Take a sneak peek into the daily going-ons in our fashion studio!
We are instituting a few new policies for our film and television clientele: Special Order/Custom Order garments All special and custom order garments are completed on first come first serve scheduling. Please contact us for current availability. Our completion time…
If you have been keeping up with our progress on Facebook regarding the Cattle Ranch Baroness gown, you have seen the steps involved from sketch to final project. However, I would like to dedicate a blog post to the details…
Where the historical magic (used to) happen! Looking back at the old studio! (images from 2009)
This month, we made a early 20th century walking suit for a museum in Kentucky. The interpreter portrays a suffragette and asked for two long hidden pockets in the back of her skirt to hide clubs in! Apparently, these ladies…
I am excited to announce we now have over 40 new styles of authentic reproduction cotton prints in stock! These prints are from textiles collections of the American Textile History Museum, the New England Quilt Museum, and Julie Rothermel’s Civil…
I am very excited to announce I have begun working with a new fabric vendor who specializes in reproduction period prints! Here are three new patterns now available in the studio! From left to right: Two stripes suitable for 1830s…
Sometimes a good idea just has to wait. And when it does, I keep a sketchbook on hand for those moments of great inspiration. Like a writer, I quickly record what is in my mind, making as many notes about…
Last fall a groundhog whom I affectionately named Mr. Tiggly Winkles made a home under my studio. In the Spring, Mr. Tiggly Winkles emerged from his winter den and began nibbling on the grass surrounding my studio. Suddenly, another little…