Gift Wrap corset: update
Hand sewing the binding and adding the lacing is all that is left! Sometimes it feels lovely to procrastinate on projects by working on a project. What a lovely present it is becoming.
Category: inprogress
Cap sleeve chemise
A few sneak peeks at a cute little delicate chemise inprogress. Isn’t she pretty!
Striped Victorian gown: dickens christmas fair
Life has been busy. Another corset out the door, a chemise inprogress, & a skirt with medici belt. A ready made zouave jacket (not made by me) will be getting some upgraded trimmings and...
Gift wrapped corset & Pink stay: progress update
I’ll sneak in a few in progress shots of my latest work. The first is a underbust Victorian corset done up as a Christmas gift. The second is a mock-up of a rounded,center opening...
Polish gown inprogress
Our guildmistress picked out some fabric she decided had to be used for the guild. I dutifully purchased it and accepted the challenge to get a gown done by Folsom Renaissance faire. I wonder...
Stomacher -quilted & embroidered
The Stomacher for an 18th century pair of stays has been quilted and all the threads pulled through to the back. Here is a preview before it is lined and edges bound:
Wedding progress
I adjusted the pattern for Jeremy’s breeches and cut out the velvet last night, then serged all of the edges. Luckily this velvet is not leaving velvet “bugs” everywhere like I imagined it would....
Cranach Gown progress
The project is majorly on the back burner but I wanted to show the progress. It was started because I needed a project I could pick up and put down whenever I wanted. I...
Green Wool Bodice
The Green wool middles are progressing nicely. I’m working on interlining the bodice today. Here are some progress shots: Tacking back the curved back seams:
Burgundy and Bronze: cartridge pleating
Cartridge pleating is now complete and the skirt awaits a bodice to be attached to!
Cuffs and collar
Working on some machine embroidered blackwork cuffs and collars using very simple stitches. Here is a preview of the new chemise’s collars and cuffs:
Linen pair of bodies!
We tried on the final version of the pair of bodies and the third time was a charm. Fully boned bodies or stays often take more than one mock-up to tweak the pattern for...
Venetian hose
The black wool and linen lining for a new pair of Venetian hose are cut out and ready for construction. I hope to take some photographs of their construction over the next week. Look...
70 grommets and 58 bones later
I have to say this recent pair of bodies has broken my record with the sheer number of grommets and bones required. Cutting, filing, and dipping 58 bones was quite a chore. Inserting 70...
