Right. What is one of the key items that most corsetmakers covet? An appropriately shaped mannequin!


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TORM was excellent fun!

Having never been before it was lovely to meet so many friendly people, both those totally new to me and LJers or others that I've chatted with online. As Cathy has already blogged, we four made a great team, and the weekend was over rather too quickly ( Read more... )

Did I mention that I love my new mannequin? Well, I do. So much fun. The new sewing machine arrived today too, which is very exciting. The courier wouldn't bring it inside though. "Curbside delivery only", and it was bolted to a palette. My very kind neighbour helped me out, and it is now safely indoors. Just need to get it serviced and up and ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my birthday( ... )

...so in the meantime, I've photographed the buttercream overbust on one of my mannequins.


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The FR corset study day at The Museum of London on Thursday was amazing! So many lovely people, some gorgeous and interesting antique corsets, and some very nice tea and cakes.

There wasn't time to talk to everybody which was a real shame. There were a large number of non-LJers and I totally failed to catch everyone's names. But crikeyaphrodite, harmanhay, lauralaralira, pitufina and d_gold were ( Read more... )

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Ah, they are beautiful waspy little things...

Photographs to follow when I am less busy!

For the "Edwardian" bridal sample that I am making (corset top and bell skirt), I decided to use the 1901 pattern from Norah Waugh's "Corsets & Crinolines" as my starting point. [This is an excellent book and I recommend everyone have a copy ( Read more... )

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