This is a uniquely designed reversible steampunk vest, created for Nathaniel Johnstone. Â Â It is fully reversible. Â The brown side is cotton duck, and the reverse is peacock-colored dupioni silk. Â Two versions are pictured here. Â One is the prototype and the other is the final version. I drew the violin design freehand in chalk, and then
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This basic Wiccan longrobe is made from one piece of white dupioni silk for the body, trimmed with yellow cotton broadcloth for the hem and sleeves. The hood is made from yellow cotton, with a wide front edge of white silk that extends seamlessly down to trim the front of the neck opening. Sleeves are
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I have resumed work on the Violin Vest, creating the final version. This one is slightly larger than the previous, and I altered the pattern so the breast seam runs to the side of the double-breast, rather than straight down the center front. I am also adding the striping detail to all breast panels, rather than just two of them.
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Newly completed red dupioni silk sweetheart overbust corset with black flossing and black edging lace.
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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 finished the wooden busk and took a bunch more detail photos and some still life photos of the corset and busk before packaging it to mail off. The busk is hand-carved from solid oak using a dremel tool, and finished with Danish Oil. It is 2″x12″. I’m hoping to take the time in the
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I finished two new Renaissance stays which I’ve been working on for the past couple weeks. One is plain, and the other has a brown silk cover and leather edging. Both have a double-layer core of hemp/linen canvas, a change that I couldn’t be more pleased about. The hemp/linen canvas is superior to the cotton
Read MoreTonight I finished the red silk Victorian, many months in the making. Core: Two layers of corset coutil Cover: Dark red dupioni silk Flossing: Black buttonhole thread Edging: Black dupioni silk bias tape Lace: Black slightly stretchy lace Boning: 38 1/4″ flat spring steel bones Piecing: 8 panels per side Busk: 16″ metal straight double
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This afternoon I finished the cream silk underbust corset with lace edging. This is not a tight-lacing corset, but it does have a lot of hip spring, so I decided to try an 8-panel design rather than the usual six. I like the smoothness of the shape a lot better than the last tight-lacing corset
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