Madame Modiste Historic-ish Costuming (drinking champagne while wearing a pretty dress)

I'm finally going to Ft. Fred!  Will it be cold or hot?  Who knows!  I decided to make a cotton riding habit.  If it's warm, I won...

Is it possible I haven't posted in a year??  I don't believe it! Using the Truly Victorian early Edwardian patterns, I made this 1...

Honoring the Titanic was not finished with the Epic Titanic Dinner I posted about earlier.  No!  I met up with some friends at a local theat...

It's been a while, but I have been sewing a bit, I promise.  I attended the kind of event I've dreamed of for a long time: an elegan...

I put together an 18th c. dinner party at the William Penn Inn with a group of fabulous ladies!  For the occasion, I finally made the black ...

I've finally joined the bandwagon and made a Regency dress and spencer!  Here I am wearing it at a Pumpkin themed tea event.  The dress ...

I was inspired by the dress seen several times on May Welland in The Age of Innocence.  Mine is made from a black with white stripe cotton a...

Last year I found a red satin embossed with a crocodile print.  So crazy that I had to have it!  I was inspired by the Pingat red day dress ...