Evenstar Designs

Here are some more pictures from the ball! I'm sorry they're a little blurry...  (technical difficulties: size vs. quality) You can access all the pictures at the following link: 2015 Ball photos

A Jolly Holiday to Hobby Lobby! Whenever there is a really good sale at Hobby Lobby (as in $0.99 pattern sales) you just have to take advantage of them. Mama and I had such a fun time searching through the patterns, and I went home with new inspiration.  Me and my Mom  I love sales, don't you?  My new patterns   This one does close in the back with a zipper, but I can think of several ways to get rid of that. It also comes with pattern for pocket hoops.  I'll use this for my Dicken's Caroling costume I haven't made yet :)  A pattern for my dad... ...and for us girls.

Yes, I have lost my mind. I'm suffering from post-homeschool ball I-want-to-make-everything-18th-century-syndrome. (Quite a common ailment with me, really.) Last Saturday I started on a robe a l'anglaise   , but realized very quickly that I would need a dress form to fit it properly, and a better fitting pair of stays. Wait- did I really say that- a new pair of stays???? Yes I have said many times that I never wanted to make another pair of stays, but here I am cutting out the pieces for another pair! (See? I told you I've lost my mind.) Below are some pictures of what I have done so far on the  robe a l'anglaise: On top of the sewing side of things, I've started dancing around the house with my imaginary dance partner, George (he's really good to :), and my wonderful mother bought me a 40 minute video about Baroque Social Dance, so all this afternoon I've been trying to learn a minute written in 1732.  I'll let you know how th...

The homeschool ball was last night, and it was the best night ever! We danced for four hours to live music- I can't wait for next year, and next year's costumes! Getting the finishing touches on in the parking lot: The line up for the first dance: A right hand star... ...and promenade. Another historic costumer I met - don't you love her hair? Me and my dad The whole family: Me, Mama, Daddy, and Kristi (sister) The costumes worked out great, except  I felt like I was having heat stroke. :)

To make this little headpiece, I simply took apart a store-bought hat, and redecorated it.

The question "what to wear?" becomes a lot harder to answer when it comes to shoes. Of corse there are wonderful shoe reproduction companies, but I didn't want to spend a large amount of money on something I wouldn't  wear all to often. So I settled on dancing slippers for footwear at the spring ball. I had those black ballet slippers, but you know how much fun a new pair of shoes is! Of corse they were rather plain... So I added some twinkle to the toes.