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Mirvana Makes Stuff: April 2013
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Book: BurdaStyle Sewing Vintage Modern. I have fallen behind in posting book reviews here, because I picked this one. Up shortly after it came out. If you got the first BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook. Meanwhile, I made two blouses from the blouse pattern in the BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook, like so:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A Dress A Day.
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: July 2014
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Tuesday, July 08, 2014. I made knot buttons for the Turkish coat. Friday, July 04, 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Looking for DarkThreads Military and Survival Gear? Animals Against the Odds. Robe à la Polonaise. View my complete profile. A Dress A Day. Gertie's New Blog for Better Sewing. The Chronicles of Mirvana. The Tom and Lorenzo Archives: 2006 -2011.
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: What a day in Cairo
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Saturday, May 09, 2015. What a day in Cairo. One can't spend a week in Cairo and not see the pyramids. I also went to the Egyptian Museum today. It was all worth the effort. I saw this statue in the museum. This man married a normal size woman. The small figures below him are depictions of his children. Ate lunch at a place called Andrea. It was very good. Then, wen...
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: July 2015
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Wednesday, July 08, 2015. I like a challenge, so I decided to make a corset for a friend of mine who has an extremely hourglass figure, and has difficulty finding corsets off the rack that fit right. I like how this turned out. The finished measurements on the corset are 52"-38"-48". Once again, I used the tried and true Laughing Moon. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: June 2013
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Wednesday, June 26, 2013. Kannik's 1812 Waistcoat in the field! Thanks to my friend, John, here you can see the finished Waistcoat in all its glory! I really like how this one turned out. Taken at Gennessee Country Museum. Thursday, June 20, 2013. Ottoman Turk coat is done! This is basically the look I was going for, except less fancy:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: July 2013
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Sunday, July 07, 2013. The Pennsic sewing continues. I'll just keep making stuff until time runs out. And my stash is far from running out. Husband doesn't have that much garb and he requested more ottoman Turkish stuff. Saturday, July 06, 2013. Westmoreland Arts Fest 2013. Westmoreland Arts Fest 2013. A set on Flickr. You're an Afghani nomad dress. I also got out t...
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: May 2013
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Monday, May 27, 2013. Kanniks Korner 1812 waistcoat done! So much hand sewing.I hope it fits. Sunday, May 19, 2013. Books: Shape Shape, and Drape Drape. Had my eye on both of these books for a while now, and they both have sequels out already, but I finally picked up the first volumes of each series. Saturday, May 18, 2013. Kanniks 1812 waistcoat: progress report.
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: August 2013
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Saturday, August 10, 2013. Some memorable garb moments from Pennsic 42. An old Italian Ren dress - still a favorite and so easy to wear. Here's that lovely long-sleeved Turkish Kaftan. Spotted at Vlad's "Drag Races" - this gown was impressive. Here's my flickr set -. Http:/ www.flickr.com/photos/mirvana/set. And, here's a playlist of videos on Youtube -.
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: After a week in Cairo
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Friday, May 08, 2015. After a week in Cairo. I won hearts and minds at the university. I just did what I always do - be myself. Genuine, and confident. I blew their minds. They never met an American like me before, and they will never forget me. Mission accomplished. Now I just have to do that two more weeks (at two other teach sites). Animals Against the Odds.
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Mirvana Makes Stuff: November 2013
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Sewing and costume design. Historical recreation. DIY fashion. Reuse, recycle, up-cycle. Travel, cooking, photography, and some other stuff. Monday, November 18, 2013. Travelog: New England Aquarium. I was in Boston a week ago. I got to check some things off my "to do" list like go to the New England Aquarium and I discovered some new and cool places to eat/drink in Boston and Salem. Otherwise, it was a chill weekend. I binge-watched the first season of. The neat thing about the. I also got to pet the.
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