A Bergère Style Sunhat
While most Scandinavians love the sun – not surprising in a place where it’s dark much of the year – I prefer staying in the shade. I burn fairly easily, and the strong light has given me headaches...
View ArticleA Nursing Friendly Nightgown in Teal
My pink nursing friendly nightgown was, sadly, getting very worn out, and I needed a new one. The pink one has been extremely comfortable and most practical to breastfeed in, so I wanted the new one to...
View ArticleThe Disney Dirndl Challenge
Sometimes you wish you could bring the flair, cut, construction and finishing techniques of historical clothing, and the magic of Disney costumes, into real life. A dirndl is almost something in...
View ArticleBelle’s Blue Dress – Second Version
My first ever blog post (nine years ago almost to the day) was about Belle’s blue dress from the animated The Beauty and the Beast from 1991. I made it way back in 2007 and had the pictures in the blog...
View ArticleThe Merida Dirndl
Last spring I sort of started The Disney Dirndl Challenge, as a way to bring “the flair, cut, construction and finishing techniques of historical clothing, and the magic of Disney costumes, into real...
View ArticleThe Tartan Caramel Dress
Last autumn I started making a new winter dress from some caramel coloured wool from my stash and a piece of tartan wool I got at a charity shop – blue and brown are my favourite colours, and they...
View ArticleThe Wheel of Time – Aiel Wise One Cosplay
Last winter, I made a cosplay from the fantasy series The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan. WoT cosplay is rather obscure, as there is little but descriptions in the books and some fan art to go on, but...
View ArticleReturn of the Livkjol II
Back in 2012 I made a wool dress based on folk costumes from the very south of Sweden. These dresses were called livkjolar, literally “bodiced skirts”, and were worn over long sleeved linen shifts. I...
View ArticleThe Dust Bunny Dress
Drab colours like greys and browns are some of my favourites to wear, and the challenge to make clothes that are pretty to others than just myself despite the dull shades is fun. I had long meant to...
View ArticleA Witchy Bonnet
As you may know, I am a huge Harry Potter fan and like making witch costumes. Well, mostly it’s my real clothes that I combine in somewhat more witchy ways or add witchy details to. I’ve long been...
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