Costume Spangles

Some of the Christmas decorations I made this year, most of them got wrapped and given away before I had time to take pictures!

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Christmas decorations all finished so I’m getting on with my patchwork. It’s now big enough to use as a blanket to keep warm while sewing it!

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Finished the wreath Christmas tree decoration at last!

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Wow, I’ve been away for so long… but I have been sewing a lot so I have plenty of things to post about in the near future. I’ve spent the last few days reorganising and tidying my room so...

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This weekend I went to Tewkesbury medieval festival and bought a ton of stuff! I’m joining a reenactment society and there’s an event I want to go to in two weeks, so I’ve got my work cut...

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This evening I made three more diamonds for my patchwork bedcover. I’m trying to work on it in as much of my spare time as possible to keep up some momentum on it. I’ve ended up packing a lit...

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Over the last month or so I’ve been working on my patchwork bedcover in every spare moment. I even took it on holiday with me to Reykjavik so it is becoming quite well travelled. I took this ph...

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Well it has been rather a long time since I posted anything here, but not because I haven’t been making things! So to kick start myself posting again here are some long overdue photos of my e...

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Whilst in Oslo this weekend I also visited the Kunstindustrimuseet and saw some lovely costumes, costume accessories, jewellery and ceramics. Most of the costume galleries were really dark so my ...

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This weekend I was in Oslo and finally got to visit the Norsk Folkemuseum, which I’ve wanted to go to for several years now. It is normally closed for most of the Winter but luckily it was open...

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Here is the final rather belated post from my European trip this summer. My last stop was the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, which just happened to have a temporary exhibition on fashion plates! I did...

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Since I’m very close to finishing my crochet reticule I figured it was time I got round to posting some more of the many, many photos I took on holiday in Europe this summer. These are all from...

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Last night I got started on beading my crochet reticule and I’m hoping to get it finished off tonight. Then I just have to sew the front and back together, make a cord for the drawstring and so...

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The beads I ordered for my crochet reticule arrived today! The steel coloured ones are Czech size 15/0 charlottes in colour ‘Marcasite’ from The Bead Shop Scotland . The golden bronze ones ...

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My second foray into crochet is going to be an early 19th century reticule, if it comes out okay I’ll probably use it with my 1824 outfit when that is done. I’m basing the shape on several on...

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More gorgeous fabrics that arrived in the post today, this time some much needed extra blues for my 1820s Hexagon Diamonds bedcover. The paisley in the bottom image is a bit too bright for this...

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A couple of weeks ago I bought this lovely fabric from eBay seller sanskriti , it is a hand block printed cotton voile from India and the moment I saw it I was instantly reminded of those amazing...

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I’ve taken a break from patchwork to try something new: crochet! This little miniatrure “miser purse” pincushion was my first project, but I did two practice samples of about 1 inch square...

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I’m getting on with my new quilt project in bits and pieces of spare time. I picked up some really nice fabrics at Abakhan the other day so I’m looking forward to incorporating those into the...

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Yes, I’m aware I haven’t got round to posting pictures of my finished tamboured fichu yet, but I have been a bit busy the last few months. Here’s the inspiration behind a brand new project ...

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