So, to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday here in New Orleans we like to go down to the horse track for opening day dressed in our holiday best. This is a lovely little dress I whipped up some months ago and didn’t know where I was ever going to have a chance to wear it. It [...]
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I have been hugely inspired by all the pant-making activity in blogworld recently and decided to hop on board that bandwagon. The pattern is care of Burda Style magazine, issue 01/12 from their Lovely Lingerie section. And the fabric I used is 100% stretch silk. The pattern pieces are dead easy to work with but [...]
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It’s been a very long time since I posted anything on here (or on my own blog for that matter) but I have several projects from the last few months that I’m working on getting photographed and posted. One of my favorite (and most recent) projects from the past few months is this 1943 nightgown [...]
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Earlier this month, I posted the first of the toiles I made up for our upcoming production of ‘Fallen Angels’ – an adorable little mid-30′s dress, made using a vintage pattern. Remember? Well, since then we had an initial fitting on the actress – there were some modifications that had to be made, which wasn’t [...]
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I made this top out of a long silk skirt I picked up at the thrift store for $2. The pattern is Simplicity 4400 from 1958, and the embroidery is from the fantastic Flickr group Hoop Love Vintage Transfers. The top was a little billowy for my tastes, so I added vertical waist darts to [...]
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It’s officially Mardi Gras day down here in the Crecent City. I made this piece for a solo costume show last season. I was so slammed this year with costume commissions that I neglected to make a costume for myself this year. This is still one of my favorites in my collection. It was one [...]
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Hello Ladies! I’ve recently been sewing some dresses using two of my favorite fabrics – silk dupioni and silk shantung. These gorgeous materials make the most stunningly elegant outfits, and they are just perfect for holiday ensembles. But recently I’ve heard some people wondering, “What’s the difference between dupioni and shantung, anyhow?” I’ll admit that [...]
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I just had to share my incredible find at a local antique shop – I could not resist taking this amazing silk slip home with me. It has a couple of holes and some staining, but the workmanship is unlike anything I have ever seen. Hand embroidery, tiny French seams, luscious silk – everything about [...]
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