
Con Costume Count
Well, it's February. There won't be a FanX this spring, which is a bummer, so the race is on for Comic Con. Which is now called FanX? ...


Winter Belle- A Catch Up Post
It's ok, you can say it. I am a super slacker. Comic Con was almost six months ago, and I still haven't posted about my costume. Time...


Bycocket
This week I went to a class and learned how to re-block a wool hat from the lovely ladies of the Arrow's Flight SCA. We started off with...


The Play's The Thing
This year my baby sister decided to join a local children's charity theater production of Beauty and the Beast. I was thrilled because,...


Vade mecum
The ever lovely and amazing Coley recently found this tutorial for me, and I knew it would be the perfect accessory for my Belle costume....


Warm Hands, Warm Heart
I am shockingly bad at math. The shocking part about that is that I'm actually pretty good at math, in school. I was an econ major,...


Petticoat Junction
As you may remember (if you stalk me compulsively and have a photographic memory) Last summer I found this petticoat hanging on a wall...


A Very Potter Petticoat
The first step to building a period silhouette is foundation garments. This means petticoats, and lots of them. This is the first...


Easy Pillow Cases
Seasonal throw pillows can be fun. But this one was never going to be used outside of December. I decided a while ago that it needed a...


Hustle and Bustle
The first thing I need for my Steampunk Winter Belle dress is a bustle. I've chosen an early bustle era design, early 1870's, so I...