So, what to do when your local Renaissance faire is about 100 degrees and it's not a faire that suggests authenticity? You make a 1950s...

This was a rather unexpected project, made with fabric bought for something else that it wouldn't work for. I realized I had no normal...

If you can get a copy of Butterick's 1920s Art of Dressmaking , do it. It's full of wonderful information. My 1905 waist was ma...

In 2008, my friend Sarah had a dress up opportunity at work and she asked me to take part. It was so hard to convince me! Anyway, the th...

So, if you have a huge, complicated skirt, 18 inches of leftover blue fabric and about a yard of spotty fabric leftover, what do you do? Ma...

I think I've said quite enough about this dress, so here, at last, are pictures of me wearing it! At Costume College 2009. I was ...