About Me

Per the first post, I’m not new to crafty stuff, but I am new to displaying my endeavors for public criticism on the web. My hope is that others with costuming talents will offer words of wisdom to my apprentice ears.

I first learned to work a stitch when my mother refused to hem my uniform skirts in grade school. While I was allowed near the machine, those skirts were not. The time of borrowing machines from family members finally reached an end in the summer of 2007, when I saved enough for a machine of my very own. I’ve been unstoppable ever since, hemming, mending, and playing around with any fabric that crosses my path.  I plan on using commercial patterns to get me by, but I am toying with drafting my own patterns to get the look that I want without certain unnecessary shortcuts.  There are wonderfully talented costumers out there who put their own tips and tricks on the web, and I’ve learned a lot from them already.

My interest in the not-quite-so-local renaissance faire has always been great, but I only got the chance to visit in the last few years for whatever reason. Now, I’m hooked. If I have an outfit for every themed weekend, I’ll be a happy person, but it’s about quality, not quantity.  My wonderful husband serves as a willing, supportive garb model for our outings, and our friends are not opposed to items for their own closets.  My daughter is too young to complain, so she’s been thrown into the costuming maelstrom as well.

This could be a long, happy road.

My sewing area (the Tower) houses two sewing machines (Brother Innov-is 950D and Singer 2732), a serger (Brother 1034D), loads of plastic storage, a folding table, cork project board, S.A.R…A (Shasta’s Anatomical Replica…Almost), books, and other crafting necessities.