Cloth of Stars

 I love Sense & Sensibility - the book, as well as both the 1995 and 2008 adaptations.  Last post, I showed you the new dress I made whi...

before A before picture:  This is an old gray coat that I made approximately one billion years ago.  The outer shell is a "linen weave...

A week ago I posted about the 1490s Florentine outfit I made for Candlemas in February - today’s post is about all the accessories that went...

Before the SCA took over my life at the beginning of October, I was working on a new hat for my Regency costumes.  It started out silly, whi...

 So, I needed shoes to go with all this Regency stuff - and no, since you asked, I don’t have anywhere to wear any of this, I just wanted it...

 Are you tired of my Hedeby bags yet?  I'm not.  I used the scraps from my Agave Viking dress to make this new bag:   I used the silk r...

 In May of last year, when I made that new Viking coat , I fell head over heels in love with the fabric I used for the outside of the coat. ...

So, here's something a bit out of the ordinary:  I made myself a Regency-era (Empire) gown.  I had six yards of sage green crushed Dupio...

After making over the blue apron dress , I decided to tackle my black one next.  This just happened to be my apron dress with the most work ...

. In 2015 when I was in the process of spiffing up my entire Viking wardrobe, I created this dress: Isn't it neat?  It's w...

NOT OKAY: Every. Single. Time. I opened this box I vowed to "one day" take the time to sit down and iron out this mess and wr...