Sewing – Steffi Heloise

Off-shoulder Tea dress

A somewhat modern creation

A dress inspired by Empress Elisabeth

So I was extremely obsessed with Empress Elisabeth aka Sisi for a long time (I still am, I went to Vienna last month) and I made a dress inspired by her Corfu ensemble. It’s a front closing bodice (the white panel has snaps on the side. I didn’t make the shoulder lapels and the beltContinue reading “A dress inspired by Empress Elisabeth”

Titania/Edwardian fairy dress

This was my halloween/Christmas party outfit for 2022. The Halloween photos weren’t great so I planned a Christmas party just to show it off again. I’m very blessed to have friends that will entertain my nonsense. I made the wings twice because I hated the pink ones, but they were pretty easy. I also realisedContinue reading “Titania/Edwardian fairy dress”

A summer vacation wardrobe

I went to Germany/Austria in June 2022 and here are some of the pictures from it. I made the lovely striped outfit, chevron blouse and Edwardian lingerie dress, all of which I really really love still. I do love stripes

Edwardian Cruella de Vil

Hi there long time no see. I made this dress 2(?) years ago and it’s still one of my favourites. It’s an Edwardian cruella de vil inspired outfit. It’s a three piece outfit – blouse, skirt and belt with the train attached. well technically it is four pieces but the hat is very heavy andContinue reading “Edwardian Cruella de Vil”

Mrs Danvers (foundations revealed competition entry 2021)

One of the pivotal moments in Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca is when Mrs Danvers tricks the narrator into dressing up in the same costume as the previous Mrs de Winter (aka Rebecca) for the costume party. I always wondered what Danvers would have worn to the costume party, and this is the result. Going alongContinue reading “Mrs Danvers (foundations revealed competition entry 2021)”

Edwardian Ariel

So this…was probably the outfit that I pretty much had in my mind the entire year, since I started sewing in February.

1900s promenading outfit

I was going for a late Victorian/early Edwardian seaside-inspired look inspired by some of the images I found while mucking around Pinterest as well as a Victorian bathing costume. I used the the trusty truly Victorian skirt TVE21, and Folkwear Victorian bathing suit 253 pattern for the top. The stripes on the sleeves were accomplishedContinue reading “1900s promenading outfit”

Matador off-duty

Fabric used: red shantung (approx 2m for bolero) Notions used: gold braid (I honestly can’t remember how much braid I bought but I ran out of the muted gold and had to buy a more shiny gold) Pattern used: simplicity 8250 You’re probably sick of seeing the red skirt at this point and frankly soContinue reading “Matador off-duty”

The pink one so terrify

Fabric used: pink shantung, approx 3m for the skirt and 2m for the jacket Patterns: the jacket comes from a class (though the sleeves are just my regular gigot pattern), the skirt pattern is the truly Victorian trumpet skirt that I’ve used it for the red skirt too. Notions: loads of lace (3m x 45”),Continue reading “The pink one so terrify”