A Cape and a Kilt

It's hard to tell if the weather at the end of October is going to cooperate or not but it did this past weekend so I could wear my latest costume!

It's little red riding hood.

Me-made cape and skirt from peasant dress

thrifted blouse

leather corset Brown Cow Art

The cape was made from red stretch velveteen and black taffeta. Not my first choice for a fabric combo but it was stash busting and I made it work.

All in all, it was a quick cheap costume to go with my new corset!

My husband was super excited to wear his new kilt.

And I was excited that he decided to buy all of the pieces for this outfit! I was not looking forward to all of that pleating.

Halloween Pin-up Makeup

I usually like to look a bit more subtle when I go for a vintage makeup look but Halloween is the perfect time to have fun and take the look way over the top! This look features a smokey eye, bold winged liner, and deep red lips. Enjoy!

My Favorite 40s Dress

Everyone has a favorite dress in their closet that they love and mine's a bit of a guilty pleasure because it's not vintage, me-made or rtw. It's actually custom made for me! Now it was custom made before I lost my weight but a handy black velvet belt makes it all good again.

I wore this out to a political event where my husband went to hear a 3rd party candidate from the Libertarian party speak. I'm not much into politics but my husband is and I went with because he was so pumped about it.

My hair's been a bit blah lately so I went for a pageboy-ish hair do by curling under the ends.

I also got to wear out some cute shoes that hardly see the light of day. Yay cute shoes!

Oh, I wish I had Anne Miller's legs!

Anise Muslin #2

Anise muslin #2 is complete!

The front looks good with an 3/4" FBA. There was some weirdness going on once I put on the sleeves. It's kind of tight and awkward. I tried on a couple of rtw jackets and and they had the same kind of issues but not quite as much.

The back wrinkles are mostly gone. It's just a bit baggy there. I'm thinking with the thicker weight fabric it will be ok. It's so hard to judge the ease for a jacket!

Side shot.

The shoulder fits after the narrow shoulder adjustment. They slope down a lot though so I'm going to play around with some shoulder pads and see how it goes.

Anise Muslin 1

You may have spied a new button in my side bar:

I'm participating in the Colette Pattern's Anise Sew-Along. For my first muslin I cut a size 6, did a 1/2" FBA and took 1/2 off each side seam at the waist for a bit more shaping.

Muslin #1 over a sweater. So far I know that the shoulders are too wide. I'm going to try a real narrow should adjustment instead of just lopping some off! It's a bit tight in the chest so I'm going to do a slightly larger FBA even though I don't usually do such a large FBA.

The side-looking pretty good except for some back wrinkles.

More back wrinkles. Not sure what to do about those. Swayback adjustment???

Youtube: Carmen Miranda Look For Halloween

Halloween is coming up so I thought I'd share a cute Carmen Miranda look. I've bumped it up a few notches to be over the top for a great costume but I also talk through toning it down for a more day look. Enjoy!

Sometimes life gives you lemons

This past weekend, the hubby, some friends and I packed up for a camping trip plus two day Renaissance Faire extravaganza. Of course, Thursday I started feeling under the weather. :( Saturday, I muddled through a day at the faire but didn't get any pictures of my outfit. :(

I did get to see a joust featuring the host, a coach and the runner up from Full Metal Jousting on the History channel.

And the Queen and her entourage. Love all of the costumes!

Sunday, I was feeling miserable so the hubby and I went home. *Sigh* Guess I'll have to do a photo shoot sometime when I'm feeling better. We will be back for one more weekend on Oct. 13th. Hopefully my sinuses cooperate so I can enjoy it!

In lue of pretty pictures of me dressed up from this year, check out my past Renaissance costuming efforts.