The day bodice Here’s a picture of the day bodice in the making, still without sleeves, decoration and the detachable gilet front. The basque – still without waistband – is pinned to the underskirt. As you can see I have made the sides of the bodice from black velvet. This was not just done to […]
Bustle Day Dress
Victorian Day Dress
Some time ago I discovered another fabric in my fabrics collection that I had almost forgotten. It’s a beautiful blue wool fabric which is covered with black velvet swirl patterns. Draped over my shoulder, it looks like this… I always wanted to make a nice day dress for myself; no matter from what period (I […]
Skirts
The skirts The skirt consists of two different skirts: The underskirt, as shown above made from the blue patterned fabric, with a wide flounce of blue satin at the bottom and The overskirt, which is planned to be made of black velvet and also has a (smaller) flounce of blue satin at its bottom hem. […]