costume

15 min read 2023-05-27 18:00:00

My Sister Goes into Sherwood Forest (And I Make Her Costume)

Robin Hood. Bow and Arrow. Sherwood Forest. Band of merry followers.Robin Hood. That was this year’s home school co-op play, which my sister

11 min read 2023-05-25 19:30:34

Malabar Limited, the famed costume emporium, closed in March 2022. Although it had been a fixture of downtown Toronto’s cultural landscape for 99

7 min read 2023-05-15 00:58:00

One of the ladies in the historical sewing group I’m a part of was having a birthday picnic this spring, and I was invited to it. The theme was

3 min read 2023-05-14 19:25:39

I’ve not had much time for stitching this week, as I’ve been suddenly dropped into a very exciting opportunity (of which more later) but I have

16 min read 2023-05-13 19:56:00

It should be a well known fact by now that the minority of my historical sewing projects are years in the making, so let’s do the run down on

3 min read 2023-05-04 21:38:11

If it exists in the media, be it on film, in anime, or in manga, there’s someone out there cosplaying it. This is true even if it is not a not

6 min read 2023-04-22 20:28:00

Two days before the fashion show and this was my to-do list for finishing my sheer wool 1810’s gown, now that all the trim was done:~ bind the

2 min read 2023-04-12 16:10:35

Do you folks remember the mysterious Hulkbuster x R2-D2 mash-up action figure from 2018? Well, someone has made it real, well, as a cosplay costume.

6 min read 2023-04-08 18:00:00

Once upon a time, Joann’s Fabrics had a sheer wool on their shelves for a season. It was 85% wool, and 15% nylon, so not entirely wool but pretty

1 min read 2023-03-10 04:33:22

The South Carolina Region of the Jane Austen Society of North America and the Bluffton Library present: March 25, 2023, 2 – 4 pm Bluffton

9 min read 2023-03-06 09:00:00

For my sister's birthday last year I decided she needed an 18th century gown. Ok, that's a lie. For my sister's birthday several years ago I

3 min read 2023-03-05 11:57:51

By now, I am sure you have heard of the Chinese sci-fi blockbuster, The Wandering Earth. It was based on a sci-fi novella written by Chinese computer

8 min read 2023-02-18 21:50:00

My sister came to stay with me for 3 days last fall, and it was absolutely delightful. The weekend began with a trip to Joann’s where we bought

2 min read 2023-02-10 00:35:07

This Mind-Bending “Invisible Man” Costume Is the Clever Creation of a Mom on a $15-Budget Illusions can be tricky to pull off. Optical illusions

4 min read 2023-02-08 22:00:10

Students in Madison and dancers in the Nutcracker have at least one thing in common — the bodysuit. Though “leotard” is a more appropriate and