lightbulb- the mina

Okay so while looking for photos for insurance I found my first photos of my new Mina bodice and had quite a revelation. So I find it very painful to do fitting for historic gear. It’s physically painful.  I have helped that a bit with The Mina because I shaped all panels before putting eyelets…

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Current projects

I took a day  this week to make sure all my projects are easily found and while initially it was overwhelming, I think I am not just at the inspired stage 🙂 I have a lot of current projects, but having them nicely divided into clear containers mean I can actually see them 🙂 I…

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Bizarre jetpack issue resolved

Lj went down (502 error) and Jetpack’s “Publicize” went weird. Kept telling me to refresh connections. Seems to be okay now. My PC also crashed the other day. I think it’s my UEFI setting- has legacy bios compatability mode for some boot types and given I get the classic BIOS screen and text type I think…

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this year, the reproductions

It’s at LACMA. It was being restored for display in a travelling exhibit but I’ve not been able to figure out where/when. But LACMA is a place I’ve wanted to go for a long time. The blue satin mantua is one reason 🙂 Anyway, lots of room for interpretation based on patterning in the 1930s,…

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busy!

The next few months have many opportunities! As always there are the Special Children’s Christmas parties, then there is a couple of Steampunk shoots, also the Bal d’Argent, and the big Santa Parade (yep, you’ll see me there XD) and also there are some opportunities for next year that I’m just insanely excited for 🙂 Also…

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More lace for marie Antoinette!

  This very heavy embroidered lace net reminded me of the dimensional effect of handwork one of my great aunts would work. The colour however was not quite right. Had the leaves been green I’d have kept it. So during the colour removal process some dyes can go a very strange intermediate colour. Whites often…

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Wig frankensteining

I have three lace front wigs that were not entirely perfect. The first was just a size too small for my head, the other two were slightly too dark for Elsa. Step One: A new wig cap.   This is a strip of high quality powernet (the rest is set aside to redo my Pink…

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hoops nearly finished

No real photos for this update but the tape ties are in, and the yoke and side openings have been tidied. I can now wash the things gently without any worry. There are pen marks and large pin pricks to wash out. I also got progress on my Jubon for my Princess of Cleves ensemble….

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