Nautilus wanted something monochromatic and white or cream, and old/historic for his ghostly Volks MSD. I love it when projects are open-ended!
I ended up tackling a Tudor gown for this project. Using tea-dyed cotton, silk, freshwater pearls, and repurposed vintage glass and brass.
Nautilus Commission Update/Previews, Part 4
Completion! The outer gown is silk taffeta with a silk chiffon overlay. It closes with spiral-laced rings below a false front, secured with tiny brass pins. Lacing rings also secure the foresleeves inside the wide sleeves of the bodice. The sleeves are decorated with...
Nautilus Commission Update/Previews, Part 3
...And the underbodice is now all finished. It is silk dupioni with hand-worked eyelet closures laced the spiral way. Bilament along the neckline in jet glass settings and 2mm freshwater pearls.
Nautilus Commission Update, Part 2
Here are the embroidered foresleeves, with jet glass ouches and the underskirt. Both are silk, embroidered in cotton. The underskirt features a motif inspired by embroidery on an extant 16th c. caul and and is beaded with 1mm and 2mm freshwater pearls.
Nautilus Commission Updates/Previews, Part One
I love Helane, and I love this commission, so there'll be a lot to share over the course of the next day or two. I'm finally to the end of the line in the hand-embroidery and I've proceeded to the finishing touches (hand-hems, eyelets, hooks, etc.) and I've decided...