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Also, speaking of corsets
This beauty was on display at the conference, parts of which were held at Dalnavert House Museum. The display was put on by the Costume Museum of Canada. It's one of those Edwardian ribbon corsets where there is faggoting holding the ribbons all together. I wanted to steal it. ;p
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Corset thoughts
One of my upcoming, very near future projects is a new Victorian corset. My lavender one is good in terms of fit, but it's not perfect and a little bit of wear is starting to show where the lacing rubs. What I want is the perfect corset. One that fits like a glove, is comfortable/practical, and gives a good shape. I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of ( Read more... ) -
1895 Ensemble
I got pictures of my 1895 ensemble before I presented on it at a conference. This ensemble has parts for multiple HSM challenges, including: Tucks and Pleating, Protection, and Gender Bender. The skirt is Tucks and Pleating, with it's double pleats at the CB. The corset cover is for Protection. And the bow tie and shirtwaist are for Gender Bender. ( Read more... ) -
In-progress pics
I put the collar on the shirtwaist and decided to try it on and take pics. Although the collar is about an inch too loose around my neck, it's looking alright. It's not a very exciting ensemble, kind of butter churn-y, but OMG I love how ridiculous the sleeves will look once I get the cuffs on them. (I'm sad that their true ridiculousness does not ( Read more... ) -
Chugging along
I got off to a late start yesterday so not as productive as I could have been. I did make and attach a flounce to my poplin petticoat. Took forever! I tried a new technique of making a tuck in the petticoat and using that to sandwich in the gathered edge of the flounce. It gives a nice finish and is easier than putting in a facing. My poplin ( Read more... ) -
Almost done skirt
In-progress pictures of the skirt for my 1895 ensemble. Right now it's on the dressform so the bias can hang out. All that's left are the hem and the closure, probably hooks and eyes. It could probably use a hem facing of something stiff to make it look really 1890s, but I kind of like the idea of having versatility with it because I think it will ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts?
This is the new shirting fabric I bought for my 1895 shirtwaist. It also conveniently has stripes at the exact right spaces for the tucks on the pattern I drafted before I had the fabric. So it really is meant to be! Every second white stripe will be the top of the tuck so that it will look like alternating even width stripes of green and white at ( Read more... ) -
Weird
I was looking at things on Pinterest and came across this photo of Clara Belle Williams, first black graduate of New Mexico State University. It was like looking in a mirror. I think she looks like a black historic version of me, at least in this photo. Weirded me out.
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Historical Cinderella
Thanks to theladyrebecca and bauhausfrau I've been thinking about Disney princesses and cosplay. I think cosplay is a lot of fun, but I always get stumped on things to cosplay because I don't want to be a poser and dress up in something that I don't have a firm grasp of fandom-wise. But I grew up watching Disney princesses and I dressed up as several of them growing up ( ( Read more... ) -
Blouse pattern
I finally gave myself a kick in the butt and patterned the body of my 1895 blouse. It's based off of my standard 1880s bodice pattern, but changed into 2 pieces (front and back) with 3 tucks in the front and straight fronted. I didn't pattern the sleeve because my piece of newspaper wasn't big enough. It'll just be one giant piece anyways because ( Read more... )