Green and Gray Gown: alterations
Shortly after this lovely green & gray Middles gown was finished my client lost a significant amounts of weight to make the outfit unwearable. The bodice just didn’t fit right even overlapped at front....
Category: ladieswear
Partlet mock-up & sleeve progress
My client’s main concern is to maintain the lightest garment possible (for temperature as well as medical reasons) while attempting to still have a true Renaissance feel to her gown. In this vein we...
Wool Middles Renaissance gown
The skirt and bodice of this outfit are complete. I’ve included a few photos of my smallest mannequin wearing the gown but she doesn’t do it justice at all! My client is much smaller...
Green Middles: almost there – the checklist
Left to complete: -pad stitching of last piece of interlining – DONE -press gray banding before pinning lower half – DONE -hand sew gray banding on bodice- DONE -hand sew in linen lining –...
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:
Pad stitching and cartridge pleating
Today will consist of lots of time pad stitching interlining to a wool bodice then hand sewing in the linen lining. The burgundy and gold nobles gown will have its skirt cartridge pleated today...
Details of skirt – commission
Some detail shots of another skirt I recently completed to match the brown and teal turquoise corset I posted a while back. I just finished her full length box-pleated skirt as well and will...
