In which there is much eye-candy
Jul. 5th, 2006 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
green_marthaYeah, that's right, pictures ! And not only from recent projects, but older ones, too. First and foremost, a project from last year, which I wore for the first time yesterday and again today. I figured, since I had the dress on and wanted to take pictures anyway, I could just as well use the self timer - I wasn't lucky with it this time, but you get the idea. The fabric is a some polyester print. Unfortunately, the print is a little off-grain, and I cut following the print, so the dress tends to shift a little when I wear it. I present you Mandarine :
Then, I also managed to take some quick shots of Matrioschka #1, aka the green dress, on myself, before altering it. Since then, the neckline has been changed into a deeper V, and has an elastic, and the back has been made narrower (it fitted me perfectly, but the lady is a bit thinner than myself). I took the inspiration from empire fashion, and inserted a wide pleated piece of fabric at the CF seam of the skirt. The dress stops about 10cm above my ankle, should be longer on my friend. The fabric is Ikea's bomull, dyed green. Here you get a general idea :
And finally, I took pics from Bertille's costume. Black plain cotton, black embroidered batiste, and some strips I salvaged from an old thrift store find... Pattern from the "Buch der Wäsche", both for the chemise and the drawers. I altered the drawers and made the crotch open, because they're going to be worn under chemise and corset at the LARP and well... I figured the player would like to be able to use the bathroom without untying her corset.
The front is tied in the back first, then the back flap gets buttoned over it.
The yoke and hem trims are self-made arrangements of lace and fabric. And lemme tell you, it took some time to sew the darn thing together.
And to end this on a picture of the current projects, here's the trim for Claudine's combinations, in progress :
This last bit is the project I'm carrying around and handsewing during my breaks and commuting time. I'm also working on modern summer clothes, linen pants and, if everything goes according to plans, two printed cotton tunics.
Then, I also managed to take some quick shots of Matrioschka #1, aka the green dress, on myself, before altering it. Since then, the neckline has been changed into a deeper V, and has an elastic, and the back has been made narrower (it fitted me perfectly, but the lady is a bit thinner than myself). I took the inspiration from empire fashion, and inserted a wide pleated piece of fabric at the CF seam of the skirt. The dress stops about 10cm above my ankle, should be longer on my friend. The fabric is Ikea's bomull, dyed green. Here you get a general idea :
And finally, I took pics from Bertille's costume. Black plain cotton, black embroidered batiste, and some strips I salvaged from an old thrift store find... Pattern from the "Buch der Wäsche", both for the chemise and the drawers. I altered the drawers and made the crotch open, because they're going to be worn under chemise and corset at the LARP and well... I figured the player would like to be able to use the bathroom without untying her corset.
The front is tied in the back first, then the back flap gets buttoned over it.
The yoke and hem trims are self-made arrangements of lace and fabric. And lemme tell you, it took some time to sew the darn thing together.
And to end this on a picture of the current projects, here's the trim for Claudine's combinations, in progress :
This last bit is the project I'm carrying around and handsewing during my breaks and commuting time. I'm also working on modern summer clothes, linen pants and, if everything goes according to plans, two printed cotton tunics.
