Archive September 2010
Works in Progress – Short 50′s Ivory Satin Dress
Fifties Short Dress
Shown here is the construction of a typical “tea dress.” To ensure that there is sufficient flare, two main methods can be employed, gathering or circle cut.
Gathering does not work well with heavy materials such as duchess satin but works extremely well with finer materials.
Works in Progress – Victorian Ensemble
The Victorian Outfit
We decided on a plain skirt in Duchess Silk Satin and a corseted ball gown top,
Works in progress – corsets
We have not had much time for separate corsets lately; dresses being a priority at the moment. Simlar techniques have been used on some of our dresses – see our “Works in progress – dresses and ensembles” posts. In the meantime, here’s one that I made earlier!