by Aubry Bennett
October 29, 2021
It all started with a regency dress, but since then, In the Long Run Designs has expanded to encompass a wide range of art forms—cosplay, historical costuming, photography projects, and a small business specializing in historically inspired jewelry and accessories.
by Cynthia Settje
January 31, 2020
New for 2020, we're aiming to feature another historical business on the last Friday of every month.
Accessories are such an important part of cost...
by Cynthia Settje
December 3, 2019
Hello folks! We get a lot of questions about how to alter our corsets and stays. Did you know that a lot of our styles ARE alterable? We use our tr...
by Cynthia Settje
September 14, 2019
Did you know that a lot of Victorian corsets were sold with pre-curved busks? Several in our own collection of extant corsets have a dramatic dishe...
by Cynthia Settje
May 9, 2019
Part Two
This is the part that everyone asks me about--the appliqué.
The biggest problem to solve with the appliqué was the transfer of the motif...
by Cynthia Settje
February 25, 2019
Folks. Wow. When I began Redthreaded in my college apartment in early 2009, I never dreamed that it would become a business with employees, studio ...
by Cynthia Settje
December 21, 2018
This is probably one of the top questions we're asked: how the $&# do you all sew your 18th century tab binding so cleanly, and by machine??
Yo...
by Cynthia Settje
December 19, 2018
Last weekend a whole bunch of my friends attended Dickens Fair in San Francisco in fabulous1830's costumes. I *almost* made the trip out for it as ...
by Cynthia Settje
August 20, 2018
At the end of July I travelled to Los Angeles for the annual Costume College (a 4 day educational costuming conference).
As always, it was lovely...
by Cynthia Settje
May 30, 2018
One of my favorite things about running Redthreaded is the opportunity for collaboration with amazing businesses and people. That so many of these ...
by Cynthia Settje
May 6, 2018
I just finished a new bustle gown for an upcoming late spring event, and none of my existing hats are quite right for it. Usually I’d simply turn ...
by Cynthia Settje
April 5, 2018
Synthetic whalebone or steel...what's the difference, how to choose, and what the heck even IS "synthetic whalebone" anyway?
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It all started with a regency dress, but since then, In the Long Run Designs has expanded to encompass a wide range of art forms—cosplay, historical costuming, photography projects, and a small business specializing in historically inspired jewelry and accessories.
New for 2020, we're aiming to feature another historical business on the last Friday of every month. Accessories are such an important part of cost...
Hello folks! We get a lot of questions about how to alter our corsets and stays. Did you know that a lot of our styles ARE alterable? We use our tr...
Did you know that a lot of Victorian corsets were sold with pre-curved busks? Several in our own collection of extant corsets have a dramatic dishe...
Part Two This is the part that everyone asks me about--the appliqué. The biggest problem to solve with the appliqué was the transfer of the motif...
Folks. Wow. When I began Redthreaded in my college apartment in early 2009, I never dreamed that it would become a business with employees, studio ...
This is probably one of the top questions we're asked: how the $&# do you all sew your 18th century tab binding so cleanly, and by machine?? Yo...
Last weekend a whole bunch of my friends attended Dickens Fair in San Francisco in fabulous1830's costumes. I *almost* made the trip out for it as ...
At the end of July I travelled to Los Angeles for the annual Costume College (a 4 day educational costuming conference). As always, it was lovely...
One of my favorite things about running Redthreaded is the opportunity for collaboration with amazing businesses and people. That so many of these ...
I just finished a new bustle gown for an upcoming late spring event, and none of my existing hats are quite right for it. Usually I’d simply turn ...
Synthetic whalebone or steel...what's the difference, how to choose, and what the heck even IS "synthetic whalebone" anyway?
