14th Century linen front lacing kirtle. French seams where assembled on a sewing machine; hand-worked seams along neck, front opening, inside sleeve, and hem; hand-worked eyelets; and the dress has deep medieval armholes.
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This past weekend I was able to take some more photos of the Red and Yellow Tunic Dress with Angel Sleeves, which I was particularly happy about since I have added herringbone embroidery along all the edges. Not only does it add a nice decorative element, but it will save me a lot of trouble when laundering by keeping the edges nice and crisp and preventing the two sides from getting out of alignment! The red side is entirely edged with yellow floss, and the yellow side is entirely edged with red floss. I used modern poly DMC embroidery floss for ease, price, and durability in the washing machine.
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During the past several months I’ve slowly been working on some medieval garb for myself and Diana. Each piece has taken me far longer to make than they would have before I became sick, but it’s felt damned nice to be creating things again, whatever the pace. I’ll post more photos of the garments as I am able to take worthy photos.
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Mid-14th century linen front lace kirtle. It has french seams; hand-worked seams along neck, front opening, and inside sleeve; and hand-worked eyelets.
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This ensemble is a blue herringbone Elizabethan renaissance Irish dress, reenactment style. The chemise is an Irish style liene, and she is wearing a single underskirt. I drafted and created this piece in 2000, but took these pictures in February of 2013.
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This new tutorial walks you through two different methods of inserting a triangular gore into a slash. This kind of construction is sometimes seen in modern and vintage garments, and it is commonly used to define bust shape in women’s undergarments throughout the 1800’s. The images used to illustrate were taken while I was constructing
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I finished these stays for myself last November, and made the partlet the day before taking the photos. The bloomers are plain cotton bloomers I made years ago. The Stays: Fabric: Two layers of hemp canvas. Boning: Partially boned, with 1/2″ flat spring steel bones fanned for the front panel and 2 1/4″ flat spring
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I now have How to Floss a Corset Kits and separate booklets available for sale. These kits include just about everything you need to learn how to floss a corset: How to Floss a Corset Booklet by Sidney Eileen Flossing sampler blank Spring steel boning Size 6 and 7 English-made embroidery needles Two colors of
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Below are images of the finished Victorian bodice pattern. It is inspired by one of the court gowns of Empress Elizabeth of Austria (a couple of the reference photos provided by customer are below). This is just the bodice, which includes a drape that is gathered into a bustle extension on the backmost panels. I
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Originally posted July 22, 2009. Custom Elizabethan corset created on commission. Two core layers of cotton duck, and two layers of natural colored denim. Boning is 1/2″ in the front and 1/4″ in the tabs.
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