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2018 plans
I’ve already done the 2017 in review, so now it’s time to look ahead! I actually haven’t made too many specific plans for this year yet, but I do have a couple of ‘unfinished’ projects. These have...
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A Ball in Brussels
A while back, I received information about a ball being held in Brussels by the Società di Danza, an Italian organisation for historical dances. There would be a rehearsal evening the day before the...
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Victorian Picnic
At the beginning of the year, one of my goals was to visit more costuming events. So far that’s been quite successful, I’ve already been to three historical balls, which is two more than last year!...
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Wearing the 1780s dress – Salon de la Societe Raffinee & Winterball at castle...
I already posted pictures of my finished 1780s dress, but not yet of the event I wore it to in October. Last weekend, I wore the dress a second time, with some small changes. So it’s time for a post on...
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New-year ball in Ghent
As mentioned in my 1830’s dress post, I wore it to the new-year’s ball in Ghent. The theme was 1830-1860 this year, and it was the perfect excuse to finally make this dress. The ball is held in the...
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Victorian Picnics 2 & 3
About a week ago, we held another Victorian picnic, the 3rd already! That also made me realize I haven’t actually blogged about the second one either, so here’s a post making up for that! For a little...
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The Isabella Dress
End of June I visited Edinburgh, to attend the event at the National Museum of Scotland where a team of dressmakers recreated the Isabella MacTavish Fraser dress. This is one of those rare surviving...
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CoCoVid – All about Chintz!
Many of you have probably heard of CoCoVid, the initiative by the costube community to bring a little of costume college to YouTube. I loved the idea as soon as I heard it (I’ve never been to costume...
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1880s Gold Bustle dress – All done!
In my two previous posts, I shared the progress of making an 1880’s gold/black bustle dress. I’ve had the gold fabric for this dress for a while. The occasion to finally make this was a private...
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1910 – A dotted day dress
In June of this year, I had the opportunity to volunteer as ‘set dressing’ for the Kasteelfeesten at Castle D’Ursel. Held once every two years, this is a historical event with some reenactment,...
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