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Challenge #4 – Embellish!
The brief for this challenge – “Decorations make the historical garment glorious. Whether you use embroidery, trim, pleating, lace, buttons, bows, applique, quilting, jewels, fringe, or any other form...
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HSF Challenge 4 – Harem Pant
Inspiration Image Arg with these harem pants! The lovely, soft, drapey look may look effortless but I’m certainly not finding the construction to be so. First off, I’m not very familiar with pant...
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HSF – We we interrupt your normal programming to bring you this special...
This weekend was a bit of a write off given that my boyfriend proposed on Friday! This HSF will be a bit delayed but I’m still keen to finish it
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HSF Challenge #6 Stripes!
Sorry about the prolonged absence. The wedding planning has been a bit overwhelming over late. The first tears (not my own thankfully) have been shed over the engagement party but I’m hoping we’ve now...
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3 Month Check In
In my New Years Resolution post I was determined to change my slacker ways. Like most New Years resolutions this fallen by the wayside a bit but lately I’ve been trawling the costume blogs and getting...
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Belated HSF Literature Entry
They say things are better late than never! I have skipped a few and for that I am ashamed (more below about that) but I have been wanting to make something simple like this for the longest time. Here...
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Belated HSF Challenge #9 – Flora and Fauna
In my quiet time, I did finish off a UFO project, my 1860s day dress that I started over a year ago. The crinoline era was my first costuming love but recently I’ve found it hard to get excited about...
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Chimera – 2 Weeks and 4 costumes to go
On the weekend of the 30th August – 1st September, I will be joining 180 like minded fellows for NZ’s biggest annual LARPing convention, Chimera. For the un-initiated, it’s just like period reenactment...
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Chimera Progress Report – 1 Down
I need to start getting faster at each of these as my to do list is still far too long! I technically have 9 days till show time but I know that I have a few commitments in that time. But I am happy to...
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