Irenenenene

Goodness gracious.... almost a year already The year has flown past, hasn't it? I'm still thinking I did that road trip the other day. So, not much has happened in my life, but I had a rare opportunity to visit the fashion collection archive at the Social History Centre in Cape Town. Apart form the fact that it is housed in a beautiful building The oldest clothes are from the 1700s and we had the rare privilege to see one up close and personal, including some undergarments and shoes. the corsetry is from the early 1900's, since the corset of the pink dress was worked into the actual garment and not a separate piece. so, without further ado:

Many of you will know that I have been sewing a corset on and off since R&H got married. (That is about 2 years ago - give or take a few days :) ) This is the fabric I used, although the colours are slightly off in the picture, it does show the pattern very nicely. Finally, after a week of some frustrating experiences, I finished it yesterday. The pattern called for normal, plastic boning, and being the geek I am, I had to protect the edges of each piece from poking through the layers of the corset, by sewing a protective piece of fabric either end, trimming off the pieces of fabric and then inserting the boning into the sewn channels. I mixed the plastic boning, which I used for the shorter channels, with steel boning for the long channels - especially the side seam. Then, I ran out of eyelets (grommets) Grrrrrr! The store that could put them in did not want to sell them to me to put in myself, but only if they were the ones putting them it. Double Grrrrr! So, on the back, you ca...