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This is starting to be my new habit ... posting 6 monthly ... and just playing catch up too. Here is the last 6 months since the last post (most of theses photos are curtesy of my friends) ...  Re-wears ... Teens at the Marburg Festival:  Georgian to the QLD Art Museum:  Georgian in Steampunk mode for the ACG Christmas breakup:  Egyptian for the RIFF Christmas breakup:  50s cocktail dress for a QLD museum exhibition: Re-wears but altered. Crinoline with new evening bodice for Proclamation Day:  20s lace dress with skirt panel inserts and vintage lace added for Art Deco High Tea: New: Vintage early 60s dress for Afternoon Tea for M & C: Egyptian for the SCA Roman feast:  1885 Bustle dress yet to be worn at an event (I was supposed to wear it that day to a picnic but you can see that it was wet):  So that wraps up the last 6 very full months.  Hopefully I will try to be more motivated to post more ofte...

Had a great time (although hot) at the Victorian Picnic last weekend. My mini me wanted to come and I was going to make her a new bustle dress but the inspiration and motivation just wasn't there. I happened to take out her older sisters corset I made about 5 years ago, we tried it on and bingo it fit.   This got me thinking...... mmmmm if she fits the corset just maybe she might fit the bustle dress I made for her sister as well .... mmmmm. So we tried it on and it was a little big but not too bad that a bit of tweaking and taking up wouldn't suffice. The issue I have with that dress is that I trimmed it in a very light weight (and white) cotton muslin that just fell apart.  So I decided to re-trim the dress. Another stroke of luck was that shopping for fabric we came across some striped cotton that matched perfectly (and I really mean perfectly).   So mini me has a new dress that she can grow into.  The only thing I didn't get to do was cuffs which I ca...

Bad bad Donna, all intention but no action. So to catch up Since the last event I have: Been to the Brisbane Art Museum (Bustle), Attended History Alive (Regency), Attended Abbey Medieval Festival, (NEW 15th Century), Attended a couple of Vintage market events (1920's and 1930's) Went on an overseas holiday to the UK and Ireland (sadly no costuming involved THIS time - but had a blast none the same) Attended the Picnic at Pemberley event (Regency) Attended the Gangsters Ball (NEW 1920's dress) Attended an 'M' party (NEW as Morticia Addams) So I have been busy costuming but am a very bad bad Donna for not posting :( So some pics???     Bustle and new 15th century (not good shot sorry)     History Alive (me with back to camera and under parasol) and at a vintage event       At the Chawton Jane Austen museum and having dinner in the Eiffel Tower     Inside the house that was used for inside Pemberley scenes ("and of...

Great ebay purchase of 40 pearl buttons (with metal shanks) but still waiting for them to arrive so I can sew them onto the blouse. THAT is all the must haves I have left to do. Otherwise I am done.  I am now attempting to cover shoes to look like this from another fantastic ebay purchase of leather shoes ... Last year I bought a fantastic purse that I was going to use but because I changed my mind on the fabric for my day dress it doesn't really match perfectly.  I am tempted to make a purse from the left over black silk velvet and I just love this one ...  minus the elaborate beading. I will post some sneak peek pics of my gowns soon.

All that is left for me to do is a few more hooks and eyes (and won't I be glad when the last of sooooo many are done) on the dinner gown and my day hat to finish. YIPPIE. Of course I could make a purse *tempted* *tempted*.

1. The undergarments are all done bar hemming the petticoat. 2. Under bodice (through lots and lots and lots of research - wasn't going to do one but changed my mind) is done with boning etc etc. 3. First layer bodice is almost done, just hooks and eyes and/or snaps to go (and some embroidery if I can get time). 4. First layer skirt is almost done, hem and placket and baste to under bodice to go (huge issues with this part). THEN I have the outer layer bodice and skirt to cut out and sew and then trimmings. THEN I have to start my evening dress. THEN I have to make a friends blouse and skirt.

The drawers are done, and although not completely the same as the extant ones they will do. I should have put side openings but left them and put a button at the back. Here are the pics .....       Now onto stage 4 - the petticoat.  I bought a pattern for a princess slip petticoat from ageless patterns, so hopefully all will be drafted up and made rather quickly so I can get onto designing my dress...