All summer this website has been limping along with one post a week and BAM! this week I shared three different projects. I've been in a rut about any home DIY since last spring. But this week someone or something lit a match under me. I'll post all the direct links to the three posts at the bottom of the page. Today I'm painting a bathroom. Saturday Smiles Get It Done. Saturday Smiles Get It Done I'm trying to also get organized BEFORE the holiday rush begins. I've been cleaning out ... View the Post
A Downton Abbey Inspired Dress
Thank you everyone for all of your kind comments on my recent Fall Home Tour. As promised here is A Downton Abbey Inspired Dress. I have mentioned a few times that I am a member of the D/FW Costumers Guild. We attend several events a year together. An early fall outing was planned to attend Monet At The Kimball. The exhibit focused on the artists' last works from 1913 to 1926. I decided to create a dress style from the late Edwardian/early teens era. As such a dress would take a bit of time and ... View the Post
Saturday Smiles A Stitch In Time
Hello sweet friends! How has another week come and gone? Being on the road for five weeks has made this summer truly fly by. Since my return home last week I have said every day that I will write another post besides Saturday Smiles. But I am still working 16 hour days and find little time to do so. The good news is that many of those hours have been spent on projects I hope to feature very soon. Until then, enjoy Saturday Smiles A Stitch In Time. I returned home to a mountain of ... View the Post
Saturday Smiles Let’s Dress Up
Greetings from Costume College! I arrived in L.A. on Thursday and it has been a true whirlwind. My mind is flooded with goodness which has spilled over into Saturday Smiles Let's Dress Up. Saturday Smiles Let's Dress Up You have GOT to see the Dazzling Color Photos of the Legendary Romanov Costume Ball of 1903. The ball was held in February 1903, at the winter palace in St. Petersburg. Members of the Romanov dynasty and the cream of the Russian aristocracy attended what is considered to be ... View the Post
A Fun Summer Frock
It has been HOT and HUMID here in Texas! I love to simply slide on a cool cotton dress if I have to run an errand. This is truly A Fun Summer Frock featuring a floral fabric embellished with rick rack. Advance Pattern 7753 I had found the vintage Advance Pattern 7753, as well as the vintage fabric, a few months ago at an estate sale. I think I spent a whopping ONE DOLLAR for both items. The Advance Pattern Company released sewing patterns from 1933 until 1966. The patterns were sold ... View the Post
How To Find Historic Costuming Friends
Six years ago I visited Colonial Williamsburg. While there I purchased a hat and pattern to sew an 18th-century dress. I shared the outcome at Halloween with rousing success. Then two years went by before I presented Becoming Jane. I loved the research and the process of creating historical clothing. But I didn't do it year-round because what was the point? No one close shared my interests and there was nowhere to actually wear the garments. That changed when I moved to Texas and ... View the Post
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