Flat silk on linen. This is how the blackwork forehead cloth looked on Yule. I think I am about halfway done.
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Progress on the blackwork embroidered forehead cloth. I have now done approximately one-and-one-half repetitions of the pattern, out of roughly eight total.
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I have made a little progress on the blackwork embroidered forehead cloth. I am working it almost entirely in stem stitch and running stitch.
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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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This vest is a little larger than the Violin Vest, but based on the same pattern type. One side is brown cotton canvas, and the other side is a black and brown silk brocade with a diamond pattern. The accent stripes on both sides were created in the silk brocade. It has a mandarin collar and eppaulettes.
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This is a bespoke Victorian sweetheart overbust corset. It has a plum dupioni silk cover, lacing panel, and split metal busk. Plum Dupioni Sweetheart Core: Two layers of corset coutil Cover: Plum dupioni silk Edging: Black double-face satin ribbon Boning: 4 1/4″ flat spring steel bones, 14 1/4″ spiral steel bones Piecing: 8 panels per side Busk: 13″ metal straight double
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This is a bespoke conical corset or stays, with a peacock blue silk taffeta cover, offset lacing, a busk pocket, and is partially boned with spring steel.
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Continuing WIP on a new pair of silk tabbed stays. There are some differences in construction when including a busk pocket, so I photographed those for those who are curious.
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This is the latest project on my sewing machine. It is tabbed conical stays, with two layers of corset coutil for the core, and a cover of peacock silk taffeta. It is partially boned, and will include a busk pocket in the front. The lining will be white cotton muslin. Presently, the cover and core are sewn together, and the boning channels have been created.
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Originally posted May 10, 2011. This is a fully reversible men’s steampunk vest. The brown side is cotton duck, and the reverse is peacock-colored dupioni silk. I made a prototype version last fall. This is the final version. I drew the violin design freehand in chalk, and then painted it with Jaquard fabric paints. It
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