Making Corsets is a Cinch with Electra Designs!Electra Designs makes incredible corsets and now Alexis is looking for funding so she can share her skills with the rest of us.Vists the kickstarter page
I had a very enjoyable day yesterday, pootling down the Gloucester Road in Bristol looking in charity shops and eating scrummy cakes with the husband. It was a lovely day, despite the cold, and I cam...
So I finally got around to making a oair of knickers, and do you know, it wasnt as hard as I thought itd be.I picked Wearing Historys Panties pattern, which doesnt seem to be available anymore. Its a...
Back at the start of 2011 I made 7 resolution, unfortunately, I failed to achieve most of them...Im wondering if I should try again this year.2011 resolutions;1. Sew at least 12 garments in 2011.I ma...
So, the Christmas parties are done and dusted, the trees come down and the diets started. I for one an glad were back to normality, though I am going to miss the lights!I attended a couple of so...
Now that the gift exchanging is over and done with, I can talk about a skirt I made as a present. I wasnt sure what to buy, so, knowing that the lady in question likes a 50s dress, thought Id make he...
How did Christmas get to be only a week away? We still dont have our tree or any decorations up! I would have been blogging about everything Ive been doing for the last couple of weeks (mainly crafti...
I was fitted for a new bra recently and realised Ive reached somewhat epic proportions. Although its somewhat depressing to know no regular lingerie companies provide for my size, getting a better br...
Ive been too busy to blog of late - between working, sewing and sleeping Im not getting the time to post anything!Ive been doing a lot of costume making recently, which has been great fun but has tie...
I mentioned a while ago that wed had a new kitchen installed, well here are the pictures!We went with IKEA, since theyre very cheap, and we were impressed with the quality - I have a friend who had a...
Rewatching True Blood season 2, I was struck (again) by how fabulous Lorena always looks.This burnt orange number is fantasticI do dislike the way that most of the vamps dress like 90s metallers...
My Grandmother is wonderful. While this is something Ive always known, I have come to appreciate it even more recently, when Ive been going through the Ton of clothes I grabbed from her house followi...
As I mentioned in a previous post I happened to accidently do some shopping in Primark recently. Im doing my best not to spend any money right now but I saw a variety of lovely clothes that I couldnt...
I got to join a friend at an Oktoberfest party last night, and had a wonderful time!I thought I would enter into the spirit of things by dressing up, and managed to cobble this together in a week. Th...
Yesterday was the second of my photography classes (part 1 here). This weeks assignment was black and white and it was certainly a challenge.I tried to look at objects which were obvious with colour,...
As I mentioned yesterday, I went out with some very lovely ladies for one or two drinks in Bristol this weekend.It just so happened that, only hours before getting the invite, I had been passing thro...
When I was invited out for a night on the tiles this weekend, I knew I wanted to wear my new 30s style dress (more on that later) and obviously had to do some styling to suit it.Ive had Vintage Hairs...
Which is just as well, since autumn has blown in with cold and wet being the new daily default, all day, every day. Bleugh. Roll on winter I say!But, as I was saying, I need never leave the house aga...
Im taking a 6 week course in developing your eye for photography at the moment. Each week were being given an assignment and have to bring 5 pictures with us to the next class for discussion.Th...
Ive started a new blog - Costumes by Lauren - to chronical my costuming exploits.Most of them will be historically based, but with some creative license allowed. Theres nothing much up there yet but ...
...you dont see one for ages and then 2 come along at once!The versatile blogger award is one Ive seen doing the rounds for a while now, and then in the last (several) weeks Reana Louise and Jen but ...
As I mentioned a few days ago, I made my first sale on Etsy this week. I dont have much up there, and I havent been doing much marketing at all but I was still getting a bit upset that I hadnt sold a...
Ack. Three weeks since my last post and all Im saying today is that I wont be posting for a while...My laptops gone and stopped working and I expect itll be several days, if not a week before Im back...
As I mentioned in my last post, I made my first pair of trousers at the weekend. Id been out all day and realised on my way home that I didnt have the trousers Id been intending to wear for the punti...
There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.Kenneth GrahameIve always loved boats and water and after watching Brideshead revisited one too many ...
You know those patterns that some bloggers cant help but use time and time again (Im looking at you, Karen)? Well I finally have one of those myself!The EvaDress 650 1934 blouse is, on the face ...
how terrible the events in Norway on Friday were, and how horrified I am.I know I have a fair few readers from Norway, so I just wanted to say that I hope you and all of your loved ones are...
Ive mentioned a couple of times recently how Ive been feeling down in the dumps, but actually Ive been starting to feel better this last week or so, and thought I should say a little about whats...
Yup, thats right, I wore two outfits in two days. Fancy.What is worth mentioning is that I actually managed to take two pictures in one weekend. Its some kind of record. What probably isnt surprising...
Another delayed post - I feel like Im constantly in a timewarp! Aside from the 1940s clothes that is...Last week was Pride week in Bristol, a week of arts and culture events celebrating lesbian,...
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