Brief recap of NACLS 2015 (North American Corsetry and Lingerie Symposium), and my interview from Lucy Corsetry.
Read MoreThe two weeks prior to Nova Albion I spent in a sewing hole, desperately finishing as many costume pieces for myself and my friends as possible. The finished pieces were only half of what I had originally planned, but I was very happy with how the pieces I did finish turned out. Tomorrow I plan
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I have a series of four workshops coming up in the next month, all centered around Renaissance costuming and corset-making. In the near future this series will be followed up with a workshop on Renaissance-style hoop skirts and bum rolls, as well as workshops on how to draft and construct true Effigy-style corsets using reed
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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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This is one of the projects currently on my sewing machine. It’s a re-make of a red silk sweetheart overbust, with flossing and lace edging on the top. The first version will be staying in my personal collection as an example of flossing, because I made a rather silly mistake in the final draft and
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This is a plus-sized Victorian overbust corset I made for a friend. It has drab green dupioni silk cover material, flossing, lacing panel, and split metal busk. Core: Two layers of corset coutil Cover: Drab green dupioni silk Flossing: Beige buttonhole thread Edging: Matching dupioni silk bias tape Boning: 1/4″ flat spring steel and spiral
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I was asked about the pattern for the gothic brocade overbust corset in my portfolio, because it has the “V” shape to the panels in the front, continuing smoothly over the bust. I made that corset last fall, before I had this blog set up on my web site, so I had never even photographed
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This is a commission for a sweetheart Victorian overbust pattern. I will also be making a gown bodice pattern to go with it, as part of a full Victorian gown creation, inspired by a court gown of Empress Elizabeth of Austria. I’ll post more details about that after I finish the bodice pattern. Canvas surtout
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Up to now I had been making my plain Renaissance stays with the tabs separate pieces, sewn into the body. While it worked well, it took a lot of extra time and created sometimes problematic bulk at the waistline. I have been experimenting with using integral tabs, with the idea of retaining the simple body
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This past weekend I was finally able to coordinate time with a friend to take some photos of the grommeted corset. It is made from two layers of natural colored coutil, with leather edging and a leather “belt”, held in place with brass grommets. The boning is flossed in place, it is front lacing, and
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