After putting together the Winter Ball last year, I wanted to do another event this year. Initially I was going to do something in the...

For my trip to the Georgia Renaissance Festival this year, I wanted to wear my blue ball gown, but wanted to add a bit more pizazz to it....

In my ongoing quest to find shorts I am comfortable in and think look good, I dug through my pattern collection and found another shorts...

So far, 2023 has been a year of mending, re-doing, finishing, altering, and organizing. I've learned new mending techniques that have...

This part was finished after the actual event of the Winter Ball the whole gown was supposed to be finished for, but I'm glad I didn't...

This fall, I reached out to Leigh Anne Macquarrie of The Museum School to see if she needed help with the fall musical. When I was a...

The next step in the project of the gown for the Winter Ball was the bodice. I purchased a pattern for an 1860's style evening gown...

When I initially conceptualized the winter ball, I knew I wanted to mail proper invitations to people, and me being me, I complicated the...

In late October, I began working on the gown I was planning to wear for a Winter Ball I was hosting for a group of my friends. This...

This skirt began as a mock up to test the pattern I self-drafted from the instructions in the Keystone Jacket & Dress Cutter book, but...

The pattern for this skirt was hand drafted from instructions in the Keystone Jacket & Dress Cutter book, a book from the late 1800's....

With my first project being an attempt at a circle skirt, I finally came back to the concept, this time succeeding. A couple days before...

The pocket began as a test of a larger version of the same pocket from earlier in the year as a prototype before making some for friends....

Multiple Christmases ago, my grandmother gave me a pattern set that include a chemise, corset, and petticoat in it. She also provided...

This pair of shorts was the first non-skirt I'd made for myself, and still to this day the only non-pajamas pair of shorts I own. They're...