I’ve been cutting again! I’m always saying how much I love cutting out, and I do REALLY love it. While my sewing rate has been low this year, and I’ve completely run out of oomph on the SWAP entry, I’ve still been buying fabric, and still been thinking and making plans. Yesterday I started cutting … Continue reading Cut to the Bone
This has been hanging around while I got on with Dawn’s coat, and it’s been really annoying me! Such a simple project, left dangling, literally. Recap- it’s a beautiful gored skirt, with a high, boned waistline. I’ve made it up in the red/black embossed African wax cotton, which is softer and more fluid than most … Continue reading Edwardian 10-gore skirt #4
2016 in pictures I make this 45 garments [I thought it would be more, but hey-ho, some were extremely time-consuming] 11 for Dawn, 4 for other family members…and 30 for me. Ahem. Selfish sewing alert! Of that thirty, only 6 items weren’t steampunk or dress-up. Hilarious! On the extrememly positive side, I don’t think I’ve … Continue reading Monthly Making
It’s been finished for a few days now, and I also whizzed up the period authentic bum/hip pad and ‘chicken fillets’ or ‘bust improvers’ as they were known then. Patterns for these are included in the pattern, all very cool and easy. So, a reminder. It’s the Truly Victorian E01, 1903 Edwardian corset. … Continue reading S-bend in action: Edwardian Corset #3
I zoomed ahead after getting the main assembly done, and spent a jolly [ahem] couple of hours bashing grommets into place. Then I slipped the lacing in, and had a quick try-on…even without boning this gives a lovely shape, very curvaceous! I played with some lace left over from my daughter’s wedding dress, and I … Continue reading Whale I never! Edwardian corset #2
I cut this out in beige coutil a few weeks [months?] back, and it kept sinking to the bottom of the pile. Corsets aren’t difficult, but they are time consuming! Sew-jo has been sadly lacking, while I fight all manner of work problems, and deal with the stress fallout, but I got a bit of … Continue reading Laying More Foundations: Edwardian Corset #1
Time is very tight right now, and I’m ACHING to get some sewing done. As payday arrived, I consoled myself during the long, tedious, unproductive hours at work, and did a little [ahem] internet shopping. And the parcels have been turning up nice and steadily… These are all for my lovely missus-green stretch twill, and … Continue reading Retail therapy and more ideas…
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