Costume Academy 2010

I'm teaching three classes this year! If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area and are interested in costuming, Costume Academy is a great way to meet like-minded folks and pick up some new skills. There are sewing classes, costuming classes, millinery classes...If I weren't teaching all day I'd be a student! Take a look at my "Teaching Schedule" page above for the full skinny. Hope to see you there!

Les Lumieres go to The Pelican Inn

Now this is a great way to spend your birthday weekend: 18th century costumes, your sweetie, good friends, and a fabulous location!

Chris and I stayed the night before the event at the Inn (http://www.pelicaninn.com/) and had a lovely evening with dinner by candlelight. After breakfast (and that's a full English breakfast, thankyouverymuch!) we went back upstairs and returned looking like this:

 

Everything I'm wearing has been made by me with the exception of the lovely necklace and hand-embroidered stomacher. Those two items are Bunny's fabulous handiwork. Chris made his jacket and hat (yay!) but his shirt was made by me. My next entry will go into some costume construction details for this outfit, but for now let's just enjoy some of the pretty pictures!

 

Lunch was followed by a walk on the beach but sadly, Chris and I had to dash off to his rehearsal so we missed that part of the day. We were so lucky the weather held out all afternoon--it's been raining like crazy here for days!

Blog Redux

I guess you could call this allthingsvintagerouge.v.2.0! After researching the gazillion blog and website options out there, I have decided to stick with this blog because heck, it's familiar, and they do make things easy for those of us not terribly savvy in this department.

So here we have a new year, a new look, new content waiting to be uploaded! I've got big plans for dress diaries, more project photos, mini-tutorials, class information, and whatever else I feel like tossing up here and sharing with the world. I hope you enjoy the new site!

Ah, sewing!

I had a great time at the BurdaStyle Sewing Club meeting last Wednesday! My hope is that I can hurry up and finish my Dickens outfit before the next one so that I can work on other things but we'll just have to see how that goes--there is always more to be done!

Our next meeting is on 11/17 at 6 p.m. If you are interested in joining us please send me an e-mail at lacucitura AT yahoo dot com.

New BurdaStyle Sewing Club location and dates!

After a short hiatus, we have a new location and new dates! If you are interested in joining us, please e-mail me at lacucitura AT yahoo DOT com.

When: November 3 6-9 p.m.
Location: Knit-One-One Studio in Berkeley www.knitoneone.com for directions and more information.
Fee: $10

Please bring your own sewing machine and sewing supplies.

For more information about the BurdaStyle Sewing Clubs, please visit their website at www.burdastyle.com
Hope to see you there!

Craft Show This Saturday

I'm doing a craft show this Saturday! It's been a busy, busy week getting ready for this Saturday and the "Last Sunday" event on Telegraph. Come say hi and check out my new fascinators and accessories over at:
Knit-One-One Studio
3360 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703

Saturday 9/26 from 10-4

Some info about the other artisans:

http://www.knitoneone.com/blog.html

Septermber Spring Cleaning

Major cleaning going on here at ATVR! I'm taking a break from teaching sewing classes so that I can concentrate on my sewing business and work on some pretty advanced millinery and costuming projects I've been itching to get to for a while now. Lots of new things need to be made for Lulu's Room too since we are coming upon the the holiday season and I'm scheduled to do a couple of craft shows as well as my new gig on Telegraph Ave in Berkeley. Anchors away!