Wedding diary: gown fitting – Dec 07′
One of the fittings while up in Truckee. You can almost see the pins still in the back awaiting the final fitting to adjust the pleating. I was trying on the mask I modified....
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Wedding diary: I’m married :)
All went well yesterday. Jeremy and I thoroughly enjoyed out wedding. It look 1 year to plan, hours to set up and only an hour to tear down. I bet it will be weeks...
Wedding diary: three days of handsewing later….
the wedding coat is finished! Rene did a beautiful job of helping me construct the monster. We each put in 11 hours just today sewing in the lining and adding buttons. A lot of...
Wedding dress diary: lining
Okay I give up, I need to show you guys some of the pretty: I’ve been holding secret all my sewing progress on the gown for 5 months now and I’m about to burst...
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...
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...
NEW stays photos – website should be online now
Photos of the matching storage bag (with custom embroidery label) for ribbon, front panel, and stomacher have been added to the gallery. After the second photo shoot I found the customized bag perfectly held...
Sitenews: pair of stays added to gallery
These conical pair of stays really accentuate all the positive attributes of the female form. Check them out for an example of my custom 18th century inspired designs:
Ready for try-on
Just a teaser shot of the finished corset. My pillow just doens’t fill her out right! Maybe a full fledged photo shoot will ensue tomorrow if I get some good shut-eye. New project might...
Stomacher lining – reversible
I added some of my lace to the top of the blue silk lining on the stomacher so it will be reversible – now to bind it as well as the other side of...
Wedding diary: corset update
I tried on the 18th century stays and they fit like a dream. I can’t wait to finish the front panel & stomacher so I can show you them on my body. I’m still...
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:
Custom embroidery label
We decided to add a custom embroidery label to the wedding corset with our names and the date of the wedding. I’ve added in one more panel of the hand-sewn silk charmeuse.
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....
