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Dress Diaries
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One stitch at a time! Jun 6th, 2015. Blouse assignment for school. It's been ages since I took the time for a dress diary and since I'm not busy at all with my final assignments for school, here it is. (I mean, I've got plenty of time for making a dress diary, since I only. Have to make a lined summer coat in a week. /sarcasm). But muses come and go and after buying the initial fabrics and haberdashery, the journey didn't quite go as planned. (. Follow me under the cut to see what I ended up with! I have...
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Dress Diaries
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One stitch at a time! May 1st, 2015. Cranach Dress - Complete. I've been working on an early 16th century southern German (Saxony) noblewoman's dress for about three years and finally, FINALLY, finished it so ta da! You can see the full Flickr album of way too many photos: here. R-you-call-it as a separate piece and had a rectangle of linen on my back it was tied to (it seemed to just fit better that way; just tied it tended to bunch up and pins were annoying me. Is this correct? Posted at 02:38 pm.
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Dress Diaries
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One stitch at a time! Jun 25th, 2015. I re-read the definition of this group and saw that it is for works in progress too! Silly me, I've been waiting for completed works to post. So here is my current project for your enjoyment :). My inspiration is this fabulous Edwardian (1910-1919) swimsuit in the Kent State Museum:. First up; my pattern pieces I drafted:. I also altered my pocket-belt thingy a little and cut it out! I also cut out bloomers last night :) They're huge, but I want poofy gathered bloome...
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Dress Diaries
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One stitch at a time! May 1st, 2015. Cranach Dress - Complete. I've been working on an early 16th century southern German (Saxony) noblewoman's dress for about three years and finally, FINALLY, finished it so ta da! You can see the full Flickr album of way too many photos: here. R-you-call-it as a separate piece and had a rectangle of linen on my back it was tied to (it seemed to just fit better that way; just tied it tended to bunch up and pins were annoying me. Is this correct? Posted at 02:38 pm.
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Dress Diaries
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One stitch at a time! Jun 25th, 2015. I re-read the definition of this group and saw that it is for works in progress too! Silly me, I've been waiting for completed works to post. So here is my current project for your enjoyment :). My inspiration is this fabulous Edwardian (1910-1919) swimsuit in the Kent State Museum:. First up; my pattern pieces I drafted:. I also altered my pocket-belt thingy a little and cut it out! I also cut out bloomers last night :) They're huge, but I want poofy gathered bloome...
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My 1820s gown - in progress: regencyclothing
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My 1820s gown - in progress. At My 1820s Gown - in progress. Ive been sewing my interpretation of this dress over the past few days, taking photos whenever I remembered. It has ended up quite challenging - I keep looking at pictures and working out ways to copy, wishing I had the actual dress in front of me. I dont have time to sew the entire dress by hand and wish to use the machine where possible, but I must say that most of it has ended up sewn by hand, and its taking me longer than I anticipated.
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A simple capote: regencyclothing
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Finally completed a capote based on designs from the early 1800s! I started with a twisted sea grass hood from Lekos hatsupply.com. As a side note, her website has an absolutely extensive supply of hat blanks, tools, and trimmings. I only wish it was easier to navigate. It arrived flat, springy, and quite not-a-finished-hat-shape. I fell in love with the capotes, best described here at Jane Austens World. A closeup of the rolled side. Here is how it looked on my styrofoam head. I tacked down the roll...
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