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O_O That was the longest photo shoot of my life. Ok, two hours were for class and maybe a couple others were actually socializing... but I went from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm O_O Just taking photos of dresses and accessories.
Here's some of the photos:
Skirt made with fabric from Scotland. THIS is the infamous one that made me hallucinate Celtic knotwork everywhere by the time I finished the pleats. It's the reason why I have very very great admiration for anyone who makes kilts, which are the same idea as far as matching up patterns on the pleats. Trust me, you can't pay someone enough to do that.
Alice dress from Anime North. I love the cut of that one, it's so feminine and flattering ^_^ It does amazing things to my waist.
14th century gown, silk hand-embroidery on linen. Notice how much taller the mannequin is compared to me >_< It sort of ruined the effect of the train, which looks very dramatic on someone my height.
1860s dress with machine embroidered linen. I did the bodice in about two nights and it drove me up the wall O_O This is one of the first ones I did without a pattern.
Reversible Elizabethan corset with linen skirt. That is solid steel right there :D One of the greatest feelings clothing can give me is that tight corset showing my figure feeling. I like my corsets to shape me, not the other way around...
Back view of the reverse fabric, blue cotton skirt. I love how those look paired together :D
My original reversible bodice (from 2002) with softer boning. Notice how perfectly the patterns match up on the fabric :D I love that zig-zaggy thing the flowers are doing there.
The other side of that bodice, paired with blue skirt and hand-embroidered apron. The apron was done with a victorian sewing machine-- but not the one I have now. It was one I used at a Civil War re-enactment. I guess the apron is one of those generic "old fashioned" looks that crosses over between multiple centuries.
The embroidery on the pocket.
The silk gown that appeared in the illustrations from "In the Year 2600" and the film I made with Stuart. It started out with a Vogue pattern that I butchered the hell out of until it looked like a different dress XD I still need to finish the jacket that goes with this one.
An older 14th century gown (from 2003), made with upholstery fabric. It's too bad this doesn't show the details on the inside, because the lining might as well be its own dress. The one annoyance I've had with this dress is a lack of really good occasions to show it off, since it's too heavy to wear to Pennsic. I'm actually not sure what it's for, just something that exists because it's cool.
Belt from my Amano-style Celes costume. Remember when Amano cosplays were the big thing? Probably not. Anyways, that costume never went over big for some reason o_O Probably because I just threw it together out of scraps from the last dress. I think the belt was really the best thing to come out of that.
The sexy red Viking-inspired dress. It didn't get stolen after all, it was at my mom's house the whole time! This one is so damaged though :( It makes me really sad; the lining is screwed up from my attempt to wash the dress after Mary dumped soda on it by accident. The grommets are ripping out. :( But this is the first dress where I used no pattern at all, and I still love how it fits and the details in it ^_^
The 14th century outfit I made for Stuart. The fact that I measured wrong and the proportions came out horribly tiny makes me sick. Look how awesome that is on the model, but it wouldn't fit Stuart >_< It really makes me sick.
Embroidery on a small Renaissance/Medieval style cap. I think that's one of my best embroideries ever; I don't even remember how I got it to look that puffy and 3-D.
Lolita headdress from Alice in Wonderland costume.
Miniature top hat.
Cute pouches and bags ^_^ One of those is another one of my "generic old fashioned" pieces that crosses over multiple time periods, one is the pouch I made when Stuart came to Pennsic, and the other is a tiny purse I never use any more. It's exactly the size to hold a key, a school ID and a pen, which was all I carried with me freshman year. Now I have to have so much more crap with me to live off campus...
There you have it, five years of highlights from what I've sewn. That took 7 hours.
You don't want to know how long it takes to lace that many corsets and old dresses.
Here's some of the photos:
Skirt made with fabric from Scotland. THIS is the infamous one that made me hallucinate Celtic knotwork everywhere by the time I finished the pleats. It's the reason why I have very very great admiration for anyone who makes kilts, which are the same idea as far as matching up patterns on the pleats. Trust me, you can't pay someone enough to do that.
Alice dress from Anime North. I love the cut of that one, it's so feminine and flattering ^_^ It does amazing things to my waist.
14th century gown, silk hand-embroidery on linen. Notice how much taller the mannequin is compared to me >_< It sort of ruined the effect of the train, which looks very dramatic on someone my height.
1860s dress with machine embroidered linen. I did the bodice in about two nights and it drove me up the wall O_O This is one of the first ones I did without a pattern.
Reversible Elizabethan corset with linen skirt. That is solid steel right there :D One of the greatest feelings clothing can give me is that tight corset showing my figure feeling. I like my corsets to shape me, not the other way around...
Back view of the reverse fabric, blue cotton skirt. I love how those look paired together :D
My original reversible bodice (from 2002) with softer boning. Notice how perfectly the patterns match up on the fabric :D I love that zig-zaggy thing the flowers are doing there.
The other side of that bodice, paired with blue skirt and hand-embroidered apron. The apron was done with a victorian sewing machine-- but not the one I have now. It was one I used at a Civil War re-enactment. I guess the apron is one of those generic "old fashioned" looks that crosses over between multiple centuries.
The embroidery on the pocket.
The silk gown that appeared in the illustrations from "In the Year 2600" and the film I made with Stuart. It started out with a Vogue pattern that I butchered the hell out of until it looked like a different dress XD I still need to finish the jacket that goes with this one.
An older 14th century gown (from 2003), made with upholstery fabric. It's too bad this doesn't show the details on the inside, because the lining might as well be its own dress. The one annoyance I've had with this dress is a lack of really good occasions to show it off, since it's too heavy to wear to Pennsic. I'm actually not sure what it's for, just something that exists because it's cool.
Belt from my Amano-style Celes costume. Remember when Amano cosplays were the big thing? Probably not. Anyways, that costume never went over big for some reason o_O Probably because I just threw it together out of scraps from the last dress. I think the belt was really the best thing to come out of that.
The sexy red Viking-inspired dress. It didn't get stolen after all, it was at my mom's house the whole time! This one is so damaged though :( It makes me really sad; the lining is screwed up from my attempt to wash the dress after Mary dumped soda on it by accident. The grommets are ripping out. :( But this is the first dress where I used no pattern at all, and I still love how it fits and the details in it ^_^
The 14th century outfit I made for Stuart. The fact that I measured wrong and the proportions came out horribly tiny makes me sick. Look how awesome that is on the model, but it wouldn't fit Stuart >_< It really makes me sick.
Embroidery on a small Renaissance/Medieval style cap. I think that's one of my best embroideries ever; I don't even remember how I got it to look that puffy and 3-D.
Lolita headdress from Alice in Wonderland costume.
Miniature top hat.
Cute pouches and bags ^_^ One of those is another one of my "generic old fashioned" pieces that crosses over multiple time periods, one is the pouch I made when Stuart came to Pennsic, and the other is a tiny purse I never use any more. It's exactly the size to hold a key, a school ID and a pen, which was all I carried with me freshman year. Now I have to have so much more crap with me to live off campus...
There you have it, five years of highlights from what I've sewn. That took 7 hours.
You don't want to know how long it takes to lace that many corsets and old dresses.