock Holmes movie.  Most of our members opted for Steampunk attire, bu...

I LOVE making silly props to go with my silly costumes, and our Georgian picnic gives me the perfect opportunity to research and recreate 1...

Last weekend, I attended the 3rd Annual Georgian Picnic hosted by the DFWCG.  This event is one the highlights of my year, and was s...

Once again, I am horribly late when it comes to post-event blogging.  *eek*  Where does the time go!?!  But back in mid-September, the cost...

Now that I have finally caught up with blogging about my finished costumes from this summer, I can once again turn my attention to current a...