by Aimee | Sep 7, 2012 | Commissions, Nautilus
August was a very busy month, with Pennsic and Gen Con, followed by two weeks of playing catch-up at work and at home (read: epic amounts of email, weeding, and laundry). I don’t have a lot to show for it, as I was less-than-diligent about my camera use, but if...
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 | Jun 18, 2012 | Commissions, Nautilus
Apologies for the radio silence. My darling husband’s been the-only-IT-guy at work while his colleague’s on vacation. This has meant harried evenings and workings-late that keep the toddler-fingers too perilously close to all the pins and silks if I attempt to sew. On...
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 | 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.
