I decided to take the plunge and set up a modest Patreon account, where you can get advance reading, give input, and see special material. It is set up for those of you who can and want to support my creative efforts, even though I can’t promise lavish rewards.
Read MoreTonight I started work on a Viking hood in the style of the Skjold harbour Viking hood find. Free Viking hood pattern.
Read MoreI have published a very short tutorial with a basic medieval open hood pattern, instructions on how to customize the pattern, and ideas for simple pattern variations. Using that pattern you should be able to make a hood that fits like the open hood I made for myself.
Read MoreHand sewn Viking baby booties, with wool felt outer and linen interior. Free pattern is available to download.
Read MorePlease forgive all the dust and disarray and missing images around my site. Â After the most recent update to the NextGEN plugin for WordPress, it is now completely dysfunctional, and no page where it is running will load properly. Â I have more than a thousand images loaded into NextGEN, and I must move them to
Read MoreThe first part of that material is something I’ve been asked for time and time again, a piece on pattern drafting. This only begins to scratch the surface of the subject of corset pattern drafting, but starting from scale patterns and pattern modification is a great way to cut your teeth on the subject. By starting with a scale or other existing pattern, you don’t have to guess about shape, and can familiarize yourself with how the lines of the pattern affect the final design of the corset.
Read MoreI have been ill for six years, disabled for two, and have only now finally received a diagnosis. The path to that diagnosis has been a constant battle with the health care system in the US, its reluctance to treat those who don’t have financial resources to bleed, and its reluctance to acknowledge that my
Read MoreI give some tips for drafting a gored corset pattern which will probably be most helpful to people who already know how to draft their own basic corsets, or at least already have a vertical panel corset pattern they know fits.
Read MoreI have set up a new email newsletter! I’m planning to send a new newsletter every 1-2 weeks. It will summarize current projects, recently posted information and tutorials, and inform of upcoming workshops, shows, and other events, allowing you, my valued readers, to stay informed on my current events without checking an RSS or other
Read MoreTo make a long story short, all sewing commissions are temporarily closed. I am working on the corset orders already arranged, and I welcome inquiries, but I cannot commit to new commissions at this time. I do not know when I will open my business to new orders again. The long story sounds like the
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