I've heard a lot of good things about the Bootstrap Fashion DIY dress form pattern, and decided to try it out for myself.

Anyone who has researched cloth diapering knows there are seemingly infinite methods, types, and systems. Overwhelming, to say the least.

I have never found out the gender of my babies before their birth, and I must say, the historical world was pro when it came to gender...

I love this blouse. It has been everything I hoped it would be, and more! Read on to see how I sewed it.

I’ve wanted a lacy Edwardian blouse for some time, especially as I was lacking nice shirts to wear with my skirts. This was planned to be...

It seems I have a problem with chemise-type garments. I assume they will be an easy project, and then they end up . . . hard. Very hard.

I have now been wearing this dressing gown for almost two months and I love it. I made it especially for postpartum wear, and it helps me...

I created this dressing gown to wear after the birth of my newest baby, in those early postpartum days when simply getting dressed takes...

Orange has never been “my” colour. However, when inspiration struck to make an 18th century jacket, I was drawn to make it in a nice deep...

I love this jacket, now. However, it was a project which really tested my boundaries from the start.

After discovering “Lucy’s Corsetry” Youtube channel a few years ago, I was filled with curiosity that anyone would enjoy wearing corsets.

I was gazing enviously at a beautiful Victorian corset on Instagram, when I noticed the stunning chemise underneath. It was an 1840’s . . .

I love the look of pleated, eighteenth century petticoats. I also love their function: they look polished, have a nice tailored waistband...

Sharing my personal story of how I learned to sew, as well as how sewing came to be such an important part of my life.

Preface this by saying that this jacket was never going to be Regency-inspired. It started out as my “1840’s jacket mock-up” which also...

The lovely thing abut designing a Regency dress is that they are so much more forgiving than clothing of other eras.

I have owned Jill Salen’s ”Corsets” pattern book for a few years now, and the hand-sewn linen “jumps” project always appealed to me.

Here I try on an 1840s inspired jacket mock-up and make some necessary improvements.

The following article is about a historically inspired “little black dress” which followed the opposite chain of events.