I'm still a bit behind on my challenge work and dead in the water on all the other sewing I had hoped to accomplish this past month. Job searching and the accompanying anxiety about not having a ...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/07/making-progress.html
This has been the most difficult move I've ever made. It was determined to throw every obstacle in my way that it could. Despite having to make several more trips between states than we had plann...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-politics-of-fashion.html
I've fallen a bit behind on my sewing lately but I've finally found a bit of time to catch back up. I'm in the middle of planning to move back to my home state currently and while our apartment s...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/05/catching-up.html
Just managed to sneak one more project into the UFO deadline! Several months ago I started working on a Gibson Girl Blouse using a pattern from Folkwear. I got as far as cutting all the pattern p...
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Way back in February I had been planning for a completed 1880's ensemble. My ideas were vague and unsatisfying, and the month passed with no progress. Inspiration struck at the beginning of Marc...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/04/finished-1880s-gown.html
Part one of what I'm hoping will be two entries for the Tops and Toes challenge was a fairly simple hat re-make with big impact. To complete my Fairytale Edwardian ensemble I was dreaming of a hu...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/04/walk-softly-and-wear-big-hat.html
As promised here's a bunch of pictures of the Fairytale dress from the event I work it to. You even get a sneak peek of my entry for the next challenge tops and toes! ...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/04/fairytale-in-motion.html
For the Fairytale challenge I got the idea in my head that I wanted to use a fairytale from a completely different culture. After a bit of searching and a lot of reading i found inspiration in a ...
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I finally did it! The 1880's bodice is finished. It's over two weeks late, but I still snuck it in before the next challenge date so it counts! This is the inspiration for the dress. I start...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/03/at-long-last.html
I've alluded to a commission I've been working on in a couple previous posts but I haven't gotten around to even introducing it yet! I was asked to make a costume for the Anime Boston convention ...
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Progress on my bodice has been slow and painful. A costume commission I had taken on for Anime Boston took much longer than I had anticipated, leaving me with just about twenty-four hours to sew ...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/03/dyeing-for-purple.html
One of my biggest goals this year is making completed ensembles that I can use for a portfolio. I'm really hoping to find a job in the field of costuming in the near future. I already free-lance ...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/03/sudden-inspiration.html
I thought I would have my entry for challenge number four done in no time at all, but here I am posting about it the day it's due! I did finish it two days ago, so I'm still trying to keep up my ...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/03/underneath-it-all.html
Pink is not one of my favorite colors, so when the pink challenge came up in the HSF '14 I decided the best course of action would be to make some undergarments. It's been dreadfully cold in my n...
Ever since reading about The Dreamstress 's princess inspired pearl bracelets I've been dreaming of a pair of my own. I've always loved pearls and don't often see them as bracelets. I also haven'...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/01/pretty-pearls.html
I got some good sewing momentum going at the beginning of this month, finishing the first two challenges almost simultaneously. I posted about the re-made petticoat already for the first challeng...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/01/innovations.html
Every year my Alma Mater holds an Illustration theme show that all illustration students, alumni, and faculty can submit artwork to. This year's theme was Circus, a choice which definitely piqued...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/01/clowning-around.html
I'm starting my year off strong with a double entry for the first challenge! Going thorough my rather sparse historical wardrobe I didn't find too many things to mend, and the one thing that did ...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/01/make-do-and-mend-finish.html
I know I've heard of a sewing cat many time before, but how about a sewing rabbit? . This is Sgt. Pepper, the cutest little nuisance in the world. Every time I lay out fabric to cut, she run...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2014/01/sewing-bunny.html
This year I am going to try my very hardest to finish the HSF'14 challenges ahead of time. Last year I would spend the first week of the challenge period waffling back and forth on what to do. I'...
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My entry for HSF challenge #26 is definitely not a strict historical dress, but it's historically-inspired. My niece has been asking for a pink princess dress with long, puffy sleeves ever since ...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-princess-dress-for-little-princess.html
Getting back on track for the Historical Sew Fortnightly! My first challenge completed on time (or at all) since wayyy back in June. I'm hoping jumping back in now will make a nice smooth transit...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2013/12/one-meter.html
I'm super excited that the Historical Sew Fortnightly is continuing into the new year. Having made it just barely halfway through the first year I'm thirsty for another shot at beating the challe...
Well, I certainly didn't mean to disappear like that, but life has a way of disrupting plans. A busy summer of commissions and a dead computer made it almost impossible to keep up with the blog o...
I have been incredibly lax in my blogging these past weeks! It's been a whirlwind. On top of moving apartments I received two costume commissions from my job at Frightful Acts . I'm very excited ...
http://costumesbyophelia.blogspot.com/2013/06/catching-up.html