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[queer_couture]

Hey there!

I`d like to show you something i worked on the last days. Please excuse my bad english ;-)

It`s a kind of bodice. I constructed the pattern from a simple bodice pattern and a neckholder-waistcoat. 
It`s reinforced with spiral feathers (i dont know the english word for these thing -->edit: steel boning) of steel. The fabric is an old

Comments

[shootthecore]

Sehr schön! Und du sprechst sehr gut englisch. Willkommen :)

[shootthecore]

Ahh, glaube ich "spiral feathers of steel" ist "steel boning." Nicht wahr?

[queer_couture]

Ja, genau! Dankeschön! Da hatte ich wohl einen Knoten im Gehirn :-)
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spiral feathers of steel = steel boning

[shootthecore]

Bitteschön. :)

[theblackdeer]

That is very beautiful! And your English is good. It must be "spiral steel boning" that you're speaking of.

Nice work!

[ornithoptercat]

Lovely! I'm jealous of that front plate- I don't have the equipment to do metalwork. And the cog-looking things on the lapel are great, though I'm not sure what they are supposed to be either!

Your English is really quite good but I think you want "halter-neck vest" instead of "neckholder-waistcoat" (waistcoat is another word for vest, but it's only used for Victorian ones) and "with" for "mit". And it's spelled "cables". "Rivets" is correct. What you called "feathers" are "boning" or "bones" - we call them that because they were originally made from whalebone. The type you're talking about is called "spiral steel boning".

[nicotine_queen]

waistcoat is still used today in England, I've only ever heard americans use 'vest' for waistcoats, we'd still say 'halter-neck waistcoat' :o)

[vgnwtch]

Americans say vest, but we say waistcoat in the UK, Eire, NZ, and Australia. That's four countries to one :) Seriously, as a Briton with an American spouse, we have friendly wrangling over words and phrases on a regular basis :)

[diminishedsheep]

The cog-things are lock-washers. They put extra tension on a screw or bolt, and help them from coming loose.

[renfield286]

Very nice work.
and i commend your english ability too.

-=Mr. Renfield #286=-