Bascha & I Lost Our Minds Somewhere In the 18th Century

My dears, I'm afraid Bascha and I have lost our sanity, never to have it returned. And as you might have guessed by the title, we've lost it in the 18th Century. Particularly that period between the late 1760's and the 1780's. I lost it first, in the 1760's and Bascha lost it in the 1780's :P. And you wanna know something? We really aren't bothered that much about it!

Here's what happened. Every year, Jessica (our friend that teaches ECD on Thursday nights) throws what is called the Homeschool Historical Ball. Now last year you may remember that the theme was the 40's and 50's (blogged) , and the year before was Regency (un-blogged). Well this years theme was "George Washington" and it was set in the 18th century. And Bascha and I had said this was the year we were going all out, and so we did. And we went all out and it was insane.  :D So there you have it! And 18th century ball we got to costume ourselves up for! And yes, I do have a ship in my hair, all the details will be in upcoming blog posts. :)

If you want to read the post full of exclamation points, it's on my personal blog, Tmarie. It has all the same pictures as in this post, and I think this blog will end up with waaaay more pictures but still ya know, there's the link if you want it :).

I'm still soooo tickled that we did this :D. And so tickled that I can FINALLY share pictures with ya'll, I know there has been a long silence on the blog but now you know why :D And now that we all have evening clothes I think it's about time we plan a 3rd trip to Williamsburg and meet Miss F and Samantha.........:D

And one more thing before I get on the the photos, I've got to link to Ruth. :D She's quite a seamstress and did a fantastic job on her dress and on her younger brother's costume. They both looked soooo good and it was fantastic to see them again :D. Thank you so much Ruthie for coming down to see us!!!!!! You are amazing!

L to R: Ann Marie, Caroline, myself, BASCHA, and Ruth

L to R: Grandma, mama, AM, Care, myself, Bascha :D, Ruth, and Mrs. Jacques

The "squad" L to R: Ben, Grandma, Dad, Mama, Caroline, Ann Marie, Joshua, myself, Joel, Bascha :D, Stephen, Ruth, Mrs. Jacques, Abe. Is it just me or does this photo remind you of a painting? Not any particular painting, just a painting in general.

my fam :) So blessed to have parents and siblings who will be crazy enough to do this with me :D 

Bascha, the blushing beauty that fell out of a portrait from the late 18th century, her dashing brother and her Mum :) 

Ruth and Ben looking all snazzed up :D

My mama looking gorgeous as ever :D She did the hair and wig styling for all of us :) Hair is her forte

my darling Ann Marie and her brother Joel. She looked so beautiful and I love her so much! :D

besties

Again, biggest thanks to my parents who allowed us to be crazy and went crazy with us :D :D :D 

All the young gentlemen. 

Now there will be more photos to come. A blog on my new stays, a blog on our dresses probably individually, and the originals they were copied from, pictures from the ball photographer and of us getting ready, etc. But I hope this is enough to tide ya'll over with :D 

And in closing all I can say is Bascha, Bascha, Bascha.  She is probably the most talented individual I could name for you that I know. I could NEVER have done any my part of the costuming had it not been for her, and did you see her costumes?????!!!! Out of this world! Or rather century :P I love you Bascha! You're absolutely amazing and I still can't get over how good ya'll looked! :D

HIP HIP HOORAY for the #HHB2015 !!!!!!! :D :D :D 

~Theresa, a most excited seamstress

Periwinkle Princess

I've called this dress the Periwinkle Princess....as it sounds much prettier than "The Shower Curtain Dress," though that would have caught your attention. It is indeed, a dress made primarily out of a shower curtain, with other draperies on top and underneath.  But you'd never be able to tell! 

My inspiration was this gorgeous dress from DearGolden, on etsy. (I saw it on pinterest).

So I set out with that in mind, and found lace shower curtains, a huge periwinkle organza curtain, and some lightweight satin for the trimmings. The satin was purchased at a fabric shop. Then I drafted a bodice for her, adding a top, since sleeveless would not have been appropriate.  

Once I put the dress together, I realized the lace looked better underneath the organza, and not quite as harsh. With the lace on the outside it was rather overpowering. So underneath it stayed. Her skirts were so full I had to hand sew the bodice and skirts together-my poor sewing machine couldn't even fit the thickness!!

her shoes are vintage velvet heels, with sparkly rinestones embeded all in them. drop dead stunning.

She helped sew the sash herself too. Which was nice :-) 

Bascha and I have been on a seamed stocking hunt for a while- on the lookout not for chintzy adult hose, but for true vintage kind. We have yet to find some. So, for the ball we drew our hose on in the same fashion n which we draw them for WWII reenacting. And it worked out well.

Caroline has very long, thick hair. Not as thick as mine, but she has a lot more hair than I do! The french twist looked very elegant I think :).

That's my last dress post! Bascha will post hers soon (yay!!) So keep watching. I'm currently in the midst of making an in depth tutorial for a vintage inspired bathing suit too, so when I come back from Charleston in a few weeks you'll have something new to look at :-)

~Theresa

My 18th Birthday

Hello Everyone,

  What a day I had at Latta last week with some of my favorite people! Latta gang thanks for all the years with you and thanks for allowing me to have a little birthday celebration and for being so gracious in helping my family set up the tent at Latta. <3 I hope you don't mind that this blog post is not about clothing, but about friends and birthdays.  Last Thursday Nov. 14th was my birthday (yeah! :D).  This post is the story of that day.

On our way to a surprise birthday present!

I was so excited to have Theresa, Caroline and Ann-Marie join me at Latta!

I wonder what it could be?

My family gave me a canvas TENT!!

Which side do you think is the front?

or front?

Admiring the delicate, lovely sewing cupcakes my sweet, sweet friend Theresa

made for us all. <3

You are one of the sweetest people I know.

Love you.

I really like the needle and thread design and the one with the flower and the ones 

with the buttons and the one with the quilted look and ...... most all of them. ;)

Theresa, thank you!

We're just missing Ruth and Private Pen :D

My mom made wonderful tasty apple cider to drink on this chilly day.

My mom gave each of us all the materials for a Regency bonnet to make together. :)

I hope the girls liked it as much as I did?

Working on our bonnets like four proper ladies.  

Thanks Abe for all your love and help on this day.

lol Abe is not one of the proper ladies.

Just saying! 

Ann-Marie can talk and sew at the same time.  giggle

Thank you so much for the cute little plaid purse and earrings.

Love you Ann-Marie.

Caroline,  I love this picture of you.
Thanks for coming and celebrating my birth date with me.
Hugs

I had a great day thanks to you all.

Saying our goodbyes 

One more gift from my family!!

Thanks Dad and Mom!

Kisses and huge Hugs! lol

 Latta gang thanks for all the years with you and thanks for allowing me to have a little birthday celebration and for being so gracious in helping my family set up the tent. <3

Oh Theresa, thank you so much for all your hard work and effort you put into the beautiful silk garters you gave me.  I will treasure them always. <3

Hugs,

~Bascha