Isabella's Project Diary

 Not my normal type of post but I am working on stuff.  :-)  I have had this old footstool for a few years and keep it at work, normally.   ...

  The camica laid out on my bed at Pennsic.   It's too sheer to model as it's out of 2.5oz linen I bought from Fabric Store.    Clos...

  Materials 3 1/2 yards of red linen/cotton blend from Fabric Mart 1/2 yard of cotton duck cloth 1/2 yard of white cotton 1/2 yard of linen ...

 For the summer, Friday's at work are now Hawaiian Shirt days!   The problem:  I don't have a Hawaiian Shirt.  Eek!     The solution...

Front View Back View Hello! Finally mostly settled in my new house and I can start sewing again. Because we are still sort of in Lockdo...

I had a lot of fun with this one. The material is 100% linen I got from Fabric Mart. Orginally, I wanted a nice Norse outfit with it. ...

Just a simple skirt for work!  It's out of some of the $2 mystery fabric sale stuff from Fabric Mart.  The solid green is a crinkle ...

Another modern outfit but I used an old pair of black jeans.  The jeans had thinned and were slightly ripped on the inseam at the crotc...

This one: The base is out of black cotton and more of the tropical weight tan wool.  The wool serves only as an inner layer to the actua...

Because there is no reason to not be fashionable during the plague! I used the same pattern I used here .  The differences are that ...

The face mask! I designed my own using just some scraps and a bit of bias tape. I hope the pattern process that I'll try to explain...

Sorry for the covered face but I took this picture at 6:30 in the morning and it was not pretty.  However, the picture showcases my new...

Long story short: I'm in recovery mode right now. I got out of the hospital on Wednesday after having my gallbladder removed. Befo...

This is a very shaggy Abigail hiding where I had already taken off one cuff of the blue jeans.  :-)  I bought the jeans on sale for $...

The fabric! I bought some lovely constellation print heavy cotton knit from Fabric Mart a couple of months ago. It was in their as-is ...

Handsewn Late 16 th Century Italian Style Chemise By Lady Isabella D'Angelo Figure 1 Close up of Chemise sleeves and em...