Wedding dress diary: what I did on vacation
I took a “vacation” the last week of 2007. It was only a vacation in the sense that I wasn’t at home. I took all my sewing projects with me up into the mountains...
Laurie Tavan
Custom matching mask
I just finished the matching mask for the Reversible corset ensemble. It was a mask purchased as a “second”(due to damages to the painting), in Venice, with the intent of covering it with the...
Sewing by fire light and candle light
Our house smelled like rotten forest from the rain – so much so that we took the parrot to Saratoga to Jeremy’s parent’s house to get her away from the nasty (potentialy harmful) smell....
Purple corset
Here is a teaser shot of a project currently under way. The boning just arrived from the group order so I’m about to start tipping ends! There is a busk under that lacing but...
Photos from PEERS
Laura, one of the improv actors/dancers at the annual Dickens reunion 12th Night Ball, wore a couple of my sample pieces (chemise, drawers, and corset) for some music hall stage scenes. Here are a...
Found items art project
As promised here are some photos of my “Flying Gurard” entry for this year’s Pirate’s Point art contest. This was the first fish we saw upon entering the water this trip and it was...
Hello from Little Cayman
I was so busy before leaving that I forgot to mention I was leaving! I’ve been enjoying a well needed vacation SCUBA diving on my favorite island. A little topical storm is making its...
Guest seamstress this week
One of my clients recently decided to make a corset for the first time. I snuck around with the camera a bit ao she might post a dress diary in the near future with...
Elf outfits
These are based on a simple Victorian chemise but done up in a green cotton velveteen & embellished with burgundy ribbons. Amy and I will be wearing these Sunday evening at Dickens Christmas Fair...
Blue spoonbusk corset: inprogress
This is a pale blue silk with darker blue stripes. The boning channels are sewn in navy and it will be tied with a dark blue ribbon 5/8″ lacing at back. Here is a...
Gift Wrap corset: wrapping done!
My present corset is complete. It has been added to the gallery: – Click on image to go to the gallery – *The hat and pin-tucked burgundy & white striped petticoat were also made...
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.
Striped Victorian gown: inprogress
I’m posting up a view of this gown in progress for all of you asking about my rush commission. Kaitlyn comes over later this week to finish the medici belt. I adore this fabric...
Black and Red Midbust corset
This corset is really a stand-in temporary corset. It was a mock up that was finished because we haven’t found the right final fashion fabric but a corset was needed to be used for...
Cap sleeve chemise
A few sneak peeks at a cute little delicate chemise inprogress. Isn’t she pretty!
