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Good & Evil Queen

As you know I made two Fortuny Delphos dresses in gold and purple. Since they are very fancy and have a nice light and dark contrast, I always had to think about two contrary queens. So for the more fantastic styling I bought Ravenna's crown (Snow White and the Huntsman) for the purple Delphis dress, [...]

Elven Crown made from Wire & Fimo Leather

I always had an idea for a more fantastic styling for the Fortuny Delphos dresses. Like a queen in a fairytale. Originally I only made the golden Delphos dress and bought Ravenna's crown (Snow White and the Huntsman) for it. But then I did the purple Delphos dress and it obviously was the evil queen, [...]

Black and Green Victorian Ensemble

For a customer I made a black and green version of the Victorian ensemble. The skirt and overskirt are made from black cotton cloth (or linen, whatever you like better). And the jacket with peplum is accentuated with a green velvet in the front. I also made the fabric covered buttons myself again, but I [...]

Fortuny Delphos Photoseries

Originally I only had done the golden Fortuny Delphos dress and the photosession was planned with one model. Unfortunately that didn't work out, and the I had to think of the incredible Mayoris who worked with me on the Victorian Walking Dress pictures. Mayoris has a twin sister, so I had to do a second dress. Even before I knew if they were available...

By |2020-04-16T16:50:28+02:00April 7th, 2020|Finished Projects, Photoseries, Vintage Clothing|2 Comments

Fortuny Delphos – or “How to Pleat by Hand”

Everything started with a murder mystery dinner set in the 20s. I didn't have much time, so I took my Taschen edition of Fashion (Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute) and started leafing through it. The flapper dresses with thousands of pearls were beautiful, but nothing I could pull of on such short notice. And [...]

Victorian Walking Dress Photoseries

For a Bartitsu workshop I made a simple yet elegant Victorian "sports" costume and with an illustrious team made up of old and new faces I was able to stage it wonderfully. The makeup artist Martina I already new from the makeup calendar and she has gotten to know the fantastic photographer (and friend) Elena, [...]

Forgotten Beauty – Lost Places Photoseries

Already some time ago I created a Lost Places photoseries in Austria and Switzerland with an incredible team. Most Lost Places were industrial ruins, for example a beautiful Art Nouveau factory. And there was an old swimming pool as well. The involved parties Angela Asiana - The Model Not only a model, but also stylist, [...]

Dice Bags Gondor & 40k Tau and Necron

And some more of my favourite present: (Hand-) Embroidered dice bags for the gaming nerd. ;) The silver embroidery is the coat of arms of Gondor from Lord of the Rings. I even embroidered the seven stars, which are usually only for the king or ruler (so Aragorn, Boromir, Faramir, etc.). Unfortunately the silver thread [...]

By |2019-06-02T21:56:12+02:00June 2nd, 2019|Tutorials & Handcraft|0 Comments

All my Vikings

I am currently expanding my collection to include authentic medieval clothing. And after doing late medieval styles, now it is time to add the Vikings. I concentrated on the Haithabu (Hedeby) vikings for now and I started with male clothing. The starting point was a beautiful necklace made from coral, mother of pearl and brass. [...]

Victorian Silk with Truly Victorian

Recently I finally had the opportunity to try out some patterns from Truly Victorian. A lady ordered a new Victorian costume from me. She already had very specific requirements and chose a flared skirt and a short jacket with leg-of-mutton sleeves. Additionally she sent me the blue and black striped silk. I bought the black [...]

By |2019-12-03T22:50:28+01:00February 11th, 2019|Finished Projects, Gothic Clothing, News, Victorian Clothing|0 Comments

Druid

I have been sewing authentic medieval clothing for a while now, but I didn't have any pretty pictures with those. Luckiliy the lovely Calisere helped me out. She ordered the late medieval green wool dress - reconstructed after the finds in Herjolfsnes - and also organized the photoshooting. I think they created many beautiful, magical [...]

By |2018-11-16T14:30:57+01:00November 16th, 2018|Finished Projects, Medieval Clothing, Photoseries|0 Comments

Mini top hats & fascinators for Guggamusik d’Hardar Schlösslefeagar

It has been quiet for a while on the website. But I haven't been idle in the meantime. For example I made twelve mini top hats and seven fascinators for the Guggamusik d'Hardar Schlösslefeagar (https://www.schloesslefeagar.com/). The Hardar Schlösslefeagar is a carnival music club (in case you don't know what Guggamusik is ;) ) and they [...]

Starcraft 2 Zerg Tshirt

Ok, this is not really historical tailoring, but I painted a Starcraft 2 Zerg tshirt as a Christmas present. And since it is the first round of the Starcraft 2 World Championship this weekend, I thought I would post it anyway. And it was even a Zerg player that won this tournament. If a Protoss [...]

By |2021-07-19T11:27:48+02:00January 28th, 2018|Tutorials & Handcraft, Tutorials & Handcraft|0 Comments

Larva in the Middle Ages – Market dates (updated)

This year I will be attending some renaissance faires with Larva again. Last year I was travelling through all of Germany. That was very interesting, but unfortunately it didn't really pay off. Only the gas expenses and the market fees used up most of the earnings. So this year I am concentrating on medieval markets [...]

By |2019-12-03T22:55:20+01:00June 2nd, 2017|Fairs & Exhibitions, News|0 Comments

Tent Renovation

This and last week I took some time off to tackle some of my bigger projects. First on the list was the renovation of my medieval market tent. Last year I used it twice, so it is basically functioning. But there is always something you can improve.  First I gave the viking tent's canopy a [...]

By |2019-12-03T22:43:47+01:00May 16th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Fabric Shopping

Somehow one of the best parts of sewing is buying the fabrics. And sometimes there's only the fabric shopping and the fabrics have to wait a few years before being sewn.  But since beautiful fabrics can enchant on their own and I recently had the possibility to buy some great fabric combinations, I want to [...]

By |2019-12-03T22:43:46+01:00March 26th, 2017|Uncategorized|0 Comments

With Animals for Animals

Last year Miss Sujata gave me the possibility to contribute to Schokopixel's project With Animals for Animals. With Animals for Animals is a free project where Schokopixel photographed animals together with human models. The pictures are sold and the proceeds go to animal protection. I couldn't say no to that. Miss Sujata borrowed my Victorian wild silk [...]

By |2019-12-03T22:55:18+01:00February 19th, 2017|Photoseries|0 Comments
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