One Musketeer Lady To Go!

[katexxxxxx]

Progress at last!  With Christmas out of the way and a couple of days wedged in between that and going away for New Year, it was time to get on with the first of the two gwons I'm doing for ME!  Yay

Comments

[janestarz]

That is quite gorgeous. What an effort!

[katexxxxxx]

I stitched the stomacher boning channels this morning, and have just made the pocket bags and the tabs for the silver gown. Drinking coffee while the iron heats up!

And thank you. I'm a bit pleased with it so far.

[rebecca817]

That looks cool. I may be emailing you with requests for long distance help because I would like to do something like that for Costume College in August but first, I need to make a sloper and I'm not sure how to do that. Am trying to get in to a class at the local college to learn how to do it. I know I'm intelligent enough to do it on my own but would just like the additional support of someone who does know what they're doing as I make it. What I also really need to do is make a list of what I want to get done in the next few months.

[katexxxxxx]

Thank you. And do email me any time you need - or just want to!

Slopers/blocks are reasonably easy, but you really do not need one for this project. What you really REALLY need is a bolt of Ikea's cheap calico and a roll of drafting paper! And some boning... You'll go through several iterations before it's quite right. And you need stays or the internal support that Su is making to get the shape right. Start with a chemise of the right era, then the stays, and then the gown.

And I thoroughly recommend a good book with, at the very least, some scale patterns from extant garments. Draft up the pattern exactly as it appears in the book, and then compare the size of that to the shape and size of you IN THE STAYS. Alter your paper pattern to fit your shape in the stays, and make your first toile... Keep fidgetting with the fit until lit looks and feels right.

Oh, and I still owe you for the gold and silver lace you brought over!

[dalbeth]

Absolutely gorgeous! I love the detailing in the lace. I cant wait to see the finished project.

[katexxxxxx]

Thank you. That lace was a bit of a steal: £42 for 27m! At least I won't run out!

[starlightmasque]

Awesome! I love the black on black-- can't wait to see it all together!

[katexxxxxx]

My inspiration for the black on black was this:

[starlightmasque]

Yep, there it is! Perfect!

[seraphinawitch]

Glad you're playing the Vision of Delight, thought you needed a contemporary sound track to get you in the mood! xx