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Time Traveling with Needles: June 2013
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Time Traveling with Needles. Adventures in Historical Costuming, and other tales of sewing, crafts, and real life. Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The Eleonora Gown - the final installment. I finished a couple of new accessories for my Eleonora dress, and had a bunch of new, amazing pictures taken by the incredible Daisy Viktoria. And her very talented personal photographer (aka boyfriend) Chris. Thanks Daisy and Chris! Here, I'm showing off my awesome Pianelle. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Time Traveling with Needles: November 2013
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Time Traveling with Needles. Adventures in Historical Costuming, and other tales of sewing, crafts, and real life. Friday, November 15, 2013. A Real Life Saxon Princess. When I met my co-worker's daughter Zoey, I kept thinking about how much she reminded me of the girl in this 1517 portrait by Lucas Cranach, Portrait of a Saxon Princess. Since this isn't an SCA gown, and since she's likely to outgrow it so quickly, it's made out of a polyester satin and cotton or acetate velvet. I think Zoey was very ple...
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Time Traveling with Needles: November 2012
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Time Traveling with Needles. Adventures in Historical Costuming, and other tales of sewing, crafts, and real life. Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Yet Another 1480s Florentine dress. But this time, I think I finally perfected my pattern! I've made two other attempts at this style, here. May I present the purple gown! This is my, "Ta da! I basically took the bodice pattern from this project. The skirt is still a giant rectangle knife pleated to the bodice. And on this gown, all stitches visible to the ex...