Tag: Victorian

Corsets Sewing

Plum Dupioni Silk Sweetheart Overbust

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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Colorful Steampunk Vest

This is a uniquely designed reversible steampunk vest, created for Nathaniel Johnstone.   It is fully reversible.  The brown side is cotton duck, and the reverse is peacock-colored dupioni silk.  Two versions are pictured here.  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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Villainous Red Formal Spats

It appears the 500 errors have been fixed, so keep your fingers crossed and expect a lot of updates this week. First is a pair of spats I finished over the weekend and will be delivering this evening.  They are made from red cotton canvas, and lined with off-white cotton canvas.  The buttons are black

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Corsets Sewing

Historic Inspirations – Flossing

From the Leicestershire County Council’s Heritage Services: http://museums.leics.gov.uk/collections-on-line/BrowseCollection.do?groupOrCollection=BROWSE_GROUP&key=75 Each of these extant Victorian corsets features bold flossing, from very complex to very simple, and all beautifully done. http://museums.leics.gov.uk/collections-on-line/GetObjectAction.do?objectKey=103338 I spoke about this beautiful corset during the Beginning Corset Flossing Workshop on Jan 29th.  It’s an 1895 woman’s corset, in the Symington Collection of Early Corsets.

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