01/01/2010: Happy New Year! Happy New Decade! Happy, happy all around!!! I thought I’d start out 2010 by updating y’all on what I’ve been up to: BLACKWORK EMBROIDERY! I know, I know…I’ve been posting all along about how I don’t like hand sewing, but this is different. Really, it IS. You see, I’ve finally gotten a chance to become fairly adept at digitizing the designs I create, so now I can let my embroidery machine do the embroidering, and my time is freed up to do the creating! I’m just pleased as punch with the results. Check out my progress in the special section on Blackwork Embroidery.
3/26/09: I’ve *mostly* completed my version of the Dorothea Corset (Pair of Bodies). I hope you enjoy reading about the process!
1/24/09: New diary page started! Check out what I have so far on the making of a 1598 pair of bodies in the style that Dorothea Sabina Von Neuberg wore.
4/20/08: I added a small update on the Effigy Corset page on the results of the adjustments I made earlier…still not perfect but it’s getting there.
3/30/08: Yay! I finally got a chance to finish the adjustments I needed to make to my Effigy Corset and created a new page to show y’all what I did. Enjoy!
3/9/08: I think I’ve done it! Take a look at the new pictures of the muslin mock up for the bigger and better sleeve farthingale silhouette. Just scroll down to the bottom when you get there.
2/29/08: And another one! How would you like to read about the Elizabethan Venetian’s bodice construction?
2/28/08: I’m on a roll! Here’s some more updates, this time on the skirt construction of that Elizabethan Venetian outfit.
2/27/08: I got inspired to (finally) work on the Venetian Hairdo those courtesans and royals alike loved so well. I think they’re a hoot!
12/22/07: Here’s a hearty “THANKS!” to Ilona Peltz whose blog entry at aisledash.com sparked a ton of comments about my Elizabethan Venetian shower curtain dress diary!
9/15/07: First big snag. The silhouette isn’t right on my Farthingale Sleeves. Tell me if you can help by looking at what I have so far…
9/13/07: Before I can make the Ditchley dress however, I need to make sure I’ve got the right silhouette…so I need to make some sleeve farthingales.
9/3/07: I’ve started a new diary to chronicle my ongoing struggles with creating a reproduction Ditchley Portrait gown.
3/18/07: I wasn’t happy with the original theme I was using, as it didn’t seem to support the width I needed, so I’ll be playing with a few other WP themes from time to time. If you chance upon something weird it’s just me, playing.ALSO, I’ve added a new dress diary: Tudor Madness, and I’ve started loading pictures. I wanted to make the pics as detailed as possible, and was having trouble with the wide pictures messing up the code and discombobulating the navigation bars on my old theme. I hope the new ones work out better, though I did like the old theme a lot. Anyway, so enjoy the new diary!
2/26/07: I’ve started a Yahoo Group for the discussion of how historical clothing is interpreted in tv & film. Check it out by clicking the button!
7/22/06: Ok, so today I’ve spent the better part of 8 hours working on the French Farthingale pages. I’ve currently finished the first draft of the intro page and have uploaded the construction pictures in a separate page. When I can, I’ll add brief descriptions to the step-by-step pictures for the non-visual folks out there.
Posted on July 22nd, 2006 by admin
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