It has once again been more than a year since I posted about my chronic health problems on this blog. That happens when I have made no meaningful progress, and therefor feel like I have nothing new to write about. I do occasionally vent or rant on my personal Facebook profile, which is also where the latest developments to my health unfolded in the public eye.
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I decided to take the plunge and set up a modest Patreon account, where you can get advance reading, give input, and see special material. It is set up for those of you who can and want to support my creative efforts, even though I can’t promise lavish rewards.
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I’ve been busy working on the corded corset the past couple weeks, and am taking a breather to post the WIP photos here. It’s almost finished.
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The High Desert Steam Con has asked me to be one of their maker guests of honor for their 2016 convention! It’s happening in Sparks, NV, from March 18-20.
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Brief recap of NACLS 2015 (North American Corsetry and Lingerie Symposium), and my interview from Lucy Corsetry.
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The last few days I have been working on my hybrid style fully corded corset. The first step is to fully cord all the panels and gores. The strength layer is coutil, with thin cotton rope for cording, and black linen for the cover material. I couldn’t find yellow buttonhole thread, so I am using
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In more exciting news, for the first time in a little over three years I am working on a corset. It is a bastard hybrid of stays with stomacher, and a Victorian corset. It will be fully corded to imitate the look of fully boned stays, and I am planning for it to machine washable.
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In 2014 this corset ended up with a broken busk, so I decided to repair the corset by creating an entirely different closure, steampunk inspired.
Read MoreDate: May 24, 2015, 3-6pm Location: San Jose, CA, USA Event name: Corset Pattern Alteration Workshop at Clockwork Alchemy Further info: http://www.clockworkalchemy.com/ The workshop is free for anyone attending the Clockwork Alchemy or Fanime conventions. You must have a convention pass valid on Sunday to attend. Clockwork Alchemy is a steampunk themed portion of the
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Christine Wickham was one of those amazing people who’s intelligence, compassion, caring, wisdom, creativity, and beauty showed through in everything and everyone who’s lives she touched, a radiance that conveyed what an incredible person she was even through text online. Like most of the people I know who will miss her, I knew her through
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