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November 17, 2008

AHF 2008

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It was really windy on Saturday, so Elizabeth and I decided to forgo the Hoops. We wore them on Sunday, though.

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October 06, 2008

2nd annual Tucson Barn Dance

I promised to post about the second annual Tucson Barn Dance. We had loads of fun! Elissa was there with her dad—I met her online a while back and we met in person for the first time at this year’s AFHE homeschool conference. Pictures of the dance can be seen at her blog and here, on the official Tucson Barn Dance website

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May 03, 2008

1st Female Infantry

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The First Female Infantry!

This was taken at our recent history day in Chandler, AZ.

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May 02, 2008

'50s!

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My sisters got all dressed up for “‘50s night” at AWANA. Aren’t they so cute??

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We’ve always loved to dress up… I found this picture from 4 1/2 years ago in 2003! They were cute then too!!

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February 20, 2008

Fort Lowell Historic day

Every year in January, the Fort Lowell Historic District opens up private property to show the public a bit of Tucson history. This year for the first time, we were able to see the Captain’s quarters up close. The museum at Fort Lowell park is an exact copy of the captain’s quarters, and is open year round. It has photographs and other belongings from the families who lived at the fort at the turn of the century.

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We dressed up for fun—our outfits are a little outdated for the fort :) R-L Moriah, Daniel, Bethany, Me

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December 05, 2007

AHF 2007

We all had so much fun at this year’s American Heritage Festival! It was my first year “dressing up”. I spent the two nights at Elizabeth’s house (thanks again for your hospitality!).

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L-R Jessica, Elizabeth, me, Moriah, Daniel, my dad, Melissa

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November 25, 2007

Thanksgiving

We went out to my grandparents’ house for Thanksgiving. My dad, Daniel, Moriah and I wore our costumes from the Civil War era. (Mine complete with a hoopskirt!!)

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Daniel “promenading” me

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October 14, 2007

Pioneer day

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My sisters, my brother and I at the annual “Pioneer day” out at Colossal cave

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September 29, 2007

Hairnet

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I made this hairnet for Civil War reenacting

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September 24, 2007

First Dance

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Daddy borrowed his outfit from a friend, and Moriah and I made our dresses.

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August 31, 2007

My First Civil War Dress

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It’s finally finished!

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August 08, 2007

Yoked dress part 2

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Starting to come together

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August 03, 2007

Yoked dress part 1

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The beginnings of my dress

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June 29, 2007

My 1860's Corset is Finished!!

This is the first corset I’ve ever made. It will give me a period correct silhouette for reenacting. I’m so excited! It’s actually very comfortable. I have it on right now! When I wear it, it gives me better posture.

I didn’t do the most wonderful job on it, but the shape is correct. It’s just not the most beautiful work of art that it could be :) It also needs to be taken in a bit, to make it fit better. Making a mock-up is supposed to prevent fit issues… but I didn’t do the greatest job on fitting mine. At least I’ll be able to wear it longer than I thought!

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June 09, 2007

Corset mock up is finished!

With the help of Moriah, I fitted my corset mock up. It’s now finished and I’ve made it into a pattern. I included 1/4” seam allowances instead of the 5/8” in the original pattern. You’re supposed to trim it later anyway and I find it more precise to sew a smaller seam. I can’t wait to go make the REAL corset!

My back has been killing me since Monday. The best I’ve felt since then was when I was laced up in the mock up! It was like a back brace. I can’t wait to see how the boned corset feels!

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June 07, 2007

More about my Birthday

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I’m wearing a dress that was made by my friends as a birthday gift, and I’m beside my wonderful Singer sewing machine

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June 06, 2007

Happy Birthday to Me

Today is my 15th birthday. My favorite present so far (okay, my only present so far) is my new (old) sewing machine! It’s a treadle sewing machine that my parents bought at the estate sale of our neighbor. Her name was Thelma Johnston. She asked us to call her “Tim” (her nickname from grade school.)

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June 03, 2007

Corset update

I finally stopped putting it off and cut out my 1860’s corset mock up. A mock up is a “test drive” in sewing. If all seamstresses had time, we might make one for every single thing we make. Since we don’t, it’s mostly used for special things made out of expensive fabric, or especially fitted garments.

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May 31, 2007

Slat bonnet

I’ve finished sewing my slat bonnet. I’ll get pictures up soon. I did it entirely by hand and it went more quickly than I thought. It was really quite fun. The hardest part was making the channels for the slats, and even that wasn’t very difficult!

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May 24, 2007

1860's clothing

I finally ordered my corset making supplies! I’m very excited. I can’t wait to get started. In the mean time, I’ll work on my apron(s) and sun bonnet. I’m going to make a slat bonnet. “Slats” were used to stiffen the brim so that it wouldn’t flop down in your face. I’m going to use cardboard “slats”, which I was surprised to find is historically accurate. (Cardboard was called Pasteboard back then, but it’s really the same thing.)

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May 11, 2007

1860's dress update

With the help of the ladies on the Sense and Sensibility forum, I decided that my fabric is acceptable. (Hooray!) I looked at some reproduction prints and found some quite similar to my choice.

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May 02, 2007

Civil War costume dreams

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March 09, 2007

Civil War era undergarments

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I just finished my first period garments!

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December 08, 2006

Reenacting

Mrs. Burke and I re-dressing the dress form that we undressed during her presentation
Mrs. Burke and I re-dressing the dress form that we undressed during her presentation

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October 25, 2000

CW dress designs

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I designed this dress a while ago. I think I’m going to make Moriah one like it

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