Pink cotton eyelet fabric kimono, and pink cotton velvet corselet, both of which I sewed back in 2011 for an Asian-themed steampunk event.
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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 is a bespoke plus-sized corded regency corset, made with drill cover and coutil interlining, with padded shoulder straps, drawstring on the bust, a busk pocket, and fan lacing.
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The machine-washable corded Regency corset is now fully assembled and grommeted.
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This entry continues the photo description of creating a corded regency corset. I worked a couple hours a couple days last week, taking photos as I went. Today I did a lot more work, and it is now assembled and corded on the front and side panels.
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I spent the afternoon and evening working on the regency corset. There will be absolutely no metal boning anywhere in the corset, and all the materials, including the cording, have been pre-washed in hot water so the finished corset will be machine washable.
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Fabric: Two layers of hemp/linen canvas Boning: 1/4″ flat spring steel bones throughout the entire body of the stays Piecing: Five panels total to distribute bias stretch Edging: Organic cotton ribbon edging Lacing: Offset lacing style Shoulder Straps: Removable These plus-sized stays are constructed using modern materials and techniques, to provide the proper fashion silhouette
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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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This is a bespoke custom commissioned plus sized mid-bust Victorian corset. It is made from two layers of corset coutil and has a split metal busk. Fabric: Two layers of black corset coutil Boning: 1/4″ flat and spiral steel bones Piecing: Six panels per side Busk: 12″ metal straight double-busk
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Sorry updates have been infrequent the last few weeks. I’m now a month into the school semester and starting to get back into the swing of college. I’ve also been having various glitches with the back end of my web site that has made updating a rather tedious endeavor. Thankfully, it seems to be behaving
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