Soooo…. It’s been a while since I’ve seriously updated this blog. I feel like I’ve been present for several iterations of historical costuming online spaces. Obviously I’m doing the YouTube thing now, and back when blogs were The Thing I had this. And then before that, I had a LiveJournal (anyone remember Dress Diaries? God […]
I published this tutorial over on the Ko-Fi because I said I’d put it up there, but I wanted to make sure I posted it here too, just to make sure it’s archived properly. Enjoy! For my supplies I am going to need some fabric, a needle, a bunch of colored embroidery thread, an embroidery
St Birgitta Interlaced Stitch Tutorial Read Post »
It snowed yesterday! It rarely does this at all in Texas, and almost never this much. I had to take advantage of the situation and get some photos of me in all my wool outerwear.
IN WHICH our intrepid recreatirix makes (yet another) Edwardian Walking Skirt! Welcome back to the land of sewing. I don’t know about you, but the thing I really needed for my witchy, Victoir-edwardian history bounding wardrobe is a basic walking skirt. And since I just happened to have some heavy-weight linen laying around…. Here we
Video: Making an Edwardian Skirt (and Bustle Pad!) Read Post »
IN WHICH our intrepid recreatrix takes a step back, mulls some cider, dresses up, and creates an achievement of arms for her partner as a solstice gift. It’s been a rough year. Enjoy this calm interlude and wonderful music.
A Yuletide Scribal Interlude Read Post »
IN WHICH our intrepid recreatirix joins a cult! A cape cult. Okay, I’m making the American Duchess Cape, in keeping with my penchant for jumping on bandwagons 6-24 months after the trend has, uh, stopped trending. It was a fun and relatively easy make, for all that I’m not the size of a museum mannequin.
CAPE CULT: Making an American Duchess Cape Read Post »
Tutorial Time-Stamps Basic Cord (turned): 00:03:18 Basic Cord (wrapped): 00:05:19 Beaded Cord: 00:08:35 Two-Color Flat Cord: 00:17:00 Two Color Round Cord: 00:25:45 IN WHICH our intrepid recreatirix walks through how to make lucet cords a few different ways. I’ll cover making the basic cord (both turning the lucet and keeping it stable), making a beaded
Lucet Cords (three and a half ways!) Read Post »
IN WHICH our intrepid recreatirix finishes her historically adequate “Viking” coat project, and is wayyy too pleased with it and also herself. It’s honestly hard to know what a femenine Viking coat might have looked like: there’s very little archeological evidence that points in any direction. The best we can do is speculate. Come join
“Viking” Coat: Historically Adequate Norse Outerwear Read Post »
IN WHICH our intrepid recreatrix drops the video a day late (but on Halloween!) and unleashed her (not-so) inner Goth just in time for the holiday. This video also is a documentation of the creation of my entry for Mathew Gnagy’s Spooky Historically-Inspired Costume Contest. Come join me and see what works, what doesn’t, and
Tudor Witch: A Historically Inspired Halloween Costume Read Post »
IN WHICH our intrepid recreatirix tries and fails to remember how to properly warp her inkle loom! Join me as I make some red silk trim for an eventual “Viking Coat” project.
Red Silk Trim: An Exploration of Narrow-Ware Weaving Read Post »
