“Ooo, talking snow. I love new things.” I’m exited to announce the first of two new sewing patterns for the 11th Doctor’s  gorgeous “Snowmen” costume ensemble, the first of which is for the trousers. This pattern is available as a digital download ONLY and includes ten sizes. 🙂 Eleventh Doctor “Snowmen” Trousers Sewing Pattern I’ve also posted a corresponding FREE …

Many years ago, I began learning how to sew on my own, through lots of trial-and-error (mostly error) and constantly looking up how to do this and that online. Aside from the fact that back then most Internet videos were only 360p, I bounced around a lot – inadvertently learning some advanced sewing techniques while remaining clueless about more basic …

Eleven’s “Snowmen” costume is a one of my all-time favorites, of this or any other show. Although it was a radical departure from Eleven’s previously-established “looks,” in my opinion costume designer Howard Burden did a superb job with this particular ensemble. In this costume analysis, we take a detailed look at the hat, shirt, ties, trousers, and frock coat. (The …

My updated 11th Doctor “anniversary” waistcoat sewing tutorial is now available! 🙂 As with previous tutorial updates, I polished the text a bit here and there so a few things were clearer, but the major updates are primarily the tutorial photos. Unfortunately, I used to photograph everything with flash and never really edited the images, but I still managed to …

In this third installment we’ll be examining the beautiful, fan-favorite waistcoat Eleven wore in the 50th anniversary special, “The Time of the Doctor.” Eleven would again wear this waistcoat briefly in his final special, as well as his regeneration scene – and Peter Capaldi would also wear it for his introduction. In this analysis, we’ll examine this “anniversary” waistcoat and …

My updated 11th Doctor velvet waistcoat sewing tutorial is now available! 🙂 As with previous tutorial updates, I polished the text a bit here and there so a few things were clearer, but the major updates are primarily the tutorial photos. Unfortunately, I used to photograph everything with flash and never really edited the images, but I still managed to …