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gwendolyngrey) wrote2009-03-11 01:50 pm
gwendolyngrey) wrote2009-03-11 01:50 pm
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Pretty, pretty pictures!
I am *tired*. If I could curl up here in the computer lab and sleep through my shift at work tonight I'd be... well, not happy, but at least asleep!
This is partially because I stayed up quite late last night taking decent portfolio-worthy pictures of the stuff I've finished recently, and partly because I haven't been sleeping well for a week. I lie in bed and my mind whirs and whirs frantically, and it's all I can do to STAY in bed and not leap up at 3am and sew that seam or look up that detail or do anything. But still, I just have three more weeks to push though... it'll probably go much faster than I would like anyway.
Sent in applications today for several summer-season jobs... we'll see if anything comes of it!
And thanks to my self-timed photo session last night, I have pictures of the 1830 dress, the 1810 spencer, and the new Victorian corset! (plus decent-er ones of the 1810 and 1820 dresses)
I quite like the shape of the skirt (which you can clearly see in this photo). I just have a (fairly skimpy) corded petticoat and little ruffly bustle underneath, but it seems to work really well! That, and I think my stab at 1830's hair wasn't too terrible either. I have no hairpieces (need to remedy that at some point...) and my curling iron is, at a 1" diameter, too large to make cluster-y curls.
My camera battery died shortly after I put the spencer on, and I was only able to get a couple pictures... I think I look rather ridiculous here, but at least you can SEE the spencer, which is more than I can say for the other, blurry shots.
See? Told you. Blurry.
I know this dress is old news by now, but one must admit that this picture is far superior to the old ones.
I used the Laughing Moon Mercantile Silverado pattern for this corset, and pretty much made my size straight up. The only real adjustment was the addition of hip gores and cutting down the top of the back. This was my first foray into victorian corsetry, and I have to say I really enjoyed making it! I want more. ;-)
And I haven't yet made the chemise to go with it... in fact the fabric earmarked for the chemise just came out of the dryer last night. Hence the bare skin.
This is the first corset I've worn where I actually had waist reduction! Being fairly small, 16th and 18th cen. corsets either add a bit to my waist measurement or leave it the same. With this, I initally lost an inch, and then once I'd worn it for a while and cinched it in a little more, I was down by over two inches! It's very new to me. ;-)
And back view!
I'm in the middle of updating my website(s) with everything. Official "portfolio-y" website has everything up already, but I'm still working on Behind the Tapestry.
Any you know what? In spite of being exhausted, I am somehow enjoying all this. We'll see how I feel in three weeks though!
I just have to make the 1840 dress now, and then finish the paintings.
This is partially because I stayed up quite late last night taking decent portfolio-worthy pictures of the stuff I've finished recently, and partly because I haven't been sleeping well for a week. I lie in bed and my mind whirs and whirs frantically, and it's all I can do to STAY in bed and not leap up at 3am and sew that seam or look up that detail or do anything. But still, I just have three more weeks to push though... it'll probably go much faster than I would like anyway.
Sent in applications today for several summer-season jobs... we'll see if anything comes of it!
And thanks to my self-timed photo session last night, I have pictures of the 1830 dress, the 1810 spencer, and the new Victorian corset! (plus decent-er ones of the 1810 and 1820 dresses)
I quite like the shape of the skirt (which you can clearly see in this photo). I just have a (fairly skimpy) corded petticoat and little ruffly bustle underneath, but it seems to work really well! That, and I think my stab at 1830's hair wasn't too terrible either. I have no hairpieces (need to remedy that at some point...) and my curling iron is, at a 1" diameter, too large to make cluster-y curls.
My camera battery died shortly after I put the spencer on, and I was only able to get a couple pictures... I think I look rather ridiculous here, but at least you can SEE the spencer, which is more than I can say for the other, blurry shots.
See? Told you. Blurry.
I know this dress is old news by now, but one must admit that this picture is far superior to the old ones.
I used the Laughing Moon Mercantile Silverado pattern for this corset, and pretty much made my size straight up. The only real adjustment was the addition of hip gores and cutting down the top of the back. This was my first foray into victorian corsetry, and I have to say I really enjoyed making it! I want more. ;-)
And I haven't yet made the chemise to go with it... in fact the fabric earmarked for the chemise just came out of the dryer last night. Hence the bare skin.
This is the first corset I've worn where I actually had waist reduction! Being fairly small, 16th and 18th cen. corsets either add a bit to my waist measurement or leave it the same. With this, I initally lost an inch, and then once I'd worn it for a while and cinched it in a little more, I was down by over two inches! It's very new to me. ;-)
And back view!
I'm in the middle of updating my website(s) with everything. Official "portfolio-y" website has everything up already, but I'm still working on Behind the Tapestry.
Any you know what? In spite of being exhausted, I am somehow enjoying all this. We'll see how I feel in three weeks though!
I just have to make the 1840 dress now, and then finish the paintings.