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A wonderfully busy day!
May. 25th, 2011 12:25 pmYesterday, after I posted, I finished my corset, all except a pretty pink bow (need to order the ribbon, BUT I have finally found a UK supplier of silk ribbons!!!!) and drafted and made up a pair of combinations, all they need is buttons and a neckline drawstring.
The combinations are crazy! I feel like such a floozy in them :) They have circular legs (very drafty!) and are completely open in the croth, only joined by the buttons at the front! I don't think I'll be posting a photo of me in JUST the combinations somehow!!
After I'd finished the corset I tried my linen skirt from my cycling outfit on with my new bustle petticoat, and with the addition of a bustle pad I think it's going to be great! The corset gives me a great figure (if you ignore the square hips I made by miscalculating the amount I needed to take out at the fitting!) The only trouble is, the cycling outfit's waistcoat is now miles too big! I need to take it appart to take in the side seams I think, but I'm going to finish the undies first, the number of frills and ruffles I add will probably affect the fit.
I have to decide if I want to use the bustle patticoat or make a new one, probably a petticoat waist with the corset cover attached. Either way, I'm going to make the bustle pad seperate on strings, because I want to be able to put the petticoat in the wash when it gets muddy, as it certainly will with me wearing it!
I've been trying to decided what style to make my waist, and had come up with an idea I really liked, but sounded very complicated! I was thinking of basing it on the pink linen dress in Patterns of Fashion and another dress in Costume in Detail (can't tell you the page numbers, as I'm typing this at work! the ones with Gibson tucks at the shoulders). I have lots and lots of nice lightweight firm linen so I thought of dying some with tea or coffee, and trimming it with some oak brown soutache I bought for an 1860s jacket. With some heavy ivory cotton lace I found at school (it's a sheath dress, horridly ugly, but lots of lace to cut up!) for a yoke, collar and cuffs. My skirt is beige and cream houndstooth though, so I'm worried the brown idea might not go so well.
While looking through my lace for trim for my undies though I found the lace we bought at the Victorian festival last year, and tucked away in the bag was a piece I had forgotten about! It's a very pretty square yoke with high collar, and it fits! So now I have another plan :) I'm going to clean the lace (it has a rust spot) and see if I can whiten it a bit, then use it for a simple pigeon fronted blouse with puffed sleeves of some kind, buttoning up the back, made from something white from my stash, either the linen, or if I decide that's too tailored, some soft cotton - swiss muslin or something like that, I need to have a play :)
The combinations are crazy! I feel like such a floozy in them :) They have circular legs (very drafty!) and are completely open in the croth, only joined by the buttons at the front! I don't think I'll be posting a photo of me in JUST the combinations somehow!!
After I'd finished the corset I tried my linen skirt from my cycling outfit on with my new bustle petticoat, and with the addition of a bustle pad I think it's going to be great! The corset gives me a great figure (if you ignore the square hips I made by miscalculating the amount I needed to take out at the fitting!) The only trouble is, the cycling outfit's waistcoat is now miles too big! I need to take it appart to take in the side seams I think, but I'm going to finish the undies first, the number of frills and ruffles I add will probably affect the fit.
I have to decide if I want to use the bustle patticoat or make a new one, probably a petticoat waist with the corset cover attached. Either way, I'm going to make the bustle pad seperate on strings, because I want to be able to put the petticoat in the wash when it gets muddy, as it certainly will with me wearing it!
I've been trying to decided what style to make my waist, and had come up with an idea I really liked, but sounded very complicated! I was thinking of basing it on the pink linen dress in Patterns of Fashion and another dress in Costume in Detail (can't tell you the page numbers, as I'm typing this at work! the ones with Gibson tucks at the shoulders). I have lots and lots of nice lightweight firm linen so I thought of dying some with tea or coffee, and trimming it with some oak brown soutache I bought for an 1860s jacket. With some heavy ivory cotton lace I found at school (it's a sheath dress, horridly ugly, but lots of lace to cut up!) for a yoke, collar and cuffs. My skirt is beige and cream houndstooth though, so I'm worried the brown idea might not go so well.
While looking through my lace for trim for my undies though I found the lace we bought at the Victorian festival last year, and tucked away in the bag was a piece I had forgotten about! It's a very pretty square yoke with high collar, and it fits! So now I have another plan :) I'm going to clean the lace (it has a rust spot) and see if I can whiten it a bit, then use it for a simple pigeon fronted blouse with puffed sleeves of some kind, buttoning up the back, made from something white from my stash, either the linen, or if I decide that's too tailored, some soft cotton - swiss muslin or something like that, I need to have a play :)
