Art, beauty and well-ordered chaos

My wonderful 1830 Pink Day Dress is done or nearly so. I'm so absurdly happy with this dress! It's completely over-the-top foofi...

Eyelets & buttonholes have been one of the most common means of holding one's clothes on... for a really, really long time. Befo...

One of the easiest & most common ways to finish a pair of stays or a corset is to sew a binding on the raw edges. This can also be use...

I've had a very busy month... very busy winter actually. It's finally thawing into the pre-spring mud of Western New York. The kin...

I most sincerely apologize that I have to preview comments to this blog now. I had some horrid person put links to highly inappropriate ...

I finally finished the Fraizer International History Museum order... the 1829 Gentleman's outfit. Done & shipped, but not before c...