The stripes are coming together nicely (without any boning):

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This month I wrote an article for Foundations Revealed on matching stripes in corsetry. I’ve taken the tutorial fabric and proceeded onto making the actual corset from the demo in the article.

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Shown over incorrect corset which happened to be on the mannequin:

The second ruffle for some reason ended up tighter than planned once the boning was inserted even though they were all gathered identically. I will either be removing it and pleating in more fabric or adding a cute little gusset at the center back. Read the rest of this entry »

This corset has been sitting waiting on my mannequin and I felt inspired to finish something so I went ahead and applied binding. Stripe binding no less. I think it is a fun, playful element that ties in with the black piping.

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My best friend Rene and I are getting ready to do our yearly project. This year it will be Regency dresses in a nice striped sheer white cotton. She had already made up this pattern in my previous work space. So we decided I’d make one too. Thank you Rene for helping trace and cut out the project!

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The girls are so precious and oh so prim and proper (most of the time). Just wait till you get to the cute outtakes. Yes the Princess Royal turns into a zombie nearing the end of the shoot.

I have to say, these two young ladies really impressed me. They did 3 hours including hair, make-up, costuming and a photo shoot. Then popped aprons over their dresses, ate dinner, and headed out with their Grandma to meet me as their mama at the ball Read the rest of this entry »

I took on a big task yesterday. Namely the garage and the embroidery station. Somehow the garage had become so impacted I could not walk through without stepping over things. The Dickens stuff was mostly put away but the rack from the PEERS ball was sitting in the way laughing at me. The cleaning done at New Years in the outdoor bathroom meant moving everything haphazardly into the garage. So not the way to do things.

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Two years after the fact Thank you Kaitlyn for coming down to my place and doing a shoot with my husband. We went through and picked our favorite shots and will be adding them to the portfolio but until there here is a teaster shot:

I still beam with happiness when I see this gown at Dickens fair.