Category: Stuff I Do

We are absolutely blessed in Minneapolis to have a very small chain of discount fabric stores. You may never know what SR Harris will be stocking at any particular time, but if what you need isn't exactly something you can buy off-the-shelf at Jo-Ann Fabrics, it's likely you can buy it there. It took us… Continue reading Midwinter Masque Part 3: Fabric Shopping

Having determined the answer was one corset, I had to start making the thing. When I was but a young costumer doing fest garb on the cheap, there was a technique we all could do mostly in our sleep (and often did): the duct tape corset pattern. None of us had dress forms, and couldn't… Continue reading Midwinter Masque Part 2: It Always Comes Down to Duct Tape

Once I decided what I wanted to do, the next question was “what are the appropriate underpinnings for these silhouettes?” For fest garb, I always started with my corset and shift. But houppelandes predate corsets - did I still want to wear one? Tabling that for a moment, did Shoryl want to wear one? While… Continue reading Midwinter Masque Part 1: Of Corsets