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.
Laurie Tavan
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...
Commissions Closed
I’ve just received 90 day notice from our landlord that we will have to move out (at least it wasn’t 30 days!). She is planning to move in immediately and hopes we might move...
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...
Edwardian inspired wedding gown: lace yoke
Here are some images of the piecework done on the yoke of the Edwardian inspired wedding gown recently featured on my website. The yoke was carefully pieced together and invisibly whipped together from the...
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...
Edwardian Inspired Wedding Gown: now in gallery
click image to go to gallery Once I get photos of the bride wearing the gown at her wedding I will upload them. The sleeves just don’t look right without arms in them! Plus...
Wedding diary: buttons using wooden molds
For the Wedding Suitcoat and waistcoat I decided to hand cover 18th century style wooden button molds. I had posted a picture of my hand sewing by candle/fire light when we were without power...
Men’s corset: black lambskin purchased
This has to be the softest leather I’ve ever handled. Hard to photograph but here is one anyway: It is a whole different world trying to purchase leather – No yardage, no standard sizes...
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!...
Valhalla Renaissance Faire – Lake Tahoe
I spent last weekend up in the lovely Camp Richardson, CA for the Valhalla Renaissance Faire. I’m looking forward to participating this upcoming weekend as well. I know I’ll see lots of friendly faces:)...
