Over the last year I have parted with some of my smaller works and passed them on to good hands.

The top of the Cogwheel Summer Dress and the warm Crochet Vest were given to Nicole, who always sews such beautiful things herself :-)
The Wrist Warmer Variation 2, the Lilac Crochet Scarf, the Beetlejuice Cuffs and the Scarf Bolero have moved in with my sister Lisa.
And the Silver Scarf ended up with Marlies.

Of course, these little things don’t give me a huge amount of new closet space, but I have found another solution: A new (very old) closet that only has space for my own creations and costumes :-)

Of course, this new closet is already full to bursting – that was obvious, wasn’t it ;-)

Yours,

I wish you a happy new year!

A year ago I wrote that everything was going to be different and that I had to shape a new life out of the broken pieces of my old life.
This process is still ongoing and in fact I’ve only been creatively sewing and crocheting twice, haven’t had a single shoot and therefore have less pictures to show than in previous years.

But the ideas are still there and are only increasing and are waiting to be implemented!

Good traditions should be maintained, so here is my overview again of the projects that have already been completed the last years which cannot yet be found on this page:

• 2016: Kya
• 2018: Flapper Dress
• 2023: Sweat Kombi
• 2023: Lace Bolero
• 2024: Butterflies
• 2024: Cozy Crochet Lace Scarf, new Version

There are two works in progress:

• a Crochet Crop Top (yes, still, it’s lying around….)
• a crocheted tango skirt (yes, it’s also lying around….)

…and the ideas from the last few years have not been forgotten yet, but they will have to wait for now, as I will tackle my major apartment redesign project first:

• another Victorian bustle dress
• a less self-made, but mainly bought cosplay in progress (from Avatar – The Last Airbender)
• another one (from Star Wars) only as an idea so far ;-)
• and another crocheted tango dress

So let’s start the new year with new creativity :-)

Yours

…and here are the last pictures from last year Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention Luxembourg.

The amazing pictures are of course also from Eric Aisling :-)

Yours

Last year at the Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention Luxembourg I actually went one day without a homemade costume. It was too cold for my actual plan, so there was only my beautiful coat from Impero London :-)

Because I have so many beautiful pictures made by Eric Aisling and Maurice F, I wanted to show them separately!
I still have a few more pictures from the Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention Luxembourg from last year and these will be in the next post ;-)

Yours

It has been over half a year since my last post and a whole year since the pictures I want to show today were taken!

Unfortunately I couldn’t be at the Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention Luxembourg this year, but I was there last year and these pictures come from there.

I’m quite proud of this outfit, I called it The Secret Chapter.
Of course, the outfit includes various accessories: The Secret Chapter Bag, the small but fine Secret Chapter Wrist Warmers and the beautiful Secret Chapter Hat :-)

The pictures this time are from different photographers, but I would especially like to highlight the wonderful pictures by Eric Aisling!
Thank you!!!

There are more pictures from the Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention Luxembourg from last year, but I will show them at a later date :-)

See you soon, yours

These mini gloves belong to The Secret Chapter. They should give the impression that the blouse is long-sleeved with the jacket on and without the jacket they should be small, fine gloves to match the blouse. They serve this purpose quite well ;-)

The very simple pattern is selfmade. They are closed tightly to the wrist with a small snap button.

Completed: 2023

Status: in my Klamottenkiste and I wore it for the first time in 2023 for the Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention Luxembourg

Photos: Eric Aisling, Fred (2023)

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This is the bag for The Secret Chapter – small enough to fit well, large enough for everything important ;-)

The pattern is actually a leather pattern from DieselpunkRo’s wonderful Etsy shop.

It was a real challenge to change this pattern for a purely fabric bag. Given this experiment, I’m still somewhat satisfied with the slightly messy result.

But I definitely have to make the pattern again out of leather ;-)

Completed: 2023

Status: in my Klamottenkiste and I wore it for the first time in 2023 for the Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention Luxembourg

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This is the hat to The Secret Chapter.

This was my second time using the Butterick pattern B6397, version D. This time, however, I used more of the same methods as for the Truly Victorian hats and am very happy with it.

I chose a quill pen as the only decoration on the top of the hat to echo the theme of the script fabric. Five fabric roses are sewn on the back under the hat.

Completed: 2023

Status: in my Klamottenkiste and I wore it for the first time in 2023 for the Anno 1900 Steampunk Convention Luxembourg

Photos: Eric Aisling (2023)

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I debated for a long time whether I wanted to have these revealing pictures for this dress on my website.
But I like the pictures and the dress even more! :-)

So today I’m introducing my new Crochet Dress that (with something underneath ;-) ) is perfect for tango dancing.

As I continue to reorganize my home, I haven’t started any new projects this year and updates will probably slow down for a while.
But maybe there will also be one or two small craft works from the apartment to show ;-)

See you soon, yours,

This dress fits like a second skin at the top and has a beautiful, heavy circle skirt. It’s also a perfect tango dress, I just didn’t want to declare it exclusively as a dance dress, so it ended up in this category ;-)
I wouldn’t wear it as revealing as in the pictures here to go out dancing, but with a slip underneath it looks very classy, too!

Photos: Olaf Pinn (2023)
Earrings: Sandra

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