Edwardian Dominatrix outfit #2

 

Black wax cotton with an embossed pattern, [from the Rag Market], pintucked in red. 6 yards for only £20, well it would be rude not to!

SKIRT:  Truly Victorian #E23, 1906 10-gore skirt

The skirt is simple, but not quick, as there are 10 gores, and I overlocked all the seams to neaten, but stitched them on the sewing machine.

The skirt is underlined to the hip, and as I used the striped fabric from the sleeves of the aborted shirtwaist, also interfaced.  This is not a bad thing:  the waxed cotton is very slightly prone to stretching, and the pin tucks add to that slight elasticity.  the skirt needs to fit sleekly at the very high waist, so a bit of stabilising is good!

This time, instead of sewing all the hooks and eyes separately, I used premade hook and eye tape.  Much faster!

I stitched twill tape directly to all those seams at the underlined area, then used plastic boning cut to size, with the ends melted with a lighter to stop them bodging me [although it’s not likely through the corset.]

Then a simple binding/facing using twill tape at the waistline, and a deeper facing at the hem, using  remnants of the African key print I used for the riding skirt.  There’s still  a few yards of hemming to do, but I’ll finish it in the morning.

BLOUSE:  Truly Victorian #494, 1984 shirtwaist.

From the same pattern as the aqua silk, but without the peplum and separate front yoke, as this fabric has enough going on, and the peplum would not tuck in smoothly to the high waisted skirt.  Silk organza sleeve heads, as before.  For stability, and economy, inside collar band, undercollar, and inside facings are in the striped cotton remnants.  The front buttonhole band is in another scrap from the dismantled Reconstructing History blouse attempt, black cotton gauze, used double.

Buttons from stash, plastic, but look like carved jet.

Outrageous, but I love it!

It’s got a sort of Goth/Jacobean feel to it.  Black Adder anyone?

Pictures of me wearing it tomorrow.  Night all!