Edwardian Corset Part 1
This weekend I got some help fitting my Edwardian Corset! I’m pretty good at fitting on myself, but not only is fitting a corset on yourself EXTREMELY hard, but I also needed an experienced eye for...
View ArticleLanterman Ragtime Tea Dance
Last weekend we attended the Lanterman Ragtime Tea Dance – this event is held annually at the Lanterman House, a 19-Teens home in north Los Angeles. The event consists of a dance lesson, live music...
View ArticleEdwardian Corset Part 1
This weekend I got some help fitting my Edwardian Corset! I’m pretty good at fitting on myself, but not only is fitting a corset on yourself EXTREMELY hard, but I also needed an experienced eye for...
View ArticleLanterman Ragtime Tea Dance
Last weekend we attended the Lanterman Ragtime Tea Dance – this event is held annually at the Lanterman House, a 19-Teens home in north Los Angeles. The event consists of a dance lesson, live music...
View ArticleWearing History 1917 Combination Underwear and Chemise
As I mentioned in my last post, for the Great War Gallop I created all new pieces – from the underwear out – which was both harder and easier than I expected. Everything came together pretty smoothly,...
View ArticleTruly Victorian 1913 Late Edwardian Corset
If we’re going through our layers from skin out, after the combinations comes the corset. And y’all, this is THE EASIEST corset I’ve ever made. It’s a single layer of coutil (no lining), and there...
View ArticlePast Patterns 1912-1916 Princess Slip
Now we’re getting into the territory of “only for the brave”. This slip pattern is a single-size, straight-up repro of a Ladies Home Journal pattern, reproduced by Past Patterns (Pattern #9206:...
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