costumekullan

 So back in 2013 I posted about my Female Tusken  and that I had sold the mask and that my main goal was to build a new mask and start using the costume again in 2014. My old female tusken...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2024/02/female-tusken-mask-build.html

 So what am I looking forward to make in 2024? My body is going through changes, and I will probably not get my final body shape and weight after my operation this year. The normal development i...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2024/01/costume-plans-2024.html

 So it is time to sum up the costuming/sewing year of 2023. I have definitely felt that I haven't made a lot of things, especially for myself. The reason for that is very simple. I haven't been ...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-yearly-costume-recap-2023.html

 January: Back to the Beginning: Re-make one of your very first projects. Or make something that is the beginning of an entirely new outfit. Back when I started my 16th century costuming I of ...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/12/hsm-challenge-1-back-to-beginnings.html

 When it's cold it's nice to have something extra on your upper body. Over the years I have mainly used my red gollar, and for really cold times my pink cape. Now it's hard to wear both the coll...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/12/hsm-challenge-8-all-tied-up-wool-partlet.html

 With some time at home and some scrap wool I decided that I would do a pair of medieval mittens, since that would also help me complete one of the HSM challenges. A lot of image sources for m...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/12/hsm23-challenge-12-paired-to-perfection.html

So in order to finish the flat cap that I started here  I wanted to line it to make it warmer. I have a stash of fur pieces left, from when I made my pink furlined cape . It's old fur from a vin...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/11/hsm-challenge-5-hair-apparel-finished.html

 So it's now been 1,5 weeks since my gastric bypass. Everything went fine. I could go home the day after and I could stop with painkillers after just a few days. I am very tired though, and I do...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/11/renaissance-flat-cap.html

 So there isn't a lot of activity here anymore, and one big reason is that I haven't had a lot of passion for making new costumes. A big reason has been that I have not been happy with what has ...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/10/things-are-about-to-change.html

 As I am heading off for Medieval Week in Visby again I realized that I needed something for bathing. The beach in Visby is honestly not a bathing beach, but it's the water and it's nice to go d...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/07/beach-2023-or-1523.html

 For the last 2  years I have been in involved in recreating the victory parade of Gustav Vasa in 1523. Originally it was held on Midsummers Day, and a group of volunteers set off to make huge ...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/06/celebrating-500-years-of-swedish.html

 I don't have much time for sewing anymore, but with a huge event coming up in the end of June 2023, where I'm in the planning committee for recreating the 500th annversary of Gustav Vasa's vict...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/05/hsm2023-challenge-reality-is-unrealistic.html

So I had a pattern, and now it was time to cut into the main fabric. It's a olive wool twill and I cut them out on the bias. When cutting the pattern I realised that it must be way larger than I ...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/02/sewing-joined-16th-century-hose.html

 In about two weeks our 16th century guild has one of its annual feasts and for the first time in a couple of years we can be inside! I felt that this would be a good reason to finally make Davi...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/01/making-pattern-for-16th-century-joined.html

 As I said in my last post, where I recapped 2022, I haven't really found a balance to fit creating things into my new life in a partnership, and I am not happy with my body anymore. Due to that...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2023/01/plans-for-2023.html

 Looking back at 2022 my feeling is that I didn't do much, but what I did I was spectacular. The honest reason why my productivity has gone down is simple - I'm in a partnership now and there ...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-yearly-recap-what-did-i-do-2022.html

 So for the gown it took me some time to decide on what I wanted. Being an older bride I didn't want anything that was too much of a princess-style, but I still like a serious amount of fabric. ...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-wedding-attire-part-two-gown.html

 It has taken me quite a while to write about my wedding gown, but I just got the photos from the photographer, so here is the rundown of what I wore on my wedding gown. UNDERWEAR For the un...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/11/my-wedding-attire-part-one.html

 Yesterday I got married. And I will try and write about the wedding gown, but until I have better photos this is a first look.

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/09/i-am-married-woman.html

 So many years ago I bought pink wool to make a pink 16th century gown. It's been in my stash for a long time by now. Last year at medieval week in Visby I decided that I really wanted a new gow...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/08/finally-my-pink-gown.html

> OCTOBER: A PERFECT 10: It’s the HSM’s 10th anniversary, so > make something 10 themed. 10th century, the something-10s, something > that incorporates 10 of something...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/07/hsm22-challenge-10s-my-1916-underwear.html

 I have been intrigued by combinations, the one piece garment that combined the chemise with drawers to be the layer between the skin and the corset in the first decades of the 20th century. One...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/05/wearing-historys-1917-combinations.html

 I must say that I feel like this year I don't really stick to any plans when it comes to costuming, but I rather jump straight into projects. Over Easter me and David visited his parents and hi...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-16th-century-mans-jacket.html

 My big plan for Star Wars Celebration 2022 was to make an 18th century ensemble out of a Knitorious Toile fabric. When I realized that I wouldn't be able to go to SWC I decided to make this out...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/04/my-amalia-star-wars-jacket.html

 It took a lot longer than planned, and in the end I hurried them, but I did finish the 1780s stays. One thing that stalled me was when I couldn't find eyelets with washers in the right si...

https://costumekullan.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-finished-1780s-stays.html