The twirly princess dress
I sewed the twirliest chiffon dress with a boned bodice, cute puffed sleeves and 15 metres of ruffle at the hem!
A fairytale tulle dress
I designed and sewed an airy tulle dress with a corset bodice for my 15-year-old daughter and patterned the bodice using duct tape!
The Hunger Dress and the 1860s famine in Finland
I sewed a simple 1860s style dress fit for a farmer's wife and find out how my family survived the Great Famine of 1867-1868.
I sewed an Edwardian-inspired summer dress
I made an Edwardian-inspired summer dress out of linen using the Sedavi pattern by Pauline Alice. I also added some embroidery.
My Elliptical Crinoline Dress
I made an 1860s elliptical crinoline dress inspired by the painting Women in the Garden by French artist Claude Monet.
1850s crinoline dress for my daughter
My daughter and me collaborated to make this lovely 1850s dress and a talma cape. She made the skirt and I made the bodice and the cape.
Wearing your grandma’s curtains or making a regency dress out of recycled materials
How can you use recycled materials in historical costuming? What are my tips in finding the best materials in thrift stores?
Time-traveling to the Iron Age with my daughter
I made an Iron Age Finnish costume for my daughter so that we can take part in events together. Also, I did some leatherwork...
A Victorian lingerie dress
Lingerie dresses are those pretty frilly dresses that make the iconic Edwardian look with their lace inserts and pale colours. However, they first appeared in the 1890s. For a long time, I have wanted to make my own but sourcing that much lace was a problem. This kind of dress can use hundreds of euros worth of cotton lace which is way out of my budget. Then I had a stroke of luck and I found huge rolls of lace at the local Recycling centre. These rolls had hundreds of metres, some several kilometres worth of lace and they only cost about 15 to 20 euros each. Admittedly the lace…
Adele dress from the new book “Helmat”
My book review of the new Finnish sewing book Helmat and the Adele dress I chose to make using a pattern from the book.
