Adventures of a Wanna-Be Seamstress

I didn't get to post about the hat before I left for CoCo (which was awesome, but that is another post entirely) - I think I already pos...

I finished the petticoat last night, and I was able to put on the whole shebang on this morning. I'm not terribly happy about how it...

I decided I wanted a buckle for my hat, and all I had on hand was some silver ones. I really wanted gold, since silver would look quite out...

I was so bummed this morning when I put everything on - nothing seemed to fit right! (I'm sure my mood didn't help out too much, bu...

Remember these guys? I did the same process for the hat  buckle for these shoe buckles.  I decided to do a bow instead of a latchet, I don...

Minimal 'research', and embarassingly poor quality sewing, but it's done. I wasn't too worried about it, since I was half-w...

I barely got any sewing in over the weekend, and that which got done, I'm none to pleased about. (Uber-crabby mood is not condusive to ...

Because I wasn't very careful, My center fronts didn't match up. (I think it's a combination of my stays stretching out, doing ...

On a whim, I decided to try a different pair of bodies with the gown. It's only slightly different than my handsewn linen pair (though ...

I'm not 100% happy about the fitting. Linen, I believe, is the prime suspect. My brand new linen stays are s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g. (I kn...

I didn't get anything done last night, other than pleating the skirt (only pinned, not sewn), because mah baby took me out for a date ni...