Not much to report. I had copied the 1911 corset pattern from C&C and used the Corsetmaking Revolution percentages method to determine the widths of all the pieces, but I wasn't sure it was right (and I knew it wasn't in some areas), so I scaled it up a bit and printed it out again. … Continue reading 1911 Corset Sew-Along, Day One
A New Year
I'm not going to detail what I made last year because it's a very short list, but I find it interesting to look over other peoples' lists of what they hope/plan to make in 2012. And now that I've finished writing my thesis (fireworks, trumpets, cannons, etc.), I'm sure that I will be able to … Continue reading A New Year
Winifred Scawen Blunt's Gown
When I visited the Albany Institute on Friday to meet the curator, under whom I will be working as an intern, I went up and walked around the galleries - I think my main objective was a second look at the permanent exhibitions Sense of Place: 18th and 19th Century Paintings and Sculpture and Traders and … Continue reading Winifred Scawen Blunt's Gown
Boué Soeurs
Quite a change in subject matter, but I've started working on a story set in 1920 and my costume thoughts have been there lately. The Boué sisters, Madame Sylvie Montegut and Baronne Jeanne d’Etreillis, opened their Parisian fashion house in 1899. (It's speculated that Sylvie was more involved in design and Jeanne was more of … Continue reading Boué Soeurs
Thesis Update – Nearly There!
I probably would have been at this point several days ago, but I went with the Theory "batiste" from my swatches, and it proved to be more like a tightly-woven percale, and I was having the hardest time getting pins and needles into it. Let this be a lesson: always test a swatch by pleating … Continue reading Thesis Update – Nearly There!
Mimic of Modes 