Some more progress and problems on the Revolution Dress… First, I was having trouble getting the front pieces to lay smoothly after I stiffened the silk with fused interlining. Bugger. I decided…
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Revolution Dress – Baby Got Back
Just a quick update on this gown I’ve been procrastinating on. I cut it out, there’s a start, and pinned up the en fourreau back pleating, using pgs 49 – 50 in Costume…
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Vintage 12-in-12 and a Great Many New Old Patterns
Yesterday was a glorious day: I got my hands on 43 vintage dress patterns from the 1950s and early 60s. All of them are fab, some more my style than others, and…
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Making a Workable Dress Form – or – The Violent Transformation of Franken-Lilly
This is Lilly straight out of the box. Lilly is a dress display mannequin, as opposed to a dressmaker’s form. She has a nice jersey cover over a molded, hard foam body.…
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On Wiglets and Hair Pieces, Part 1
I say “Part 1” because this is a work in progress. I would also like to say up front that I am not a hair genius, in fact I suck really really…
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Revolution Dress – About Those Stays
The Dreamstress asked me to share a little about the stays I’ve been working on. Those extra grommets at the bottom are me messing up. Ignore those, pls. 🙂 I apologize for…
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Revolution Dress – A Better Idea of What the Heck I’m Doing
The idea of how this gown, “the Revolution Dress,” is going to come together has been milling around in my head for a couple weeks now, in a somewhat nebulous form. Luckily…
