Archive for the ‘Sewing’ Category

Let the Games Begin!

I know.  I’ve been a terrible blogger for well over a year now.  I’m sorry.  I won’t make excuses, and I won’t make empty promises to improve. I will, however, tell you about the project I just picked back up. Ages and ages ago (maybe sometime last summer), I decided to make a Regency bodice [...]

July 3, 2012 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Rush to the Finish Line

I’m a terrible blogger.  I’ve finished the teens corset and didn’t post a single update about it. In my defense, it went together like a dream, aside from needing to take in the side seam another half inch after it was mostly finished. I also made a mock up of the underdress and had a [...]

March 31, 2012 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Nothing Like a Deadline…

I guess I just always need to have looming deadlines to get ANYTHING done.  Thus, not only have I finally done some sewing today, but I also did some grading! Bridget and I (but mostly Bridget) have finished tweaking the pattern for our teens corsets.  Well, it still needs just a bit of tweaking for [...]

March 4, 2012 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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If I clean it….I can sew!

Over the course of the past couple of months, I’ve slowly been cleaning up and reorganizing my sewing room. It is so much work, but it feels good to know that eventually, this room will become all that I had originally hoped. At the same time, I’m also trying to get ready for the GBACG’s [...]

January 29, 2012 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Easing Back In

I haven’t done any sewing in ages, but I really needed to sew some of the Christmas presents I was giving this year. After managing to get my sewing room cleaned up just enough to do those couple of projects, I made a couple of baby slings for a friend and my sister-in-law, then made [...]

January 7, 2012 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Miser Purses

Here’s a sneak peak at a couple of the designs I’m experimenting with.  Both purses are the largest size I would make…big enough to fit a moderate sized phone. Both will actually be about the same size, despite their appearance in the photos.  The first is worked in two colors of cotton crochet thread.  The [...]

August 22, 2011 · ithilwyn · One Comment
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Sadness and Frustration

So, although my 1840′s corset is looking awesome, I’m not happy with it.  I’m really kicking myself about it too, because I KNEW I should have waited until I had my usual lining fabric before proceeding, but I talked myself into using fabric I had on hand.  Grrr.  The problem right now is that the [...]

August 12, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Runaway Vacation

Technically, today was the first day of my summer vacation.  I’ve only got two weeks, so every day needs to REALLY count. I started off with a bang.  I did my morning run (trying to get back into the routine) and then went out to my sewing room.  I got the modifications to my 1840′s [...]

August 8, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
Posted in: Victorian

Mock Up Central.

I LOVE when fittings go well. Like many others, I came home from CoCo with so many ideas.  First up, I need to work on a new outfit (or outfits) for Dickens Fair.  Bridget has been suggesting for a little over a year that I make a day bodice to go with my Eugenie dress. [...]

August 7, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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Because I’ve Been So Good…

Okay, well, not THAT good, but I did limit myself to just two small pieces of fabric in the garment district on Monday.  So, I’m considering pre-ordering these lovelies: The Devonshires are a leather 18th century shoe based on museum examples from the 1760s through 1780s.  They’re made of top-grade dyable leather, with a beautiful, smooth Italian leather sole [...]

August 3, 2011 · ithilwyn · No Comments
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