American Duchess Historic Shoes Blog
V340: 1930s Christmas Dress, "Green Acres" Gown Progress, and a Flippin' Button Hook
It's Christmas Eve! Yeeeeeeee! Aside from running around buying last minute gifts and groceries, it's a great day off to get a little sewing in. I finished my 1930s Christmas...
V337: Bustle Decoration Inspiration
I've been so bad about blogging recently. So much for 365 straight days of blogging! I will make it to 365, but it won't be by January 1st, haha! Anywho,...
V338: Green Acres Bustle Gown Skirt Progress
It's slow going over here in Green Acres, partially due to laziness, and partially due to the omg-howmuchyardage!?-for-trims that comes along with many bustle projects. My original plan for the...
V336: The Geneva Hand Fluter - Experiments
Last to arrive from my round of eBay acquisition was the Geneva Hand Fluter, a ridged iron that was used to flute, or crimp, all kinds of things, like cuffs,...
V335: eBay Find of the Year: Antique Button Boots...That FIT!
In my recent eBay haunting, I've collected a number of interesting items - a leather punch, a cast iron fluting iron, two early Victorian slippers, and a pair of Edwardian...
V333: Precious Things: Early 19th Century Slippers
I've been spending way too much time on eBay, building the American Duchess Historical Footwear collection ... out of real historic footwear! My latest acquisitions ... This single shoe is...
V334: My 2012 Costuming Year in Review
Several lovely costume bloggers are doing their years-in-review posts, and I thought I'd jump on board. I think it's easy to forget just how much sewing we all do, over...
V332: New Project: Giant "Green Acres" Bustle Gown
I am suffering from severe CADD (Costume A.D.D.) lately. My '30s plaid Christmas dress sits on the mannequin, nearly complete, but with the arrival of a giant roll of green...
V331: Steampunkery at the Sparks Hometowne Christmas Parade
This past Saturday our local Steampunk club, "High Desert Steam," marched in the Sparks Hometowne Christmas Parade. There was a great turnout, complete with horses, dogs, armed children, the Urban...
V330: Shoes to Get Excited About in 2013
Two thousand and twelve is drawing to a close, but that brings excitement for the coming year! I have already been designing and planning my little heart out, and researching...
V329: Inspiring 1930s Frocks
I admit, I haven't been very good about my "Vintage365" blog-a-day. I've been fallin' down on the job (but only because I'm so dang busy with everything else!). Anywho, I'm...
V328: Real Victorian & Edwardian Button Boots
Button boots are so cool. They were the height of style from the 1850s all the way to about 1918. The earliest button boots date all the way back to...