Client project, delivery late april, fitted bodice with pagoda sleeves, button front blouse, skirt. Blouse of black cotton, using a vogue pattern for the body, and a butterick pattern for the sleeves & button placement, and drafted collar.
Bodice of burgundy velvet, with black venice lace trim and black ornamented buttons
Skirt of black brocade, to fit over a small bustle, pleated ruffle and venice lace trim at hem, sash of velvet if enough leftover from bodice.
Client project/bridal:
Bridal gown, interpreted from an existing gown from 1914, using a photograph from the Kyoto costume book. Ivory silk charmeuse, ivory english tulle, vintage and new beaded trim and lace.
two bridesmaid gowns, mulberry satin with blue/lavender iridescent chiffon overlay. Pattern base from Promenade patterns, drafted front and back bodice overlays to be similar to bride's gown.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Recent and upcoming client work.
Recently finished: dusty purple/mulberry brocade and black velvet 1760s gent's frock coat. Black cotton novelty lining, inside chest pocket, working flap pockets, silver buttons down front, on pocket flaps, cuffs, and at top of side vents. Trimmed throughout with black guimpe braid, down fronts, around neck (collarless), on pocket flaps, and used to make faux buttonholes on pockets and down front.
Purple linen dress shirt with French cuffs, custom sized in collar, sleeves, and length. Gift for husband for Valentine's day.
Dress shirt in deep red silk dupioni, French cuffs, black buttons with deep red thread. For delivery 17th February. Cutting party today!
Client: 5 dresses copied from client's original. One with flounced sleeves, all with pockets and moderate scoop neckline, varying shades of stretch velvet, some with gorgeous embossed designs.
Upcoming:
Costume Con, first weekend in May 2009.
-charles II outfit for competition: green cotton velvet, black cotton velvet (coat and breeches), white vintage metallic brocade (waistcoat), ribbon trimming for coat & breeks, probably green and black ribbon, also on shoes. shoes will be hopefully purchased online, heels will be painted red and shoes will be trimmed up in ribbon.
Pink Pirate: bright pink 1690s frock coat, trimmed with black, (cotton velvet, dyed by a friend), pink breeks with black lace & trimming, also cotton velvet, there might be some bright pink silk noile in the mix, as well.
Stripey polonaise posse: 1760s-70s polonaise gown, drafted up from scale pattern in book. Narrow even-width black and white striped bengaline, self and black fabric ruched trim. Hat for same hopefully made by a friend.
Cream and black toile/stripe 1870s or 1880s summer outfit. Polonaise and elaborately trimmed over & underskirts. For Derby Day party on the saturday, so will need a great hat to go with.
Client: dusty purple/mulberry brocade corset and skirt, skirt will be victorian in style, bustle styling possible, will have contrast in black lace or other material. Silver button trim. Corset will be busk front, lace up back, waist tape, spring and flat steel boning, and be bound in black materal.
Convergence:
Client: couple of repro 1920s-30s style outfits, also some refurbishing of vintage clothing.
New summer 1930s-40s suit for D, shirt and retro tie. New, summer hat.
Gothic day wear, vintage bathing costume
Verneian outfit. Gaiters, corset, skirt, blouse, jacket.
misc:
Retro 1940s cigar girl outfit, shortish circular skirt, contrast lining, majorette-fashioned jacket, braid & button trim down/across front, piped cuffs/edges, and a pillbox hat.
Purple linen dress shirt with French cuffs, custom sized in collar, sleeves, and length. Gift for husband for Valentine's day.
Dress shirt in deep red silk dupioni, French cuffs, black buttons with deep red thread. For delivery 17th February. Cutting party today!
Client: 5 dresses copied from client's original. One with flounced sleeves, all with pockets and moderate scoop neckline, varying shades of stretch velvet, some with gorgeous embossed designs.
Upcoming:
Costume Con, first weekend in May 2009.
-charles II outfit for competition: green cotton velvet, black cotton velvet (coat and breeches), white vintage metallic brocade (waistcoat), ribbon trimming for coat & breeks, probably green and black ribbon, also on shoes. shoes will be hopefully purchased online, heels will be painted red and shoes will be trimmed up in ribbon.
Pink Pirate: bright pink 1690s frock coat, trimmed with black, (cotton velvet, dyed by a friend), pink breeks with black lace & trimming, also cotton velvet, there might be some bright pink silk noile in the mix, as well.
Stripey polonaise posse: 1760s-70s polonaise gown, drafted up from scale pattern in book. Narrow even-width black and white striped bengaline, self and black fabric ruched trim. Hat for same hopefully made by a friend.
Cream and black toile/stripe 1870s or 1880s summer outfit. Polonaise and elaborately trimmed over & underskirts. For Derby Day party on the saturday, so will need a great hat to go with.
Client: dusty purple/mulberry brocade corset and skirt, skirt will be victorian in style, bustle styling possible, will have contrast in black lace or other material. Silver button trim. Corset will be busk front, lace up back, waist tape, spring and flat steel boning, and be bound in black materal.
Convergence:
Client: couple of repro 1920s-30s style outfits, also some refurbishing of vintage clothing.
New summer 1930s-40s suit for D, shirt and retro tie. New, summer hat.
Gothic day wear, vintage bathing costume
Verneian outfit. Gaiters, corset, skirt, blouse, jacket.
misc:
Retro 1940s cigar girl outfit, shortish circular skirt, contrast lining, majorette-fashioned jacket, braid & button trim down/across front, piped cuffs/edges, and a pillbox hat.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
projects in the pipeline
Quilting:
Bargello baby quilt, nearing completion, working on last section of outer border and then remains the attachment of the binding, hanging sleeve & quilt label. :)
Commission work:
Took a client meeting earlier tonight. I'll be making a prom dress for a local girl. Delivery for mid-late April. It's going to look pretty nifty. I'm most pleased that the client has chosen a design that isn't strapless. YAY.
A couple of baby dresses to be done up in gothy cottons, to go with my friend A. in her suitcase on her trip to the UK for Whitby, so that my friend L's baby can wear them TO Whitby Gothic Weekend in April.
Other sewing:
Duro dress, the Verdant One, as a present for a friend, whose birthday is 10th april. Thinking of making a knitting needle organiser, but changing it up the pocket sizes some to use it as a make-up brush keeper, since my brush collection is outgrowing the old case.
Some other baby outfits, for the neighbour's baby, who is the cutest baby evah.
Need to start getting stuff ready for Costume College, and C14 (in case I go).
Fleur De Lys dress, with the vintage Anne Fogarty pattern. Need to get some white poly taffeta to make a slip for under this one. maybe even a petticoat!
Bargello baby quilt, nearing completion, working on last section of outer border and then remains the attachment of the binding, hanging sleeve & quilt label. :)
Commission work:
Took a client meeting earlier tonight. I'll be making a prom dress for a local girl. Delivery for mid-late April. It's going to look pretty nifty. I'm most pleased that the client has chosen a design that isn't strapless. YAY.
A couple of baby dresses to be done up in gothy cottons, to go with my friend A. in her suitcase on her trip to the UK for Whitby, so that my friend L's baby can wear them TO Whitby Gothic Weekend in April.
Other sewing:
Duro dress, the Verdant One, as a present for a friend, whose birthday is 10th april. Thinking of making a knitting needle organiser, but changing it up the pocket sizes some to use it as a make-up brush keeper, since my brush collection is outgrowing the old case.
Some other baby outfits, for the neighbour's baby, who is the cutest baby evah.
Need to start getting stuff ready for Costume College, and C14 (in case I go).
Fleur De Lys dress, with the vintage Anne Fogarty pattern. Need to get some white poly taffeta to make a slip for under this one. maybe even a petticoat!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Current stuff in the works....
Finished most recent client project last week, and I also finished my retro skirt(s) for the wedding, so I've been working on UFO's, that is to say, personal projects that have been cut out and waiting around.
First up was a blouse cut out from a Butterick 'Retro' reissue from 1944 (pattern 6700, issued in the late 90s or early '00s, now out of print). I made it up in a bright blue-red iridescent satiny fabric. The blouse is a wrapover style that fastens with an inside tie and snaps on the left hip and at the centre front. It has a circular ruffle at the bottom edge and a bow over the snaps that can be made in contrasting material (I made the blouse all the same material) and could be made with short or long sleeves. I made it with short sleeves. The fabric was very slippery and fussy to work with, but the blouse turned out lovely, and will be nice to have for any incidental parties during the holiday season.
The UFO I'm currently working on is an Amy Butler pattern, the Betty Shopper bag that I cut out some months ago in Alexander Henry allover bats print (ivory/black) for the outer fabric and some black & cream hallowe'en print from Joann's for the lining, with black & white striped cotton for the pocket panels.
I've also started drafting up the patterns for my interpretation of an 1878 suit from Harper's Bazar that I'm planning to make up in a black/purple/white plaid and black velvet. I'm hoping to have it ready for 8th December. I may also make an evening outfit for 8th december, as that's the husband's work holiday 'do, and I've worn victorians to those in the past to good acclaim. If I commit to the 8th december thing for victorians, I'll need to stay with it for the entire day, and if I do 1878 during the day, I should think I'd want to stay with it pretty much the whole time. ;) So, maybe a dinner dress. I've got a lovely green brocade....
First up was a blouse cut out from a Butterick 'Retro' reissue from 1944 (pattern 6700, issued in the late 90s or early '00s, now out of print). I made it up in a bright blue-red iridescent satiny fabric. The blouse is a wrapover style that fastens with an inside tie and snaps on the left hip and at the centre front. It has a circular ruffle at the bottom edge and a bow over the snaps that can be made in contrasting material (I made the blouse all the same material) and could be made with short or long sleeves. I made it with short sleeves. The fabric was very slippery and fussy to work with, but the blouse turned out lovely, and will be nice to have for any incidental parties during the holiday season.
The UFO I'm currently working on is an Amy Butler pattern, the Betty Shopper bag that I cut out some months ago in Alexander Henry allover bats print (ivory/black) for the outer fabric and some black & cream hallowe'en print from Joann's for the lining, with black & white striped cotton for the pocket panels.
I've also started drafting up the patterns for my interpretation of an 1878 suit from Harper's Bazar that I'm planning to make up in a black/purple/white plaid and black velvet. I'm hoping to have it ready for 8th December. I may also make an evening outfit for 8th december, as that's the husband's work holiday 'do, and I've worn victorians to those in the past to good acclaim. If I commit to the 8th december thing for victorians, I'll need to stay with it for the entire day, and if I do 1878 during the day, I should think I'd want to stay with it pretty much the whole time. ;) So, maybe a dinner dress. I've got a lovely green brocade....
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
No longer working on the Big Project. That got cancelled a couple of weeks ago due to reasons beyond the clients' control (I don't hold this against them, they made it very clear to me that this wasn't my fault, and they felt terrible about it). The bride has found another gown, and we're still going to the wedding. The muslin has been disassembled and the larger pieces are going to be repurposed along with the leftover muslin, most likely for victorian underthings, since they'll be needed in lighter colours for summer/lighter coloured outer garments to prevent show-through.
Now I'm working on a project for a friend, deemed 'Edwardian Gothic Cupcake Dreams'. She came to me for a blouse, bringing me a lovely black on black striped cotton in a voile weight. We decided on a semi-fitted bodice shape with a high collar and large, leg-o-mutton sleeves with fitted long lower sleeves. She liked the skirts I was wearing that day, a full underskirt of silver silk dupioni with a gathered hem ruffle, with an overskirt of black & white pinstripe that had two drawstrings in front to pull the skirt up to show off the underskirt.
I decided I'd make her a similar set, using some black with pink pinstripe material I had in my stash. My pinstripe skirt was a purchased find in Philadelphia, so I made a pattern from it for my friend's skirt. For her underskirt we ordered from Silkbaron.com four yards of 54" wide dupioni in Roseberry, which is a GORGEOUS baby pink with fuschia crossweave, resulting in a gorgeous bright shock pink. I decided to make it a complete 'outfit', so I'm also making her a fitted waistcoat from the pinstripe, with lapels & welts of the pink silk.
She'll definitely have the blouse for Whitby, hopefully the rest of the kit, too. :)
For myself, I've got a skirt from a vintage 1958 Simplicity pattern, a pencil skirt that ends in a circular flounce at the hem. I'm planning to make it to wear to that wedding mentioned above. ;) I've got a killer fitted corset-back jacket to wear with it, that shows off the bird tattoos nicely (it's already been vetted by the bride & groom, no worries there!)- I just need to change out the buttons on the jacket, it came with gold-trimmed buttons, and I found some lovely victorianesque black jeweled buttons to use, instead.
Now I'm working on a project for a friend, deemed 'Edwardian Gothic Cupcake Dreams'. She came to me for a blouse, bringing me a lovely black on black striped cotton in a voile weight. We decided on a semi-fitted bodice shape with a high collar and large, leg-o-mutton sleeves with fitted long lower sleeves. She liked the skirts I was wearing that day, a full underskirt of silver silk dupioni with a gathered hem ruffle, with an overskirt of black & white pinstripe that had two drawstrings in front to pull the skirt up to show off the underskirt.
I decided I'd make her a similar set, using some black with pink pinstripe material I had in my stash. My pinstripe skirt was a purchased find in Philadelphia, so I made a pattern from it for my friend's skirt. For her underskirt we ordered from Silkbaron.com four yards of 54" wide dupioni in Roseberry, which is a GORGEOUS baby pink with fuschia crossweave, resulting in a gorgeous bright shock pink. I decided to make it a complete 'outfit', so I'm also making her a fitted waistcoat from the pinstripe, with lapels & welts of the pink silk.
She'll definitely have the blouse for Whitby, hopefully the rest of the kit, too. :)
For myself, I've got a skirt from a vintage 1958 Simplicity pattern, a pencil skirt that ends in a circular flounce at the hem. I'm planning to make it to wear to that wedding mentioned above. ;) I've got a killer fitted corset-back jacket to wear with it, that shows off the bird tattoos nicely (it's already been vetted by the bride & groom, no worries there!)- I just need to change out the buttons on the jacket, it came with gold-trimmed buttons, and I found some lovely victorianesque black jeweled buttons to use, instead.
Friday, September 14, 2007
Work on the anniversary project is going well, I may actually finish early. On the plate for today is to pipe the armholes & attach the shoulder caps, bag in the lining & attach the facings, and mark & do the buttonholes. If any energy remains, I'll try to get to the hems and attach the buttons, and then it'll be DONE! Possibly ready for client pickup as early as tuesday. Here's hoping, as I need to get on the next project ASAP.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Wedding client meeting went well. Got measurements & went to pick up muslin for the fitting toile. white muslin and a white on white print for the contrast so we can see how the contrast panels will look. The final gown is going to be most likely in a white silk dupioni with an embroidered dupioni or a lace for the contrasting parts, which are a bodice overlay and a skirt godet piece.
This project will be worked on in earnest once we get back from Kentucky, but the pattern will be drafted and the muslin cut before we leave, most likely.
Other biggish client project in the works is a sleeveless pirate coat, material tbd (provided by client). mid-september delivery.
This project will be worked on in earnest once we get back from Kentucky, but the pattern will be drafted and the muslin cut before we leave, most likely.
Other biggish client project in the works is a sleeveless pirate coat, material tbd (provided by client). mid-september delivery.
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