I’ve made many curtains for past homes but it wasn’t until I started building Elizabethan Renaissance costumes that I learned how to sew cartridge pleats for curtains by using the same technique to make cartridge (also called gauge or gauging) pleat skirts!
Back in merry old Elizabethan England - way before they had central heating - nobility used heavy fabrics similar to our modern upholstery weight fabrics to make clothing. Dresses had voluminous skirts, small waistbands, and the illusion of large child bearing hips were all the rage.
Cartridge pleats solved the problem because they allow you to attach large amounts of heavy fabric to a small waist band than typical gathering. Gauge pleats also allow the skirt to stand out from the body a bit to create large hips and a booty (with the help of padded bum or hip roll of course.)
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016
How to Sew Cartridge Pleats the Easy Way!
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Sunday, September 4, 2016
How to Make a Renaissance Festival Costume
Besides, it allows me to get my inner history geek, costumer, and creative seamstress on.
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First you should decide if you want to make a historically accurate renaissance clothing (or as close as to historically accurate as we can get in the 21st century,) a fantasy type costume, or a little bit of all of the above. There are buckets of different opinions on what you should or should not do, all of which are valid because everyone’s purpose, desire, and budget differs.
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Sunday, May 29, 2016
Handmade Wedding Gift Idea: Mr and Mrs Pillowcases
I gave a few hints about the handmade embroidered wedding gift I was making on my Instagram (follow @condoblues please?) and Condo Blues Facebook page (click here to follow and get my latest updates!) Now that the Bride and Groom are happily Mr. and Mrs. I can spill the beans.
If you are looking for a thoughtful handmade wedding gift idea, that’s fairly simple and quick to make then this hand embroidered personalize pillowcase idea is for you!
I wanted a project I could work on during our evening Cuddle with Lacey on the Sofa Time. Embroidery fits the bill and I wanted a project to get back in the swing before I start a massive costume embroidery project.
If you are looking for a thoughtful handmade wedding gift idea, that’s fairly simple and quick to make then this hand embroidered personalize pillowcase idea is for you!
In all honesty, I would embroider a set for myself if they came in King size.
I wanted a project I could work on during our evening Cuddle with Lacey on the Sofa Time. Embroidery fits the bill and I wanted a project to get back in the swing before I start a massive costume embroidery project.
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Sunday, March 13, 2016
How to Make a Corner Window Cornice
Our Master Bedroom has a windows on each wall in a corner and high ceilings. Installing a corner window cornice will tie the windows together and solve several window decorating problems:
- A window cornice will add visual height to the wall while also visually bringing down the high ceiling.
- I can use small scale curtain rods I already have. I don't need to buy new curtain rods that meet in the corner or need to have a custom corner window curtain rod made or cut to order.
- I can hang off the shelf curtains lower on the wall and just touching the floor so they look like custom length curtains. The cornice hides the curtain rod and hardware.
- I can make a lightweight custom window corner for practically nothing because I am using cardboard boxes to build it.
- It’s a no sew project. If you can use a stapler, you can make this project!
How to Make a Cardboard Window Valance
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Monday, June 4, 2012
DIY Drop Cloth Grill Cover
If it doesn’t move, grill it. That’s my summer cooking
mantra. Vegetables, fruit, meat, and fish are all fair game when it comes to
grilling.
A few Christmases ago, we got a gas grill upgrade and a cover to protect it from Ohio winters.
Two years later the grill looks great.
The grill cover does not.
Mother Nature is the
reason we do not have nice things.
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