Masqurade costume – dragon

For my 30th birthday I wanted to have one of those Halloween parties I always had as a kid. Lately I've had an internship at Gothenburgs opera house at their costume department. We've been working on Andrew Loyd Webbers classic "Phantom of the opera", and in the "masqurade"-scene there is a beautiful dragon costume one …

18th century wig

Last sunday I was given the opportunity to attend to an event with historical clothing as the given theme. Since we haven't made whole outfits at school yet (Costume for stage and historical clothing - Tillskärarakademin, Gothenburg) we were allowed to borrow a few costumes from their collection. Mine was like a big pink caramel, …

Embroidered hood with pewter buttons

One of the most beautiful accessories to your 14th century outfit in my opinion, is a proper hood! It's a very easy pattern to make witch let you have some more time for decoration! My noble husband posing! This is a pattern for a loose hood witch could be pulled on without a front opening. …

Women hose

  This is a pattern I've taken from the fantastic book "The Medieval Tailor's Assistant" by Sarah Thursfield. It has combined half-sole and side gussets and was fairly easy to make into a good fit! When you're making a pair of hose you have to cut the fabric on the bias. This is very important …

1920’s Gatsby flapper outfit

R and me exchanged the "I do's" for a couple of months ago, and we did so in the sign of Gatsbys era 1920's. It was....well...I have no words. As the clichés; The best day of my life! I wore several dresses, this one is for manage dancing since the entré-dress was going to have a …

Various historical underwear

I've made a proper linen underwear that goes to my 14th c. kirtle. I took the pattern from the kirtle for the sleeves and half bodice to get a good close fit but still with space for movement. The sleeves are "Charles de Blois"-sleeves with the "elbow hinge" which allows better movement and your able …

Belly dance costume

The 13th of June I married the love of my life and this is one of the many costumes I wore under the evening. Late in the evening I wanted to preform for our guest with some bellydance and off course I needed a brand new belly dance costume!   This is actually my very …

1920’s feather fan

Now I will show you a quick way to make your own 1920's feather fan! This one took less than a couple of hours to make 🙂 Start with a regular fan you usually get on ebay or souvernir shops and cut of most of the fabric that is glued on to the...eh...beams? Why I …

Facelift for shoes

Even if I have had a truck load of projects in front of me, I felt I needed to brake off with something totally different! Shoooes...........I have a few that I don't use anymore. Why not make a do-redo on a pair?! I chose a pair of wedges I bought online several years ago. Some …

How to make a 3D star

This star is pretty easy to make. Just make sure that it's a perfect star with exact measurements.  I made it easy for myself and googled "star" and printed out ^^ Think about that the arms can't be straight like THIS ONE. It has to be slightly tilted LIKE THIS. Make yourself two stars on …