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I had been hording some wool I had gotten a really good price on to make the Unicorn dress based on the Raphael painting, after having the wool sit on my shelf for the better part of 3 years I decided if I didn't make it soon it would keep sitting there and be a "one of those days" project. I started with one of the diagrams from Alcega and somewhere along the lines misread some of the diagram and ended up with a not very full skirt. (I need to still go over it again and see if it really was a mistake on my part or if that really was the final width.) So with the fabric I had left I ended up with large rectangular panels with a small gore. I tried knife pleating but the fabric was too much and too thick, so in the end I gathered it to the bodice. In another grand brain fart, somewhere between knife pleating and basting that to the bodice and then taking it back off I forgot to turn under the lining to the fashion fabric at the top of the skirt. I didn't realize it till after I had sewn it down that in places where I had overlocked the wool you could see the white thread on the right side. >.< If this was a project for someone else I would have un-picked all of it and fixed the lining and sewn it back on. But instead I took the right side edge of the bodice and sewed it down to the front of the skirt by hand with tiny tiny whip stitches. Now all I have left is the trim and sleeves.
 
*edit* I just realized I laced it all weird for the photos and that I need to fix one eyelet to look a bit more like all the others. I wish eyelet plates fit other brands of sewing machines.
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Mmm silk nom nom nom
My plans for it
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Yay trim!
Feb. 15th, 2009 @ 06:31 pm
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http://haabet.dk/patent/651955/index.html
I'm eyeing this for a steampunk costume.
http://haabet.dk/patent/GB190823360/index.html Could be interesting if each seam was piped
Feb. 13th, 2009 @ 11:44 am
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The question is, what should I line the overgown with? I was thinking silver but this far have yet to find anything that isn't too shiny.
Jan. 20th, 2009 @ 10:03 pm
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Everything is just pinned/basted in place, well save for the trim, that is hand sewn on. I need to tweak the shape of the hanging sleeve still, the skirt will be re-pleated, and hopefully sit a bit better then.
Jan. 14th, 2009 @ 03:47 pm
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Pardon me while I drool
http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2009/01/jewel-book.html
Drawings of 16th century jewelry
Jan. 7th, 2009 @ 08:52 pm
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Oct. 29th, 2008 @ 08:58 pm
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Thread Banger's interview with Costume Designer Susan Hilferty,
http://www.threadbanger.com/episode/iST_20081009
Oct. 27th, 2008 @ 04:19 am
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Just thinking out loud on how to put things together.
I want no outer stitching showing on the velvet, so all of the boning will go on the inner twill layer. The velvet layer is then basted to the twill layer and the pieces treated as one.
The question is to flat fell or not to flat fell. This isn't a tightlacing corset so it doesn't really need it, but the only way I can think to keep it from showing outside on the velvet is to do it seam by seam and then baste down the velvet layer afterward.
I've looked at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) harmanhay 's purple velvet underbust and all the posts on that which has been very helpful. After staring at the photos for a bit it looks like regular seams with the allowances tacked down to keep them in place but I might be wrong about it.
Oct. 8th, 2008 @ 02:42 pm
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Petticoat hem
waistband made
Need to lightly overdye the sheer skirt layers to get it to blend a bit more;
Then pleat down the skirt and attach it to the petticoat and attach the waistband.
Done! Corset
Corset mock up, adjusted
Need to press seams and put in some temp bones and then check fit again.
and mark where the straps will go.
Prep the strength layer, put in the boning and then baste outerlayer to it.
Mark out straps
Overskirt
Sew Overskirt together
trim down seam allowances and zig zag them.
Fuse upper part and face with some lining fabric
make waistband
even hem
Finish zig zaging the raw edge
add hook and eye
Headdress, collar so on and so forth
Pick up the mulling fabric and cover.
Slash and spread collar pattern, wire and shape, mull so on and so forth.
draft sleeve pattern and figure out attachment.
Oct. 8th, 2008 @ 02:29 pm
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