I don't feel like I was all that productive this year, probably since the early candy bustle wound up taking up soooo much of my time, but I did make a fair bit leading up to CosCol.

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Here are the pictures I promised, of both the finished corset, and the in progress skirt. I have since taken the skirt in where I had it pinned in the photos, and it's ready to be bound at the top, hemmed, and have hooks and eyes put in at the side front. I have decided to put large black and silver buttons down the left front seam as a decoration ( Read more... )

The teens corset is completely done! No pics yet, as I haven't had a chance to try the finished corset on. And I'm still debating about adding a waist stay tape. Can someone remind me of their benefits again ( Read more... )

The teens corset is almost done. The bones are in the channels, but I still have to do the horizontal lines on either end of the bone to hold them in, and I have to bind the top. I'm also debating on a waist tape. And I have to re-lace the back, since the ties at the waist should be one eyelet lower. So a few pictures!

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The teens corset is pretty close to being done. All the pieces are together, all the boning channels are sewn, and the busk is in. I need to stick the bones in and bind the top and bottom, and I need to do all the grommets. Unfortunately, the grommet pliers that I bought online arrived today, and doesn't appear to work. It didn't come with ( Read more... )

On Thursday, I drafted up the pattern that was posted by Bridges on the Body (the post Edwardian long line corset), and on Friday, I made my mockup. It fits perfectly, though I only stuck in one bone at the CF and one on either side of the lacings, so it felt really weak on (which I'm sure wasn't helped by me wearing a t-shirt and jeans underneath ( Read more... )