Category: inprogress
Simple Silk Chemise: shrinkage testing
It is always great to figure out the shrinkage for fabrics in different cleaning processes. Here is the example of one of my test swatches before writing on the final results:
Back to sewing!
I’m back in town and sewing up a storm. This week a huge amount of progress has been made on a stunning Modern style wedding gown, awedding corset is going through the final stages,...
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...
Gold and Burgundy corset – inprogress
Here is a mock-up that I plan to add to my samples for my workshop: You can see I was getting ready to insert grommets and boning. Last comes the bottom binding and lacing....
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!...
18th century suit: stripe waistcoat inprogress
I’ve started going through all the photos I took of the wedding garments in progress and decided some might be nice to share. Here is one showing how I cut out the shape of...
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....
P&B corset: progress and lace
These photos show the detail at the busk including the planned lace treatment along the girdle. The lace was custom dyed purple. The first dye batch turned out too red but the second batch...
