This is how to get big hips, and it's all lies. HSM challenge 3 was "comfort at home" Make something to wear around the (hist...

 The theme for November 2025 is foundations Make something that is the foundation of a period outfit. This can be a literal foundation (ex: ...

 February: Under It All (2013 & 2014, 11th and 3rd most popular respectively): Make something that goes under your outer garments, to pr...

 Back in March I posted about constructing a new supportive underkirtle, using the barra system. Back then I only had some fiddling to do, a...

 There is something with the month of December and my creativity. I always end up making projects that I didn't have any plans for and y...

 January: Back to the Beginning: Re-make one of your very first projects. Or make something that is the beginning of an entirely new outfit....

 As I am heading off for Medieval Week in Visby again I realized that I needed something for bathing. The beach in Visby is honestly not a b...

October:  A Perfect 10 :  It’s the HSM’s 10th anniversary, so make something 10 themed. 10th century, the something-10s, something that inco...

 I have been intrigued by combinations, the one piece garment that combined the chemise with drawers to be the layer between the skin and th...

 It is time for me to return to the 18th century. I haven't done anything since the Lady Poe gown , and already when doing that I realis...