My new obsession: Costume Provençal

By: mcfdekker October 27, 2019October 27, 2019 Blog Post18th century costume, 18th century costuming, costume provençal, costume provence, costume traditionnel, historical costume, historical costuming, historically inspired costume, historically inspired costuming, traditional costume1 Comment

A few months back, I asked on my Facebook page if any of you had references about the traditional costume worn in Provence. When I was a little girl, my mom brought back half a dozen dolls dressed in various traditional regional costumes of France. The Provençal costume wasn’t part of the bunch, but through…

Regency gown and spencer

By: mcfdekker February 17, 2019February 17, 2019 Blog Posthistorical costume, historical costuming, historically inspired costume, regency costume, regency costuming1 Comment

A lot of time has passed since my last blog post, ladies and gentlemen. I have a huge backlog of costumes ins & outs to share, but I decided to not dwell on the past and start fresh with my most recent creation. The backlog will be cleared eventually. I hope so. I was browsing…

A Pink Shepherdess

By: mcfdekker May 20, 2018May 20, 2018 Blog Post18th century, 18th century costume, 18th century costuming, Cosplay, costume, historical costume, historical costuming, historically inspired costume, shepherdess

I made a major change to my website today: the blog has been officially moved to the front page! I have decided to go back to my original roots. I started blogging about sewing a long decade ago, but with the emergence of social media, I put blogging on the slow burn and focused on…

The blue linen dress

By: mcfdekker May 13, 2018 Blog Postalternate universe, assassin's creed unity, Cosplay, costume, elise de la serre, in a family way3 Comments

I have an enormous backlog of costumes that deserve their own blog post, I don’t know if I’ll ever get around to write them all. But I have to start somewhere, right? Here’s the first costume write-up: the blue linen dress! Last year, I changed the name of my cosplay persona from Maija Cosplay (and its…

Machine-embroidered embossed appliqués tutorial

By: mcfdekker April 11, 2018May 21, 2018 Blog PostCosplay, cosplay tutorial, craft foam, machine embroidery, machine embroidery embossing, tutorial

When I started planning my new Élise de la Serre cosplay, I knew one thing for sure: I didn’t want to make the red sash plates with Worbla like for all the other ones I made. While they don’t end up being that heavy, they do have a tendency to hit each other when you walk, incurring damage over time. I wanted a sash that would be more durable, less prone to damage and lighter. And then I thought: why not embroider the design at the end of the sash instead? I haven’t seen many cosplayers using embroidery for the sash, so that would make me stand out a little 😉 I first found an embroidered frame appliqué I liked, and combined with the Templar cross embroidery file I already had, I was good to go!

Machine smocking tutorial

By: mcfdekker March 1, 2018May 21, 2018 Blog PostCosplay, cosplay tutorial, machine smocking, machine smocking tutorial, smocking, smocking tutorial, tutorial

While working on my Eleanor Guthrie cosplay, I researched how to do smocking with a sewing machine (rather than by hand) I’m quite pleased how it turned out, and I thought I’d share a little tutorial. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out! What you’ll need: Sewing machine with decorative stitches…

My new obsession: Costume Provençal

By: mcfdekker October 27, 2019October 27, 2019

Blog Post18th century costume, 18th century costuming, costume provençal, costume provence, costume traditionnel, historical costume, historical costuming, historically inspired costume, historically inspired costuming, traditional costume1 Comment

Regency gown and spencer

By: mcfdekker February 17, 2019February 17, 2019

Blog Posthistorical costume, historical costuming, historically inspired costume, regency costume, regency costuming1 Comment

By: mcfdekker January 29, 2019

Blog Postac unity, assassin's creed unity, elise de la serre, elise de la serre cosplay, Original cosplay, Original design, Templar boudoir, Templar boudoir part deux

Filters overdose on this old boudoir picture from last year, but whatever. I don’t have anything exciting to share these days, unfortunately. Maybe soon! I have almost all the ingredients necessary to start making our new costumes, I’m only missing the most important one – time!

By: mcfdekker January 20, 2019

Blog Post18th century costume, historical costume, historical costuming, rococo costume, wig coloring, wig dyeing, wig styling

Posted it in my Instagram stories, but I might as well make a full post about it! This year, I only have two costumes on my wishlist: a robe à la française for myself and an embroidered suit for Efdee Cosplay. I have the fabrics, I just need to find time from now until end…

By: mcfdekker October 26, 2018

Blog Postelise de la serre, elise de la serre cosplay, Paris games week, Ubipgw, Ubisoft star player

She’s beauty she’s grace, she’ll punch you in the face… Paris Games Week Press Event shenanigans! 😂 What a day this first day has been. We visited the Paris HQ of Ubisoft, met a lot of people working directly and indirectly on the games. I am so, so, SO grateful to have the opportunity to…

By: mcfdekker October 14, 2018

Blog Postac unity, assassin's creed unity, elise de la serre, elise de la serre cosplay, julie de la serre

More pictures from last night’s event! With my friend as my @cparfeespirit as my mother Julie de la Serre. A blog post is in the pipeline, in the meantime you can read my review of the pattern I used to make the gown on PatternReview.com.

By: mcfdekker October 13, 2018

Blog Postelise de la serre cosplay, elise de la serrre

We tried to re-do the portrait of Élise, sort of 😉 New gown! I had another go at a historical overhaul (while retaining a lot of creative liberties), this time the mess of a gown Élise is wearing on the portrait. Zone front velvet gown with satin petticoat and contrasting silk ‘zone’. More pictures and…

By: mcfdekker September 18, 2018

Blog Postarno and elise, arno dorian, Arno x elise, elise de la serre, in a family way

I will never ever tire of imagining Arno holding his child in his arms. Never. Ever. In a Family Way.

By: mcfdekker September 16, 2018

Blog Postarno and elise, arno dorian, arno dorian cosplay, Arno x elise, elise de la serre, elise de la serre cosplay, forever arno and elise, in a family way

In a Family Way shenanigans ❤️ I’ve dreamed of doing this shoot for YEARS. I’m so grateful for everyone’s help in finally making it happen: my friend as Arno, my husband as our photographer, and the goat farm ’t Geertje who let us play with the animals.

By: mcfdekker September 16, 2018February 13, 2019

Blog Postarno and elise, arno dorian, Arno x elise, elise de la serre, in a family way

Sneaky sneak preview of our little shoot this morning at the goat farm ♥ More to come later!