Hello,
I have not been on here for a while. I have made some progress on the corded petticoat. I am about 3/4 of the way finished. I have also almost completed a bustle dress for the museum that I volunteer at.
I have gotten my pattern for my civil war dress, material, trim, my busk, and stays for my new corset.
I am so excited to get started. I have a lot to get finished and only about month to get it all finished.
Wish me luck.
shpgr
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
1870's bustle dresses
Here are a few of the dress that I have made so far. Please keep in mind that I am just starting out in this costuming world.
ENJOY!
This is the very first dress that I had made. I made this hat as well. Picture is not the best, sorry.
I also have a bustle to go with this next outfit, but I don't have any pictures.
This is my second dress that I made. Please don't look at the wrinkles I had been in a car for two hours and out at an event all day.
I made the hat and jabot as well.
The older lady is Kentucky Annie! One of the Dixie Lee dancers, who has been performing for at least 20 years or more. She is why I always wanted to be a reenactor.
I have more pics of my Christmas dress, but I have yet to move into the technological age with a new digital camera and have to get the film developed.
ENJOY!
This is the very first dress that I had made. I made this hat as well. Picture is not the best, sorry.
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I also have a bustle to go with this next outfit, but I don't have any pictures.
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| This is my Witches costume for Halloween. |
Sick and tired
Hello,
Just wanted to update on the corded petticoat. Well, I have not made much progress. I was sick and then I decided to go house shopping. But mostly I am not really for sure how to make a corded petticoat. If any of you would have any advice on what steps I should take.
On other news. I have purchased my fabric and pattern for my civil war dress that I need for April. I am very excited to get started.
Also I hope to make a dress form (body double) with a help from a good friend.
Well Have a bless day.
Lots of Love
D
Just wanted to update on the corded petticoat. Well, I have not made much progress. I was sick and then I decided to go house shopping. But mostly I am not really for sure how to make a corded petticoat. If any of you would have any advice on what steps I should take.
On other news. I have purchased my fabric and pattern for my civil war dress that I need for April. I am very excited to get started.
Also I hope to make a dress form (body double) with a help from a good friend.
Well Have a bless day.
Lots of Love
D
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Corded Petticoat.
Hello,
Okay here goes. I have decided to make a corded petticoat. *gulp.* I just purchased the muslin and cording I hope to have it finished in a few days. I think that I will be using the technique from a blog. That is all for today. I will keep you updated.
Lots of love,
D
Okay here goes. I have decided to make a corded petticoat. *gulp.* I just purchased the muslin and cording I hope to have it finished in a few days. I think that I will be using the technique from a blog. That is all for today. I will keep you updated.
Lots of love,
D
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
New year New Blog
Hello,
It is a new year and I think that I am going to change my blog to focus on my adventures in Historical Dress making. My next project is going to be a 1860's sheer civil war dress. I am so excited. I have made about 5 dresses from the 1870's for my reenacting at a Living history museum here. I hope to keep you up to date with my endeavors in to the dressmaking adventures.
It is a new year and I think that I am going to change my blog to focus on my adventures in Historical Dress making. My next project is going to be a 1860's sheer civil war dress. I am so excited. I have made about 5 dresses from the 1870's for my reenacting at a Living history museum here. I hope to keep you up to date with my endeavors in to the dressmaking adventures.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Today
Hey there world,
It's me again.
Had a good, but weird night at work. Okay I have been at this new job thing for two months.. Let me just say not a fan of it. I love the work that I am doing, but I am very funny person and all of my coworkers are very negative, never crack jokes, everything is "well Shit." Yes, I might have worked in the hospital for 11 years but I was not the nurse. I don't know all of the little things that going into my job and I can learn if you just tell me and going over it the first week on the job with a hypothetical situation does not work for me. I feel so dissatisfied right now. I thought that it would get better. I know that I hate change. But I didn't think that the transition would be so frustrating. I have found myself becoming very short tempered with my preceptor and I don't like to be like that.
I just don't know what to do to make it better. I really would like to stay, but I just don't know.
Well thanks again for letting me put this out there.
It's me again.
Had a good, but weird night at work. Okay I have been at this new job thing for two months.. Let me just say not a fan of it. I love the work that I am doing, but I am very funny person and all of my coworkers are very negative, never crack jokes, everything is "well Shit." Yes, I might have worked in the hospital for 11 years but I was not the nurse. I don't know all of the little things that going into my job and I can learn if you just tell me and going over it the first week on the job with a hypothetical situation does not work for me. I feel so dissatisfied right now. I thought that it would get better. I know that I hate change. But I didn't think that the transition would be so frustrating. I have found myself becoming very short tempered with my preceptor and I don't like to be like that.
I just don't know what to do to make it better. I really would like to stay, but I just don't know.
Well thanks again for letting me put this out there.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
New Job
Hey there world,
I haven't been on in some time. Well I have started a new job. I am a Pediatric nurse and only been on the job about two weeks. I was having a blast up until this past weekend. Where I took care a previous coworkers family member. According to her my assessment skill are sub par. When I asked her specifically what I could improve upon she was unable to give me a definitive answer. I was hurt and worried that I am not doing a good enough job. I want to excel at this and how can I learn if I am not informed on what I can improve on? This life choice of being a nurse, a pediatric one at that is so important. I don't want to be just satisfactory, but I want to do as much as I can to my life for my patient as good as I can.
I have found the transition to this position not difficult, but interesting. I see my friends (family) everyday that I work, but I don't interact with them as I once did. What I mean by this is that I worked with the same people for the past nine years. With that long of time those individuals become part of you and you become part of them. I miss my friends and being able to bounce stuff off of them. I know that I am using this blog as a pissing board sorry about that.
Well thanks for letting me send this out there.
I know that tomorrow will be fresh with no mistakes in it!
D
I haven't been on in some time. Well I have started a new job. I am a Pediatric nurse and only been on the job about two weeks. I was having a blast up until this past weekend. Where I took care a previous coworkers family member. According to her my assessment skill are sub par. When I asked her specifically what I could improve upon she was unable to give me a definitive answer. I was hurt and worried that I am not doing a good enough job. I want to excel at this and how can I learn if I am not informed on what I can improve on? This life choice of being a nurse, a pediatric one at that is so important. I don't want to be just satisfactory, but I want to do as much as I can to my life for my patient as good as I can.
I have found the transition to this position not difficult, but interesting. I see my friends (family) everyday that I work, but I don't interact with them as I once did. What I mean by this is that I worked with the same people for the past nine years. With that long of time those individuals become part of you and you become part of them. I miss my friends and being able to bounce stuff off of them. I know that I am using this blog as a pissing board sorry about that.
Well thanks for letting me send this out there.
I know that tomorrow will be fresh with no mistakes in it!
D
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