I don't have any "in-progress" shots. Anyway, I used this pattern:
I forget when exactly I started working on this dress--either late January or early February. I put it down in the middle and when I picked it up again it still took me two weeks to finish it. Apparently, I was not feeling in a very "sew-y" mood. I don't have any "in-progress" shots. Anyway, I used this pattern: I ended up with a minor alteration by not ruffling the panties and I didn't put the rick-rack all the way around the skirt because I should have put that layer on before the stuff around the 'bib'. You may notice a slight gap at the bottom of the button area. I had forgotten to wash my material first and because I know sometimes it shrinks I like to do so. Also, I knew the rick-rack wouldn't shrink, so I washed the dress before I put the rick-rack on. Well, when I washed it, the angled back opening ripped out and in order to re-sew it where it wouldn't rip out again, I had to square it out....thus the slightly unseemly gap back there. All in all, I think the dress is cute regardless of the fact that it didn't turn out as "perfect" as I had hoped. Still, I don't think it's going to come apart any more and I suppose if you didn't know the back was supposed to look a little different, you'd never know the difference.
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Both of us girls needed new corsets. I knocked one of two of the list sometime back in September or early October... The other I addressed more recently and actually remembered to take in-progress photos of this one! The busk, which I purchased separate (from a different vendor), had yet to arrive, so I couldn't quite finish right off. It was really alright, because I still had to do the eyelets--and I didn't want any stays in place for that job anyway! I did a small amount of embroidery (or what passes for me--I'm a cross-stitcher and embroidery is not my forte) around the ends of some of the stays as reinforcement. I suppose when the stays start popping out (they probably will eventually with hard wear) I can go in and do some more as needed. And there you have it...a finished 1860's corset! (There will be no "on" pictures because I do not post "underwear" photos of myself or anyone else. Even if the underwear is far more than what most people wear to the beach. It's just the principle! ;P) ~~Racheal~~ |
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