by Aimee | Jul 8, 2012 | BJD, Commissions, Nautilus
Spent the better part of the day tweaking the breeches pattern and assembling both the shirt and breeches. The stretch twill was way stretchier than I anticipated based on the swatch I ordered, so I ended up taking them in as I went. The silk poplin was a dream to...
by Aimee | May 16, 2012 | BJD, Commissions, Nautilus
I got out my costume books and started in the wrong century for a Rose of Versailles-inspired commission (see the last project I worked on for Nautilus). It’s really more 1850s than 1750s, though I suppose military styles don’t fluxuate much. In any event,...
by ysabel | Nov 8, 2008 | BJD, Commissions
I’ve had a variety of odd setbacks, but I’ve taken on a couple of commissions for the fall and winter. I’m revamping my sewing (and doll display) space so that it will allow for more storage this weekend, and I should be able to make some patterns...
by ysabel | Jun 11, 2008 | BJD, Commissions, Featured, Medieval and Renaissance, MSD, Nautilus
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...
by ysabel | Jun 9, 2008 | BJD, Commissions, Featured, Medieval and Renaissance, MSD, Nautilus
…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.
by ysabel | Jun 9, 2008 | BJD, Commissions, Medieval and Renaissance, Miscellany, MSD, Nautilus
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.
