New McCall’s Costume Sewing Patterns for Spring/Summer 2020
Hi everyone! After talking about the new costume sewing patterns from McCall’s patterns, I wanted to talk about the costume patterns that were new for the Spring and Summer 2020. I didn’t talk about them earlier because I didn’t have…
New McCall’s Costume Sewing Patterns for August 2020
Hi everyone! After my last sewing pattern themed post about the new rebranding of The McCall Pattern Company, I wanted to talk about something less investigative: McCall’s has new costume patterns. This collection of sewing patterns include two new Angela…
2020 Renaissance Festival Costume Update- Festival Update and Future Costume Sewing and Blog Plans
On Sunday, March 15, 2020, the Governor of Arizona announced a mandate that required there be no gathering over 50 people within the state of Arizona for eight weeks. This was done to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. This…
The Quest to Find Fabric for a 2020 Renaissance Festival Costume
It’s mid February and that means so many things, including the Arizona Renaissance Festival is open! I plan on going this year, but after years of illness and body weight/shape/size problems, none of my beloved costumes will fit me. I’m…
- Belle, Costume, Day of the Moon, Disney, Historical Fashion, My Blog, Orignal Costume, Outlander, Renaissance Festival Costume, River Song, Sewing
Costuming Sewing Plans for 2020
It’s almost 2020 and it’s time to start planning for new sewing projects. I’m not sure what kind of general sewing projects I want to work on, but I already have an idea of what kind of costumes I would…
Thoughts on McCall’s M7965- Potential Fit Issues, Underthings, & More
Hi everyone! It’s been way too long since I talked about sewing anything. I talked about my sewing break in my post here, but since that post the only thing I had time to make was a scarf I’m knitting.…
Daenerys Targaryen Wedding Dress
While going through my old rough draft post here on my blog, I found this post from 2015 that I never got around to post. Looking back on 2015, I can honestly say that year was not a very good…
- Costume, Doctor Who, Elizabeth i, Mirror Mirror, My Blog, Rose Tyler, Sewing, Snow White, The Empty Child, The Idiot's Lantern
Costumes I Want to Remake- Spring 2018
Hi everyone! I’m slowly finishing all the sewing projects I want to write posts about, so as a sewing post filler, I decided to talk about which costumes I made in the past and want to remake in the future.…
Clara’s Cold War Dress- Second Version Part 1
A few years ago, I made my own version of Clara Oswald’s dress in the Doctor Who episode, Cold War. While I made it, I hated how it was turning out and, after completing it, I hated the way it…
Elizabethan Whovian Hat
It’s been a year since I started working on my Elizabethan Whovian costume. During that time I’ve worked on it on and off, but progress on it has been slow partly because I ran into more problems with the bodice…
