I’ve gotten a bit more done on this today and cut out the lining too. I hope to finish it up this week.

Rene came over and we worked on a new gown. The bodice was put together in a day which made us very happy!

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I decided to play with a sporty design of boning channels on this one. I’m liking what is going on so far… More to sew this week

I re-drafted from an antique pattern I purchased from Atelier Sylphe a while back. I was no where near the ideal measures for the corset so it was an interesting trial. I took measurements post birth and drafted based on that but it has been a year since then!

In an effort to just get my hands back into sewing I just cut it out as is and decided I’d just try on the mock-up. Surprisingly little needs to be changed for the shape although it is going to close as back (which I tend to like and pattern for anyway many times). And because I like pretty things I cut it out from scraps of both black and white coutil and put in a tapered busk. I’m tempted to cut out a lining and just finish it up as it looks fairly pretty.

I also added a tutorial of sorts to my webpageDressing Victoriabased on photos requested for Masters project.

So not much in the way of sewing but I’m working on it!

Worn with my new tiara, a reproduction of the Oriental circlet that Prince Albert designed for Victoria (with opals and not the replacement rubies that the actual tiara currently has in it). I won’t be wearing this tiara at Dickens Fair but it may be used as a prop while on “shoppies” as a gift to the Queen from the Prince Consort.

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I think it will be trimmed something like this:
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Toddler photoshoot are even more difficult than baby photoshoots!
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