New ties for the gamurra
I had great plans for the September challenge; I had projects I wanted to do and fabric at hand, but September was a silly busy month so... well, no. I did get to two larps, though. One of which was...
View ArticleThe Venetian dress: 2
Sewing hiatus, due to life getting in between. I planned something for the Silver screen challenge, but it didn't happen. Instead I fixed short puffed sleeves for the Venetian dress from a few years...
View ArticleChallenge 2016:1 - Procrastination
A perfect start for the new year: the dress I put off already in November, and almost didn't finish in time for either the challenge of the event. (And on top of that, a bonus feature; it took me...
View ArticleChallenge 2016:2 - Tucks and pleating
Continuing the backlog of blog-posts for 2016 so far, here's nr 2. Proper smocking is one of the things on my to-do list and this was perhaps not the day I got round to it, but it's a step on the way....
View ArticleChallenge 2016:3 Protection
I had something else entirely in mind for the Protection challenge. Then, I was talked into participating in the larp Fairweather Manor in Poland with about three weeks notice and thought I wouldn't do...
View ArticleWhite party outfit
Backlog of entries again, and also a non-historical project. This year, the most prestigious theatre in Stockholm, Dramaten, tried to organise a LARP for first time. Long story short: if queen...
View ArticleChallenge 2016:4 - Gender bender
So. Very late, even later with updating - this isn't going well this year either, but at least I've managed to finish four challenges. This should have been done in April, but in April Fairweather...
View ArticleChallenge 2016:7 - Monochrome
Running awfully late with the challenges, and even later with the blog posts. As I still haven't done all challenges, I will update in the order of garments, rather than in the challenge order - if I...
View ArticleChallenge 2016:5 - Holes
Or "The gap makes the corset." This challenge was meant to be something else, but I never got round to it, and then I found myself signed up for the November run of Fairweather Manor and other projects...
View ArticleChallenge 2016:10 - Heroes
The black taffeta dress Back in the Inspiration post for the Monochrome challenge I fell, hard, for this lovely black dress: (Anders Larsson and bride, Swedish, 1916. Bohusläns Museum, nr....
View ArticleChallenge 2016:11 - Red
Sometimes, you realise that this upcoming weekend you really really need an easy, straightforward sewing project to keep you occupied. Like for example when you, due to absolutely no dangerous reason...
View ArticleChallenge 2017:1 - Firsts and lasts
"Firsts & Lasts - Create either the first item in a new ensemble, or one last piece to put the final fillip on an outfit." And for me (barring shoes, the neverending problem) that normally is a...
View ArticleChallenge 2016:12 - Special occasion
Not only late, but out of sequence, here goes the last Historical Sew Monthly for 2016:A bit of a stretch of the theme - but I imagine that with all the work that goes into a garment, more or less...
View ArticleChallenge 2017:2 - The very re-made daydress
February: Re-Make, Re-Use, Re-Fashion - Sew something that pays homage to the historical idea of re-using, re-making and re-fashioning. Turn one thing into another. Re-fit or re-fashion an old gown...
View ArticleChallenge 2017:3 The stashbusting spencer
The March challenge, "the great outdors" did yet again fit perfectly into my project list. Fortune and Felicity was still the main deadline, and one can't be a Regency lady without a spencer. Again,...
View ArticleChallenge 2017:4 Party!
So there I was, with a tight schedule for larp and a ton of projects, and what happens? A party invitation. 20's themed. So, fast-forward 200 years and party dress it was. The biggest problem, it...
View ArticleChallenge 2020:5 Basic Bustle
This year's Historic Sew Monthly challenges differ from previous years in that there is no obligation to do them in the correct order. This is an amazing thing, since it allows me to get a well-needed...
View ArticleChallenge 2020:7 The stash bustle skirt
It's highly unlikely that very many read this blog regularly, not least because any regular reader will have noticed that updates are anything but regular by now. So. Yeah. 2020 is what it is. It seems...
View ArticleChallenge 2020:12 Community collab mittens
Not only did 2020 send me into a massive sewing block: when I do something, I apparently can't get round to write blog entries. This once it at least means that I publish a blog entry in the correct...
View ArticleRemake of a summer dress
Occasionally, I get a sudden urge to dig out old projects I am not entirely happy with and fix the things that bug me. Mostly, I sit down and wait until the urge passes - truth be told, to alter an old...
View Article
