The Earth Is Flat: & Other Dressmaking Conventions

So, what indispensable item of gentlemanly flash can be cobbled together from a few cool bits and bobs bought on e-bay? Well it all started ...

I am indebted to Graverobbergirl and her blog "Just Another Crafting Blog" for the title of this post! I read with interest her po...

Isn't he just...yummy? So, this is pattern #43-Boen's doublet #2. I decided to close it with hooks and eyes so I could actually hav...

Boen's (Clarence) second doublet all hemmed - done. Boen's third doublet has become a jerkin instead--due to lack of fabric--but it ...

Let's see... Stained our two folding x-chairs, check. Stitched up Clarence's second doublet, check. Pictures soon? ... I sure hope so!

2 cushions for our folding chairs-check. Cut out and started pinning C's 2nd doublet-check. Prewashed the blue linen for C's 4th dou...

I'll admit that the doublet is coming together really easily. I'm following advice I read in a pattern review on the Internet and us...

Having recently aquired a husband I've discovered I also aquired a costuming challenge, to wit, sewing garb for a man. A pretty skinny m...