See what I did there? Hmm? I’ll get me coat…
But before I go, I hope you appreciate that I just trussed myself up into my corset SINGLEHANDEDLY in order to regale you with these pics.
Stand in awe oh mortals.
And Oscar wanted to join in
Now I need to crack on with the African cotton version…
All hail the demented fairy for she is queen of the sewing machine.
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Empress dear, empress…
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Wow, those sleeves are seriously big! Looks amazing 🙂
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That’s why the waist looks small- it’s simply dwarfed by the magnificent sleeves!
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Can’t beat a silk curtain blouse… sleeve envy
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They are SERIOUS sleeves. And they rustle…
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Cor get those sleeves or are those your shoulders? (runs and hides) No seriously that top/blouse is fabulous.
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Yup, I’ve got linebacker shoulders…
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These us stunning! I never heard of steam punk until I read your blog and now I think I must’ve lead a sheltered life as it’s everywhere. I must be expensive for the majority who don’t sew.
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Actually, most do seem to sew, and it’s quite the thing to brag about bargain hunting in charity shops, and re-making. Crafts and creativity are very highly prized. There are plenty of people selling their designs too of course, or taking commissions. Big business!
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Holy majoly – that’s serious sleeves. Wow. This ain’t no leg of mutton, this is a proper ham. Fantastic. I bow to your magnificence, oh sewing machine empress.
So, will you be using this for steampunk? Or are you moving into reenactment as well?
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Nah, steampunk all the way- absolute historical accuracy is a bit of a bore…I like to fling the anachronisms in too. Hmm which would be bigger, a leg of mutton or a ham?
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A ham! At least here. Slaughtered weight for a pig is about 80 kg, for a lamb 20 kg…
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Ah but mutton is from a grown sheep…isn’t it??
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It’s is, yet these days it often is not. And lambs are fed until they don’t resemble lambs…so a nice old sheep might have a slaughtered weight of 30 kg. That’s still less than half a pig. 🙄 Oink.🐷 Baa.🐑
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I can see why you love Steampunk, you look great in this and I hope you have many occasions to wear it, it should be strutted. Seriously though, there’s a lot of accomplished fitting and sewing going on here, your waist looks tiny doesn’t it, great job.
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No fitting, honest, you just match measurements to corset, way less complicated than fitting bodies! I think everyone should do some steampunking, it’s such fun!
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I have no words – and that’s a first!
You dressed yourself and you look fabulous – staggeringly superb sleeves.
You were born 100 years too early.
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…or too late? lol I do love this era, the styles are gorgeous, so dramatic
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Just fabulous! Thank you for wrestling with your corset (singlehandedly) to share with us!
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Cor Blimey! *In full Dick van Dyke mode* That blouse is a bit of a stunner. It reminds me of the costumes in Mary Poppins. I love it, this gives Miss Scarlett’s the “best fashion use of a curtain” award a run for its money. Xx
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OH MY GOD look at those amazing sleeves! And I am totally loving the yoke with the little pleats underneath. What a beautiful garment 🙂
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It is a fabulous pattern isn’t it? I’m thinking the sleeves would look amazing in transparent organza with an under sleeve…
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Magnificent. (I have to confess you look just a tiny bit terrifying – if you turn up on Doctor Who I’m outa here….)
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I have wings, and hide in puddles…
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