Cloth of Stars

At my very first Gulf Wars, someone lent me a giant flannel houppelande on a cold night, which I threw on over my cotehardie, and I have wan...

Behold:  a finished velveteen pelisse for winter wear!   Last fall I acquired a huge stack of velveteen Ikea curtain panels from my local ne...

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...

 After refitting my two Florentine-cum-Venetian dresses , I still had my old red velvet court dress to figure out. Here it is in 2013 when I...

Only four days left before Gulf Wars , you guys!  And guess what?  I finally got to quit my night job!!!  *DANCES AROUND IN CIRCLES**   I...

Yep.  I just never remember to ask someone to take pictures of me.  Here are some selfies, though, of the finished pink dress and new ear ca...

new dress, for Candlemas 2016 In 2012, for my second Candlemas, I made a midnight blue velveteen gown that was more or less cotehardie-...

Sadly, I didn't have the presence of mind to take a "before" picture of this, but it was basically just a brown wooden box.  L...

Well, this past weekend was Gulf War Prep weekend.  I kid you not, I sewed for eleven hours on Saturday (with a two hour lunch break), and a...

Remember that red velvet Burgundian I inherited ? yes, this one.  Well, in December, I got it all torn apart and ready to be made ...