Liebster Award [FR]

Ce week end, je me suis rendue compte qu'une autre coutu-bloggeuse m'a cité pour le "Liebster Blog Award" ; mon 1er award...  

(NDLR : ce qui me fait immanquablement penser à cette chanson de Sardou (et je n'ai même pas honte... ) http://www.deezer.com/fr/track/2174290 et 15 années de ma vie défilent avec ce mp3...bref...)

Un immense merci à lacostumeuse pour cet Award, et pour sa "fanitude" de la 1ère heure (alors qu'elle a bien plus de talents que moi !)

Il reste à partager maintenant cet award dont voici les règles :

1. mettre l'image qui va bien sur mon blog
2. inclure un lien vers le blog qui vous a nommé en guise de remerciement
3. linker vers 5 autres blogs qui sont encore sous la barre des 200 abonnés.

2. Poupinette aka lacostumeuse  ... et je lui redis encore que j'aime particulierement Monsieur en Louis XIV vraiment :) !!

3. Plus difficile, car je ne suis pas une liseuse de blog très assidue, et que la condition "sous la barre des 200 abonnés" rend les choses encore moins facile :)

Je vais commencer par le plus facile : la famille ! http://brico10doigts.blogspot.fr/ est le blog des poupées de ma maman, de la couture aussi mais version petite taille :)

Pour continuer dans le francais, le blog de Sonja : http://el-djinnia.blogspot.fr/ de magnifiques costumes historiques mais tellement atypiques, de chez elle et qui lui vont si bien ! 

le blog d'Inevara http://laretourneusedetemps.blogspot.fr/ et son costume d'Halloween, une merveille !

Un peu plus loin de nos frontieres, le blog de Minki http://ladywilhelmine.wordpress.com/ et de superbes corsets 

Et enfin, parce qu'elle le vaut bien et que sa boutique est une mine d'or, le blog de Fanny : http://tempsdelegance.blogspot.fr/

1911 Blouse - "The Edwardian Modiste"

D-7 .. ! 7 days to finish 1911 Suit, or at least, to have one more thing to wear : a blouse !

Back paper-pattern with tucks

This time, it's my first try drafting with apportioning scale's books.
Here I used Frances Grimble book and a 1908 waist/blouse with tucks in front and back.


It was really easy to fit, as you can see : nothing to change on back piece.
About the front, I had to reduce about 4cm (1.5") on side seam.

Tucks in back (fabric)

Tucks in shoulder seam : quite perfect matching !

 

Today, I tried to add a "lace plastron" in front and cuffs to the sleeves.
Cuffs were easy to pattern.
Lace plastron was supposed to be easy too : a simple rectangle of fabric, to be sewn in one side, in order to cover center front (with buttons)

Here you can see on the left the wrong face of "plastron" and on the right the small snap fastener ; and in the middle buttons closing to be covered.

I'm not completly satisfied with this "plastron"..
And I have the collar to finish...



Just 2 days left, I cross my finger !

1911 Corset - Day 5 and end ! [EN]

I finally added last boning, bias on top and bottom edges with lace and garters.

I tried to cover garters with the same biais, but it's hard to sew on elastic :s


I'm proud of this second attempt with corsets of Norah Waugh book !

1911 Cover Corset / Brassiere

Thanks to Festive Attire and Jen's study, I have been able to make a beautiful cover corset with bonings, which give a few more support to large bust than simple cover corset.

Side back : 3-4cm missing

 When I tried the scoth-taped pattern, I had just one thing to adjust to fit perfectly, I was really happy !

Front

Back

Now it's time to finish Longline Underbsut 1911 Corset - Norah Waugh [EN]

1911 Plain Skirt - "The Ladies Tailor"

I missed some bonings for "1911 Longline Underbsut 1911 Corset" so I have to wait my order...

All this time, and because my deadline is coming (remember Nov, 8th) I started a plain skirt yesterday.

 I choose a plain skirt from "The Ladies Tailor" of March 1911.

It was easy to enlarge, the 1st time I found it so easy in fact :)

 The first try of the real-but-mock-up was nearly perfect.

And I'm proud of the quite perfect matching of fabric design

 After 4 Harry Potter movies, I finished to sew almost all the buttons










At last, my first handsewn hem and a one-day-and-a-half-skirt !


I will try to take better pics later because now I have to start Jen's Cover Corset / Brassiere