Everyone knows that I love my stripes. As well as my Sage Stripe Dress, I made a second striped dress in 2023. In an oxblood and white striped cotton shirting. I got some photos of it during the 2023 Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations, including some photos at Holmes Wharf while it was raining (I know,… Continue reading Peppermint Dress Photos
Tag: 1870s
Sage Stripe Photos
In 2023, as well as my Dressmaker's Dress, I made a sage and white striped natural form dress. I found a cotton lawn that was a pretty close green to the stripes in the cotton shirting and decided to play with adding some solid to the stripe. I also made 3 different bodices - a… Continue reading Sage Stripe Photos
The Dressmaker’s Dress Photos
In 2023 I made a natural form dress out of a blue and dark blue gingham cotton fabric. I ended up calling it my Dressmaker's Dress as I added a sewing chatelaine to it for the Victorian Fashion Show I organised and presented for the Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations. I had added a working class/occupational… Continue reading The Dressmaker’s Dress Photos
1870s Tartan Bustle Dress Photos
I took some photos of my 1870s Tartan Bustle Dress in 2021 when I was in Oamaru for the Unofficial Victorian Celebrations (the real Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations had been cancelled due to the uncertainty around Covid restrictions). I got some better photos during the 2022 Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations so I thought that I'd… Continue reading 1870s Tartan Bustle Dress Photos
Cherryblossom Dress Photos
I made the Cherryblossom Dress in 2022 and never posted photos of me wearing it. So it makes sense to revisit this dress first as I work on reviving the blog. I got some photos of it during the Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations in 2022 (and I have a post about that year's celebrations coming… Continue reading Cherryblossom Dress Photos
Cherryblossom Dress: The Overskirt
After completing my Underskirt, with all of its layers of ruffles, it was time to start on the overskirt. Obviously, this was going to need ruffles too, and I wanted to make a double apron front (like I had done for my 1870s Tartan Dress, and for my Blueberry), as it gave me an excuse… Continue reading Cherryblossom Dress: The Overskirt
Cherryblossom Dress: The Underskirt
You will have seen my post about the hat I made for the Cherryblossom Dress, and now here is a post about the first garment completed - the very ruffly Underskirt! When I first started working with my fabric for the Cherryblossom Dress I knew that it demanded ruffles and definitely not pleats - which… Continue reading Cherryblossom Dress: The Underskirt
Cherry Blossom Dress: The Hat
Usually, accessories are the things we leave until the end of creating our dresses, an afterthought on occasion that we scrabble to get made on the edge of our project deadline. Oddly, however, the hat for my Cherry Blossom Dress is the first item that I have completed for this project. Probably because I got… Continue reading Cherry Blossom Dress: The Hat
Escape From 2021
Due to the Covid Restrictions still in play while New Zealand battles the Delta Outbreak that started in August, the committee organising the Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations decided it was best to cancel the event for this year. A crushing blow for anyone, like me, who had been using the event as the light at… Continue reading Escape From 2021
1870s Tartan Bustle Photoshoot
While I was in Oamaru last month (which you can read about here) I took advantage of the beautiful and lovely Public Gardens for a mini photoshoot for the V-neck iteration of this year’s Tartan Bustle Dress. Here is a selection of the photographs 📸 It was so lovely to be able to dress up… Continue reading 1870s Tartan Bustle Photoshoot
