All right. Let's try this...
All right. Let's try this out.
So, for those of you just joining the program, I do, on occasion, sew. I've not done so in a while, but my costuming brain just clicked itself back on a few days ago and. Well. I did some damage at JoAnn's this morning.
And it all started because my mother wants pajamas.
I figure that this is a simple, low-stress re-introduction to sewing. Hell, I learned to sew by making a corset, so this will be damned near Zen compared to that.
Also, there was to be a photo of the aisle of brocade and sari fabric loveliness right here, but I can't retrieve it from my camera right now. Nuts.
Anyway, we move on to the meat and potatoes of this whole shebang: Corset plotting. You see, it all started when I found out about a (now out of stock) corset made by Lip Service called Beyond the Thunderdome.
Those that know me know why this creation had to be mine by hook, crook, or manufacturing. Seeing as how hooking before I *have* the corset is a little backwards, and they really didn't make any in my size, I'll have to go with door number 3.
Clearly, I can't make my corset be an exact replica of this one, because that would most likely get my ass handed to me should Lip Service ever find out. Also, I want mine to lace in the front and the back. And possibly on the sides. I'm all about making something that works with my crazy weight fluctuations, yo.
As a random aside, I am a big fan of buckles and lacing and black and zippers. You'll realize just how little I'm kidding if I actually start making more stuff again and posting about it.
Over that a way are photos of the actual Lip Service corset. I have more from all good angles necessary for pattern reconstruction. Because I plan to hand-draft my own version/take on this and make it to my measurements (give or take about 15 pounds, so I won't have to make more than one of the things unless my weight gets ridiculously out of control). With all those grommets and snaps and buckles and such.
Yes, I do wear my crazypants all the time. But, if I can pull this off in whatever spare time I have, I will officially be happier 'n a pig in mud. I will also have something I can use to flounce about L.A. in October. I think that's a feasible costuming goal. Nothing to hand-drafted pattern to mockup to pattern reworking to 2nd mockup to final pattern to actual corset in about, what? Seven months? Yeah, this might actually happen.
In regards to this endeavor, my aforementioned damage done at JoAnn's also included other patterns. Because one always needs a good fishtail skirt pattern.
And the fabrics for the corset along with a more historical approach pattern that was on sale.
Fabric from the mayhem that was my JoAnn's trip. My plan is to make a corset. That's black denim (fashion fabric), black duckcloth (budget substitute for coutil), and two possibilities for lining.
Why, yes. It IS between "batik skull and crossbones" and "I'm the GD Batman" as the lining of my all black corset. I am a GD rockstar.
Something else I could NOT pass up was some purple brocade remnants that are just big enough to each be a panel of another corset some time in the future. Maybe I'll make another Victorian to go with the pinstripe Victorian I already own.
What I do not have pictures of currently are the cable ties I plan to use as boning. They're hidden in the depths of my closet at the mo' and I don't feel like hunting for them. But, they're your basic white plastic cable ties. And I feel no shame at using them because One: Not worried about historical accuracy as this is not a historical garment and Two: I don't have to worry about this particular corset supporting or restraining the boob area. I trust nothing less than steel to corral the girls as they are quite rowdy.
There'll probably be more sewing and sketching and knitting babble on here as the months wear on, but that's where I'm at right now.
Also, there was to be a photo of the aisle of brocade and sari fabric loveliness right here, but I can't retrieve it from my camera right now. Nuts.
Anyway, we move on to the meat and potatoes of this whole shebang: Corset plotting. You see, it all started when I found out about a (now out of stock) corset made by Lip Service called Beyond the Thunderdome.
Those that know me know why this creation had to be mine by hook, crook, or manufacturing. Seeing as how hooking before I *have* the corset is a little backwards, and they really didn't make any in my size, I'll have to go with door number 3.
Clearly, I can't make my corset be an exact replica of this one, because that would most likely get my ass handed to me should Lip Service ever find out. Also, I want mine to lace in the front and the back. And possibly on the sides. I'm all about making something that works with my crazy weight fluctuations, yo.
As a random aside, I am a big fan of buckles and lacing and black and zippers. You'll realize just how little I'm kidding if I actually start making more stuff again and posting about it.
Over that a way are photos of the actual Lip Service corset. I have more from all good angles necessary for pattern reconstruction. Because I plan to hand-draft my own version/take on this and make it to my measurements (give or take about 15 pounds, so I won't have to make more than one of the things unless my weight gets ridiculously out of control). With all those grommets and snaps and buckles and such.
Yes, I do wear my crazypants all the time. But, if I can pull this off in whatever spare time I have, I will officially be happier 'n a pig in mud. I will also have something I can use to flounce about L.A. in October. I think that's a feasible costuming goal. Nothing to hand-drafted pattern to mockup to pattern reworking to 2nd mockup to final pattern to actual corset in about, what? Seven months? Yeah, this might actually happen.
In regards to this endeavor, my aforementioned damage done at JoAnn's also included other patterns. Because one always needs a good fishtail skirt pattern.
Why, yes. It IS between "batik skull and crossbones" and "I'm the GD Batman" as the lining of my all black corset. I am a GD rockstar.
Something else I could NOT pass up was some purple brocade remnants that are just big enough to each be a panel of another corset some time in the future. Maybe I'll make another Victorian to go with the pinstripe Victorian I already own.
There'll probably be more sewing and sketching and knitting babble on here as the months wear on, but that's where I'm at right now.
