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    A Romantic Era Corset from Old Curtains

    September 16, 2022 / 2 Comments

    I made myself a romantic era i.e. 1830s-1840s corset and a corded petticoat using a pattern by Black Snail Patterns.

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  • My lingerie dress.
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    A Victorian lingerie dress

    June 14, 2022 / 5 Comments

    Lingerie dresses are those pretty frilly dresses that make the iconic Edwardian look with their lace inserts and pale colours. However, they first appeared in the 1890s. For a long time, I have wanted to make my own but sourcing that much lace was a problem. This kind of dress can use hundreds of euros worth of cotton lace which is way out of my budget. Then I had a stroke of luck and I found huge rolls of lace at the local Recycling centre. These rolls had hundreds of metres, some several kilometres worth of lace and they only cost about 15 to 20 euros each. Admittedly the lace…

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  • My Edwardian blouse
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    I sewed the Edwardian Blouse by Black Snail Patterns

    July 3, 2021 / No Comments

    I made the Edwardian blouse of the Black Snail Patterns with lots of pintucks and lace using thrifted curtains as a fabric!

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  • Edwardian man's outfit.
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    An Edwardian man’s outfit

    June 11, 2021 / 4 Comments

    I made a late-Victorian/Edwardian man’s trousers and a waistcoat.

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  • Victorian underthings
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    Victorian underwear: an underskirt and a corset cover

    September 25, 2019 / 5 Comments

    I made a turn-of-the-century underwear set consisting of a pretty 1912 corset cover and a Victorian underskirt by the Black Snail Patterns.

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