Finally finished another very old UFO. This one I started in 2006 or 2007. Yep. Very Old. It's the Folkwear Edwardian corset cover. No plans for wearing it and no corset or outfit either, so maybe it will be a summer top for awhile! It's made from a lovely silk/cotton sheer batiste and trimmed with a mix of vintage lace from a Paris fleamarket and ( Read more... )

This is another UFO that I started while we were still living in California and my son was shorter than me. Now 6'4", there is no way this will fit him, nor my husband. Don't ask me why I didn't just toss it. Actually, I can answer that. I hate feeling wasteful ( Read more... )

Almost done hand-sewing my Regency day dress. I love the purple striped linen. It's been nice to work on a dress that doesnt require careful handling. It needs two buttons and loops for the apron front, loops for the ties, and a hem. That's all! It's not technically an UFO, but I bought the fabric with this dress in mind years ago. The pattern is a ( Read more... )

Yay! It turned out ok! Not perfect, but I can improve on the engineering if I significantly change shape and will be taking it apart. The back seam had a HUGE spread that pulled together slowly with each stitch. I used upholstery thread like I was spiral lacing a corset. The arms are very softly stuffed for maximum bendability. And with a corset on ( Read more... )

Finally, finally making my dressform/body-double look pretty. I bought a small size display mannequin and have been using it with towels padding out to my measurements, a papier-mâché mould of my shoulders, and a draft of the cover over top. Not pretty, plus it was lumpy. I chose a small size so that my corsets will still fit by squishing down the ( Read more... )

So with the completion of that black doublet I had to pick the next UFO to start working on. I decided to just go with the next one on the pile. That means two men's Victorian white linen shirts. These too were started in 2008, one for my husband and one for my son, with Dickens' Faire in mind. I'll probably keep the one that fits my husband best ( Read more... )