This is my second garment for the VPLL 1912 Project, and my first done in normal scale and without any instructions. For fabric, I used a large piece of $2/yd green checked cotton I'd bought for making a muslin a while back, which happened to match up with what the pattern recommended. The reasons I … Continue reading 1912 Project – Blouse #0219
Category: corsetry
The stays are done!
No pictures due them looking pretty much the same as before minus about 3/4" off the top in the back. I still think they're too small in the front, on both edges, but they're not unwearable. I was actually feeling a bit down about them until I looked at Edward Penny's The Profligate Punished by … Continue reading The stays are done!
Stays – 95% Done!
My reed came yesterday from Wm Booth, Draper! (The reed I bought weeks earlier from Benfranklin.com has still not arrived - never order from them, I'm going to get the bank to take my money back somehow.) This morning I spent about an hour and a half cutting it and boning the stays with two … Continue reading Stays – 95% Done!
50% Backstitch Completion!
I've finally done all the channels on one side of my stays. Of course, now it's second-sock syndrome and doing the other seems like a kind of torture, but still - halfway there. I originally cut the front too high - or the rest of it too low (but I'm short-waisted so it worked out … Continue reading 50% Backstitch Completion!
1911 Corset pictures
Yes, I was steadfast about not showing pictures of the mockup, but that's because it was made out of blue jeans and without quite the attention to detail that it should have had. But the real version is much more presentable and won't embarrass me. Both halves, on the floor: The fabric I'm using for … Continue reading 1911 Corset pictures
Mimic of Modes 