A project...
This is a "busy work" project I have been working on. It is based on the Bronzino portrait of Eleanor of Toledo. The dress will have to wait some time before my skills are up to the task, but the partlet is doable now.
Here is the inspiration:
This is the back piece:
This is a close up of the joined intersections, sans pearls:
This is my little pin "farm"
I am not entirely sure that I will ever be able to exactly recreate this dress, unless I find the perfect fabric, but I will be able to recreate the style.
Here is the inspiration:
This is the back piece:
This is a close up of the joined intersections, sans pearls:
This is my little pin "farm"
I am not entirely sure that I will ever be able to exactly recreate this dress, unless I find the perfect fabric, but I will be able to recreate the style.