Bias-print plaid circle skirt

Twirling in the snow in my blue and grey bias-printed plaid skirt

In October 2022 I popped into Marshall’s Fabric in Edmonton while up there for a conference. While there, I picked up some bias-print plaid low-stretch knitwear fabric, which is similar to the plaid printed fabric I made a long skirt with a while back.

I have been wanting more long skirts for cooler weather, and since I love the existing one so much for winter over thermal leggings, I decided to buy 3 meters to do the same with this one.

I took the fabric, along with my pattern to the Maker Space to use their big tables (much nicer than using my living room floor!) and cut it out.  I also used their serger for the side and back seams, and to edge the hem.

Embroidered Viking-style hood

Embroidered Viking-style hood

A while ago I made a few different hooded capelets. The kind of garment to throw over a jacket to add a hood and a bit of shoulder-cozy for the days that don’t need a coat and tuque (knitted hat). Originally I made them just for costuming wear, but with my favourite one, I found that I was wearing it in the fall for mundane wear as well over my leather jacket.

In all of my adventures using the Maker Space’s embroidery machine, I thought one really good use for an embroidered design would be the front panel of one of these hoods.

Historical Sew Monthly – 2023

Jupe Courtisane skirt pattern

It’s been many years since I started participating in the Historical Sew Monthly projects, and as years have gone on, I’ve been able to participate less and less. For 2022, I only completed ONE of the twelve suggested themes, though given my mood, budget, Covid, and lack of participation in my local reenactment group (largely due to Covid, amoung other factors) I wasn’t really surprised to do so little towards the challenges.

However, each year I DO find the themes inspiring, so once again I’m making my “wish list” post, for the challenges for 2023.

Millinery – silver & pink Bergère (aka Dinner-plate hat)

Silver and pink Bergère hat

This project is a LONG time coming. I started this post back in 2011, and called it a “dinner-plate” hat, however now in 2022… I know it’s called a Bergère instead.

I started this project and in mid-November 2011, kind of abandoned it. I’m not entirely sure why – likely something else shiny caught my attention, and I lost interest in a historically-inspired hat where I didn’t have any other historical costume elements to wear it with…

In my late 2021 UFO (UnFinished prOjects) review, I pulled out this hat as a work-in-progress, and decided to finish it off.

Historical Sew Monthly 2022 & sewing wish list

https://thedreamstress.com/the-historical-sew-monthly-2022

I’ve been working over the past week or so on cleaning up my sewing space (again…) with the hopes of getting a few sewing projects done over the next few months.

However, given what my mood and whatnot have been like over the past few months, I really don’t have a lot of hope I’m afraid.

Still, I wanted to make up my wish-list just to print out and keep in my sewing space to try to motivate myself, and thought while I was at it I’d take a look at the Historical Sew Monthly list for 2022.

This year they seem to be focusing a lot more on smaller projects which feels SO much more approachable to me – but we’ll see how I do!