The Widow's House

Glooms Lament Jabot

This jabot is perfect for any Dandies wardrobe. Can be used as a jabot or statement brooch.

Made from lack and white stripe cotton fabric, cotton Sateen fabric, cotton backing fabric , vintage black trim, black velvet ribbon and a plastic coffin charm.

Dresden Stripe Collar

Who doesn't need ruffles and stripes to complete an outfit? Inspired by the Dark Cabaret trend from the 2010s but perfect for any renn fair or costumed event.

Made of back and white striped cotton fabric, deadstock ricrac, deadstock satin ribbons and polyester lace.

Tender Darling Jabot

I know I haven't made a simple jabot in a while, so here is one, perfect for casual outfits or can be dressed up too if you're in the mood.

Made from vintage seersucker cotton fabric, black cotton backing fabric,and black sheer ribbon.

Today's Project ~

A slightly gothic yet whimsical collar for those of us who still yearn for the dark cabaret/victorian gothic aesthetics of the early 2000s. And I will admit that I was listening to one of my old baby bat playlists from when I was a teenager while making this and yes that playlist influenced the making of this collar.

Garden Cobweb Book Pouch

You need something to carry around to protect your smaller tablet or current read this summer? Perfect size for a paperback book, e-reader, tablet, sketchbook, or notebook.

Has a subtle cobweb quilting detail.

Made of 80s cotton fabric, black cotton lining fabric, dead-stock trim and black satin ribbon.

Patchwork Halloween Book Pouch

Summerween is here and the beginnings of pumpkin spice are slowly filling the air. So I gathered some scrap fabric and poured my autumnal enthusiasm into another book pouch. Its chaotic but if you're like me thats a selling point.

Perfect size for a paperback book, e-reader, tablet, sketchbook, notebook or really anything you can fit in it.

Made of various Halloween themed scrap fabric (mostly cotton), black white stripe jersey lining and orange satin ribbon. Has a felt inner core for added cushion.

Misselthwaite Jabot

The idea for this jabot is very loosely based on The Secret Garden. Perfect for any outfit for a summer stroll in your favorite secret garden.

Made from vintage printed cotton fabric, linen cotton backing fabric, vintage black pique trim, black plastic heart button.

Shallow Grave Tote Bag

An OOAK tote bag for everyday errands and to make a statement with.

Made of vintage cotton fabric scrap fabric layered and pieced together on to a felt base (a mix of dead-stock, vintage and a few antique pieces of various cotton and poly cotton scraps used), pattern cotton lining.

Today's WIP~

Yes, I am still amongst the living and still sewing. I just haven't had the energy to document any of it. oops. Seen here is a dickie that I'm currently working on, besides the front pin-tucks being a slight bit wonky I'm actually liking how its turning out.

I have also been haphazardly listing things on the shop for sale and forgetting to post about it on any of my socials...again oops. I dunno man the world we live in has just really drained me of my whimsy and the energy to post online right now so I haven't been.

Midnight Garden Book Pouch

You need something to carry around to protect your tablet or current read this summer? Look no further than this totally original OOAK pouch. Perfect size for a large book, e-reader, tablet, sketchbook or really anything you can fit in it tbh.

Made of linen and cotton fabric scraps patch-worked together, deadstock jersey lining fabric, deadstock trim and salvaged lace appliques.

Available Now {SOLD}

Laura's Garden Book Pouch

Introducing a new item to the shop, top loading pouches to carry your current book, sketchbook, tablet, e-reader or really anything if it can fit tbh. Lightly padded to prevent too much bulk but enough to protect the item inside.

Made of 80s cotton fabric, deadstock jersey lining fabric, vintage trim and appliques, and satin ribbons.

Carmilla Satchel Purse

A smaller bag than I'm used to making, but I had a vision.

Perfect for running errands or date nights, small compact but makes a statement.

Made of burgundy red corduroy, cotton lining fabric, antique lace and trim, jet beads, deadstock ribbon, salvaged metal finding, plastic button

This is a heads up to all of my followers and anyone interested in purchasing from my shop.

I will be moving away from shopify and have decided to temporarily move to ko-fi for the time being. Why? Well shopify has decided that I need help selling my creation by using AI. And to make it worse I can't easily turn off or opt out of this AI assistance. I noticed this intrusion on Friday was immediately repulsed.

This move has already started, I set up TheWidowsHouse Ko-fi Page over the weekend and set up a shop over there. I will be probably shut the shopify page down the beginning of June. I have a long road of updating links and shifting traffic away from the shopify page but I think its worth it to keep AI away from me and my business as much as I conceivably can.

All my current listings have been shuffled over, and new listing will be coming to the ko-fi page later this week. If you want to still purchase things off the shopify page you're free to do so until the beginning of June.

I will also use ko-fi as a second home for these announcements and shop updates which will be nice for people not keen on using tumblr.

And yes, ko-fi has a tip option, I don't expect anyone to actually use the tip button. I opted for ko-fi because its easy, free and offers a flexibility that I really need right now. My focus will be the shop and communicating with people who like my creations, not tips or donations. I just really want that to be clear.

Anyways...thanks for sticking with me and on to better things (I hope).

A cheeky sneak peek at the new patches coming to the shop!

My recent projects~

I live, I promise. I'm just big sad and chaotically sewing weird stuff that fills me with some sparkle of whimsical joy to deal with life stuff happening. But in other news... coming to the shop *soonish* is a new satchel bag that I made that was supposed to be just a quick little project turned that into almost a week long project, It's really pretty though. And I am currently working on book/tablet pouches. I've finished one, and working on another. They are 11" X 8.5" so they can fit large books, sketchbooks, smaller tablets and e-readers. I dunno I was having a identity crisis about my shop not making anything people would actually want so I decided to shut that little voice up by making things that people can use rather than just wear. So this next update will be less wearable stuff and more usable stuff. Also I'll be adding a new patch that I'm excited about.

This weeks project~

I decided to fix a collar I made back in 2022. I've had it listed on TWH's et*y since then but was never happy with how it turned out and I don't think anyone else liked it either because it never sold. So I decided to dust it off and give it some TLC. All problems can be solved by an abundance of lace.

The first picture is what it looked like before, the second is the finished result. It has a whimsical grandma goth aesthetic that I really enjoy.