Category: gowns
Wedding diary: draping the mock-up
Here you can see the initial muslin draped over my stays and Uniquely me dress form: I’ve just pleated and pinned the skirting materials in place to give a quick look at the planned...
Queen Victoria revamp: mocking up trim
Lots of pinning! I’m tempted to change the cotton pre-made bias out for silk taffeta but that will not easily be within budget.
Caramel Cream gown : sitting for a portrait
I had to share these photos because Lauren was drawing a portrait of one of my clients including the recently finished Caramel Cream gown!
Caramel Cream Gown: sleeves and hat
Hanging: The white on cream spiral trim really stands out just enough to catch the eye. The gown has additional gem accents that can be added along the trim for a fancier look when...
Carmel Cream Gown: standing collar finished
Edged with metal on the interior, this collar really stands nicely. Three flat steel bones finish up the underlying support which includes hair canvas and cotton duck.
Rene’s bodice progress
Now this bodice has been a bodice of DOOM! It has a extreme like for oily substances and will find any oil in a room and suck it up. I’ve watched Rene very carefully...
Wedding Diary: underside of the quilted petticoat
The quilted petticoat I made for my wedding has a layer of blue silk, wool batting, and linen lining. I thought the linen side was too pretty not to show. Here it is all...
Embroidery continued…
Rene sent me a progress photo of the hand-sewn embroidery :) The front will take longer as some mystery spots appeared on the front portion of the bodice. She has re-done the front and...
Embroidery Design
Rene asked me to adapt an embroidery design for her bodice by making a continuous design that would be curved around the top edge. The inspiration source was only a small section so I...
Caramel Cream: jasper beading done!
Here is the final set of trim, all rolled up, with the beading complete: Now it is time to apply it to the caramel velvet and then to hand sew that to the doublet!...
Caramel Cream: jasper beading progress
Each bead is hand sewn on individually knotted to ensure they will remain secure through use of the garment: I’ll be beading the rest of the trim in between other segments of this project....
Caramel Cream: eyelets in velveteen
It is neat to see how the stitches hide in the pile of the velveteen. Fourteen more eyelets to go.
