Just thought I’d mention finishing the Un-mentionables

Posted in Costumery on May 16, 2008 by Kelly

Finished Undies

I just finished Sharon Thompson’s set of un-mentionables. I have assembled a little diary about its construction with images. Should you be interested, read it here.

Also the rest of the pictures are here. Please, excuse all the crazy crap in the background. My workshop is also storage for the booth. :)

Giesen-y Garments of Goodness

Posted in Costumery, Fairs on March 31, 2008 by Kelly

Giesen sketches

The start of something fantastic, is the sketches. I am currently fevorishly working on a whole new suite of Elizabethan Goodies for Larry Giesen. He is a good friend in Wisconsin, and wants a new set of breathe-taking garments to wow the Bristol crowd. Well Scarborough will actually be their debut, since he is visiting second weekend. I will be putting together this diary as well, but here is a link to the pictures so far. Larry

Update! Here is the Diary!

Here is the Bride.

Posted in Costumery, Fun, Life as only I know it on March 12, 2008 by Kelly

Here is the culmination of all our work on Melanie’s dress; the wedding day. Here is a little montage of wedding photos. I was stupid enough to not actually bring my own camera, so a great many thanks go to Kyle and MB for these images. Here is the link to the rest of the images. I will also update the dress diary.

Shiney New Hotness!

Posted in Costumery on March 3, 2008 by Kelly

Today MB and I went to Melanie’s house to deliver, and do a final fitting of the completed dress. Of course, we took along all that we made need for final adjustments, hooks & eyes, needle & thread, etc. Just to gloat a little, none of those items were needed. Everything fit perfectly, and looks great. She is going to shine like a star if we are lucky enough for sunshine. :) If you are interested in the process, visit the diary.

By Jove, I think she’s got it! and an update

Posted in Costumery on February 23, 2008 by Kelly

So this page will look odd to all of you who may have visited in the last week of its enception. I decided to have a separate personal blog. I will link heavily between the two, but I wanted Waisted Efforts to be more sewing dedicated. Here, you will find my new personal blog Falling Stars. Enjoy.


As an update, MB and I did a fitting today on Melanie Yentzer, and I have added to her Wedding Dress Diary as well.

The Baxter/Yentzer Wedding Project

Posted in Costumery on February 16, 2008 by Kelly

MaritaBeth and I are working on a wedding together over the next couple of weeks. I look forward to updating the dress diary.

Wild Hair

Posted in Costumery on February 5, 2008 by Kelly

In March of 2007, I attended a VSA event, and decided to make a dress for it. Visit this dress diary to read all about it.

Grrr..Animal

Posted in Costumery on January 23, 2008 by Kelly

So I decided to make some new pieces for my blue and gold day outfit.
There is a lot more about it at this post. I will add more when I start working on it again.