What’s prettier than a colored silk petticoat? Showing it off! Hmmm, just a peek… 🙂
Edwardian Fashionista
Working With Netting…
Antique net is being used as an overlay for an Edwardian waist, now I get to hand tack all those designs in place so it doesn’t shift!
Fun With Old Lace Piecing
Fun with old lace piecing! Wondering if I should appliquĂ© old lace on the joins…or should I suck it up and do a little thread weaving? Fun with Old Lace Piecing! Wondering if I should appliquĂ© old lace on the joins…or should I suck it up and do a little thread weaving? *hint I’m going to do it the hard way!
And It’s Summer!
Temperatures up to 106 F are predicted today here in Woodland Hills…time to get out the sheer floaty layers of Summer!
Finishing Projects
This gown was started a few years ago, but I finished it during Lockdown Summer…I normally don’t directly copy extant gowns, but this one is directly from page 295 of Costume in Detail. Every pleat, ribbon, ruffle, soon became a stack of anxiety and guilt (because it felt like plagiarizing!) so I layered it over a sunny yellow lining. I felt better “making it mine”, do any of you do this?
