The Dressmaker's Muse

For years I have drooled over books like The Edwardian Modiste, the Voice of Fashion, and 59 Authentic Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Pattern...

I have two nieces who enjoy sewing projects. I don’t get to see them as often as I would like, but when I do see them, we sew. It is a gre...

The Medieval Wedding is behind me. We took a short vacation. I cleaned my house, paid the bills, and then tackled It- the Extreme Sewing R...

I spent the better part of May, June, and July making clothing for a Rennaissance themed wedding. I made about 75 garments to clothe 20 of t...

I do alterations- lots and lots of them, especially at this time of year. Most of the alterations I do are on formals for proms and weddin...

I was recently reminded of the importance of getting our of my box.  I work on a lot of weddings. I make prom dresses and other custom ga...

I love hats. One benefit of working as a costumer is that I get many opportunities to exercise my inner mad hatter. The hats for Seussical,...

It has been a wild and crazy, no time for blogging couple of weeks, as I having been working feverishly on costuming Seussical the Musical....

Irving Berlin's song "Easter Parade" conjures up images of Marjorie Reynolds and Judy Garland looking lovely in their new spri...

I sew all the time for other people, but rarely for myself- I just don’t have the time. Once in a while, though, I do treat myself to a ga...