18th century stays

Just a pair of stays i have been making since the beginning of my holidays, I was planning on making more but the sewing machine broke, so this will be all i make over christmas.
It is inspired by this real 18th century bodice http://defunctfashion.tumblr.com/post/1374855216/corset-c-late-18th-century
and this dress from sweeny todd
http://costumersguide.com/sweeney/j-cap14.jpg
and yes, i know sweeny todd is not set in the 18th century, but its pretty so shhhh


The colours dont look so good on the photos as real life, the stays are a light, ice blue and the tulle skirt (H&M by the way) is a light dusty pink. Is it just me or does it have a kind of Alice in Wonderlandy feel about it? If only i still had my long blonde hair, that would be a perfect costume. Neevvver Mind.
Might not post anything else until after christmas at least, so
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
xxx

Recycle your old books, maps etc

So, i am now on my Christmas holidays after the first semester of my second year at ECA, and i had a heap of textilesy projects in mind for my week break. Unfortunately, my sewing machine is in Edinburgh and my mums has juts broken, so those projects are going to have to be put on the back burner. Instead, to keep myself busy, i have turned to paper-y crafts. I have started using the website 'Stumble', which has me stumbling upon so many fun and crafty projects.

I have got a bit carried away! These paper flowers are so fun and easy to make! Good bit of recycling and pretty decoration that will never die!

Victorian corset

So in patern cutting we have been drafting and making corsets, finished mine and took photographs today.

Quick update

Hey, Just to let you know i have a deviant art account now [here]
I have just finished my frst project of my seccond year at Edinburgh college of Art, we were designing for the play the Bacchai. It was just a quick 5 week project and there were alot of characters to design for so it was pretty hectic, but i think thats how its going to be from now on... heres a quick picture of my desk in the studio

Our next project is going to be about giant puppets apparently, i will try and keep here updated :)

xxx

Medieval Dress

So last dress before i go back to uni. I watched lord of the rings last week, for something like the 4th time, and i had the urge to make a dress in that floaty medieval style. I dont really have time to do proper photographs because i am only home for another week and my mum is working so she wont be able to take any for me. These are just taken in my bedroom with the self timer on my little camera. but it sort of shows the basics. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out, except that something went wrong with the seams on the front part of the bust. Other than that it fits pretty well.

The Finished dresses

Yay! All three dresses are finished and photos have been taken. For these photos we went to Hulne Park Abbey, which is an abandoned tower in the Northumberlands park lands. Pretty happy with the final dresses, i love the blue dress that Esther is wearing, but ellies front fastening went a bit wrong, hers was the dress i had the most trouble with. Still i think i got some nice photos done :) Had a fun afternoon with the girlies anyway :)

Esther Peeking through an archway

Esther, Ellie and Laura together in their dresses...

Running off towards the abbey

I took many more photographs, which are all on my flickr account here

Ellies first fitting

Had the first fitting For ellies dress, which wasnt finished when the others tried on their dresses for the first time. I think i have some work to do with the front but other than that it fitted okay :)

Showing the en fourreau back and the neckline decoration.