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Victorian-inspired Tea Gowns

Fabric used: Satin Notions: lots of lace. Too much to count. Pattern: None. Self drafted Tea Gowns were worn during the Edwardian/Victorian era for entertaining guests at home. These dresses were elaborate and beautiful, but were made to be worn uncorseted so the lady of the house could parlay with her guests in comfort. IContinue reading “Victorian-inspired Tea Gowns”

1950s shirtdress

Fabric used: Rayon (purchased at Spotlight) approx 4m. Cream Cotton poplin. Approx 1m Hairband is made out of tiny hands and painted fabric flowers which were originally white Notions used: Buttons of various sizes Pattern used: a vintage simplicity pattern, but I will probably draft my own pattern in the future from a separate shirtContinue reading “1950s shirtdress”

Governess blouse Red Walking Skirt

Fabric: Red Shantung, approx 4m. 2m of (rather expensive Italian) black shirting for the blouse notions: Hook and eye tape, 2 sets of hooks and bars, horsehair braid for the hem. Around 7m of gold braid Pattern used: Truly Victorian TVE21 1901 Trumpet Skirt. The blouse was modified from a blouse block I made inContinue reading “Governess blouse Red Walking Skirt”

Fashion Illustrations

Although I’ve done some sort of painting/drawing/throughout my life, I have not truly practiced drawing until The Great Quarantine of 2020. I’ve mostly been doing fashion illustrations because that is what I like the best and here are some of the works I’m most proud of so far. I bought quite a bit of polyesterContinue reading “Fashion Illustrations”

Taxidermy

My taxidermy journey started with this little mouse Braunton. I took a class when I was living there and I really liked how it combined art and science. I have killed none of these animals and will never do so. Braunton started off as a little fixture in my desk — here he is movingContinue reading “Taxidermy”