Wedding ensemble: pleating w/ the perfect pleater
I have made fabric pleater tools out of cardboard in the past but never 22″ wide and with a small return. I knew the total circumference I wanted at the hemline and a full...
I have made fabric pleater tools out of cardboard in the past but never 22″ wide and with a small return. I knew the total circumference I wanted at the hemline and a full...
I finally got the Florentine gown up on the webpage. I sent it in to Bella from Realm of Venus. She did a great job putting together the content featurning it in her Italian...
Tonight I’ll be heading off to the Valhalla Renaissance faire, for the weekend, after a long day of sewing and errands. I’m excited, as it is one of my favorite events of the year....
In an interesting turn of events, my roommate was in search of a fabric for a Venetian gown and she now has the other 8 yards of this fabric from my stash. I’m looking...
I’ve started the next portion of my Italian gown. Here is a quick preview: The petticoat patterning for the silk fabric is 9 pieces and the linen lining 14 pieces! It was fun putting...
Here are some photos of the loose kirtle worn under a red silk ropa a made a few years back. The Ropa never had a final photo shoot so I’m going to put up...
My client saw this 1 yard of red shot-with-black silk taffeta with a gold embroidery and knew she wanted to do another silk gown. We had been thinking of going with another linen gown....
This will be worn under a previously made red & cream silk ropa. We are also making a new surcoat that can be worn over this kirtle as well. I’ll post some photos of...
Closes with custom self-fabric buttons with hand sewn buttonholes. Waiting for buttonholes:
The alterations on the gown were successful. We also added some ties for the sleeves. I forgot to ask to take pictures when we tried it on :( But I did grab a few...
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....
The added the trimmings and pinned up some swoops on the upper skirting and enjoying the look.
Some of use went on an optional trip to the Laboratorio Centro Restauro Tessili in the Cittadella of Pisa for a private viewing of the Renaissance dresses from the Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Reale....
Before the blue: Here you can see the horsehair at the edges of the petals. This gives a more clean edge and finish for the blue accent details as well as stiffening so it...