I made the high necked smock, the Corset, the
bumroll and the petticoat.
The corset I made from
Drea Leed's Corset pattern on her website. I had made a mistake
while drafting it. I had forgotten that I had the intention of
making it with tabs, but when I cut it out, I didn't cut it out with
the tabs. I eventually went back and cut it with the tabs and it
worked wonderfully, but I didn't use a sturdy enough fabric for the
interlining and eventually this corset gave out. I now use canvas or
coutil for the interlining and channels (or double
fold Bias Tape).
The Smock was a simple pattern roughly based off
of
http://www.reddawn.net/costume/shirt.htm
The Bumroll was based off of
Drea Leed's Bumroll
Pattern, but I didn't make mine as big.
The petticoat is a simple tube drawstring skirt.
The farthingale came with my Prom Dress.
This is the corset I made from
Drea Leed's Corset pattern on her website that I made too small
at the waistline because of the mistake I had first made with the
white corset.
This is another corset I made from
Drea Leed's Corset pattern on her website. This one I made just
right. I think next time I'll make a wider point, and omit the first
tab at the front, more like the white one after tabs.
It is being modeled by the Lady Anne (my duct tape
dress dummy).
This is the
Folkwear corset with tabs (but not boned tabs),
and the "blackworked" (it was lines of blackwork
looking fancy stitches on a plain sewing machine) linen
drawstring chemise, I made as a model garment for
Haberman Fabrics where
I work.
This is the Embroidered Wool Corset that I made as
a store garment for
my class (332 - RENAISSANCE
CORSETS). The class is just using
Drea's Corset
Instructions with some hand holding, instruction, classroom
space & time plus incentive to actually get one done.
I've bound the top edge with silk satin ribbon, it is lined with
cotton coutil, I used spring steel for move-ability, it has spiral
lacing and boned tabs. This is on a dress dummy which is several
sizes smaller than I am, so it is pinned to fit in the back sides. I
used the same "blackworked" linen chemise as in the folkwear photo.
Final pictures of the
Effigy style Corset.
"A long time ago I started a mock up of an Effigy
Corset. It almost fits now too! I'm making a few adjustments
and I'm going to go from there."
Check my Bristol Gown Diary to
see the progression of the corset, and the gown to go over it.
Here is a picture of me wearing my Effigy style Corset to Haberman's
for Halloween 2008.
I got a lot of compliments and I felt really good.
I wore the machine black-worked linen chemise (as
shown above) and a black linen drawstring skirt, with an
orange wool skirt.
I made all of it myself (except the shoes, socks,
belt, bag and cell phone).
I even made the necklace including the glass bead (I
took a class a couple years ago on lamp work
bead making).
