This is a pair of miniature Victorian cat portraits painted in brown ink, placed in a filigree locket.
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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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Today I was finally looking back through some old messages on DeviantArt, and came across a couple comments from another corset maker. I decided to go check out her gallery, and found an absolutely delightful array of unique, inspired creations that are well worth checking out. What I also found was a sub-gallery where she
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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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Newly completed red dupioni silk sweetheart overbust corset with black flossing and black edging lace.
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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
Read MoreThe theme of this year’s Nova Albion Convention in Santa Clara, CA is Wild, Wild East. The costumes I am planning to make for myself and my friends are based on Japanese-European Victorian fashions, and real fashions of the Meiji period. This inspirational piece is posted to the FIDM Museum Blog, which is well worth
Read MoreFrom 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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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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