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The BUB – Butt Ugly Brigade

The BUB – Butt Ugly Brigade

Posted on August 17, 2018May 22, 2019

In the last year or so conversations have come up regarding bullying and unkindness happening – more often than before – in our small community. My post on perfectionism touched on how striving for the (elusive) perfect costume project can blind us in applying our own rules of historical accuracy to everyone else’s creative work. Read More...

Posted in Jen's Musings, Spreading the Joy Tagged BUB, Motivation 108 Comments
Costume College 2018

Costume College 2018

Posted on August 3, 2018August 3, 2018

Another annual event is on the books… and it was WONDERFUL!! Honestly, it felt really good to be back after a three year hiatus. That’s an enormous canyon of time when you’ve been attending an event since 2000 and it’s now 2018. You may remember I had a baby in 2016 just a month before Read More...

Posted in Jen's Musings Tagged Costume College, Dirndl, Motivation, Projects 20 Comments
​Sewing Room Tasks NOT To Do When Angry

​Sewing Room Tasks NOT To Do When Angry

Posted on July 9, 2017August 7, 2019

We all have those – I’ll call them moments – when our blood boils and we escape to the sewing room to blow off some steam. (That, or we have a pressing deadline so move to the sewing room because we have to.) When this happens it’s a good idea to know what you shouldn’t Read More...

Posted in Jen's Musings Tagged Motivation, Sewing Room, Sleeves 10 Comments
The Magic of a Drool-Worthy Costume

The Magic of a Drool-Worthy Costume

Posted on June 24, 2017June 24, 2017

Most often people come into making historical costumes because they love a particular antique garment they saw in a museum or book, or because they fell in love with some fabulous costuming in a film or TV show. I like to think that we are all striving (at least in some aspects) to make that Read More...

Posted in Jen's Musings Tagged Fashion Plates, Motivation, Original Sources, Reproductions 5 Comments
30 Days of Sharing Historical Costuming

30 Days of Sharing Historical Costuming

Posted on January 1, 2017January 1, 2017

Happy Happy New Year!! May it bring many blessings and new challenges in your creative projects. As a way to get our creative imaginations flowing, I’ve made a list of concepts relating to historical fashion and sewing to prompt the sharing of ideas we can use to spur on our projects for this new year. Yay! 🙂 Read More...

Posted in Jen's Musings, Spreading the Joy Tagged Motivation 2 Comments
The WHY We Are Involved with Historical Costuming

The WHY We Are Involved with Historical Costuming

Posted on September 1, 2016August 7, 2019

“How in the world did I get here?!?” In the middle of a making a costume, do you ever stop and question how you got into this hot mess? “Why am I sewing this project today??” Costuming isn’t just a “thing.” We are “involved.” As in a close relationship. As in, we show love and Read More...

Posted in Jen's Musings Tagged Beginners, Living History, Motivation, Victorian Living 9 Comments
What I Learned from NOT Going to Costume College

What I Learned from NOT Going to Costume College

Posted on August 1, 2016July 13, 2019

Costume College 2016 just ended. If you don’t know about it, it is a 3+ day annual conference held in the Los Angeles area and is for all costumers wanting to “up their game” through learning and being challenged by others. I’ve been attending since 2000 and been teaching since 2004. This year, my plans Read More...

Posted in Jen's Musings Tagged Classes, Costume College, Motivation 36 Comments
Writing Morning Pages

Writing Morning Pages

Posted on November 2, 2015November 2, 2015

Aside from being a seamstress… a dressmaker, I’m a writer. I wasn’t sure of that title until many years ago my friend mentioned all the writing I do in blog posts and ebooks and sewing instructions. Yeah, ok. I loved writing short stories in junior high and high school English classes too. I’m a writer. Read More...

Posted in Jen's Musings Tagged Motivation 1 Comment
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