Victorian inspired main skirt decor - wip

Have taken up this project once more! Need to get it sewn together and not have it take another 2-2½ years. Added some lace and a ruffle garland which haven’t been attached yet. Going to sew the ruffle on by hand as I want to sew some pearls onto it along with metal roses. There will be pearl string garlands, metal leaves, little satin ribbon bows, and to top it all off there will be a myriad of little rhinestones glued all over. Also need to do something about the length on the front, still so much work left to do on the skirt!

Also made a long string of ruffles for the jacket which will also get to be hand-sewn with pears and other little bits. On the back I have this big bow that will get some pearl string attached, roses and rhinestones to match.

Now that is is an nontraditional wedding dress there needed to be a veil. Bought two of these as I don’t have any experience in making them. Going to modify one of them a bit to fit once I get to that point, will have to fit with the wig I am going to be sitting sewing at some point.

Now I just hope those metal roses, rhinestones, veils, and pearl string arrive in the mail soon!

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Startup One Two

Elliptical Cage Crinoline One Two

Undergarments

Corset One Two Three

Petticoat

Main Skirt One Two

Jacket

Decor One Two Three

Jewellery

The odd ramble in between

Wig One Two Three Four

Shoes

Wedding Bouquet

Veil

SD Sized Petticoat - fin

I started sewing this almost a week ago now, and today I finally finished it. Took quite some time and perhaps I should have found an actual pattern for the various pieces, but I didn't. In any case, here's a little walkthrough of the various steps.

Started out with the bottom pieces, a row of ruffles and a piece of fabric underneath. Little over 3m of ruffles had to be attached on a 1,5m long piece of fabric.

 As I found the fabric a bit barren just like than I chose to add some lace.

And a bit of ribbon. I know you wont see the petticoat, but I like the little details here and there.

Sewing the waistband was a tricky part. Think mainly because the pattern I used was fit for a round crinoline cage. Actually did sew one on there but ended up having to remove part of it and re-do it. Was too big, and we can't have that. Also had to remove some of the fabric as there is a lot of it, reason for all of those pleats. Part of me kind of wants to take it apart again and have the pleats near the back be layered differently. Kind of.

 And there you have it in it's entire glory. It's truly something!

Next up: Main dress (skirt and jacket)

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Startup One Two

Elliptical Cage Crinoline One Two

Undergarments

Corset One Two Three

Petticoat

Main Skirt One Two

Jacket

Decor One Two Three

Jewellery

The odd ramble in between

Wig One Two Three Four

Shoes

Wedding Bouquet

Veil

SD sized ball gown - WIP

This is an old project of mine having been on hiatus for about a year now. Decided I would kick myself in motion again and finish what I started.

Back then I got quite a bit of sewing done for the main dress, if one could call it such. The list of garments were as follows: socks, long bloomers, chemise, crinoline cage, petticoat, over skirt, jacket, spoon bonnet, purse and a parasol.

The crinoline cage I had already put together, didn't get pictures of the in between process of putting it together but can say as much that it is steel boning for the hoops and they are all adjustable by an inch or so.

There I had yet to sew the hoops onto the string and ended up taking it little over an inch in as it was far too long.

I was really bad at shooting progress pictures which really is a shame, but yeah, finished crinoline on the left and the petticoat on the right.
Having finished that part I went to cutting out fabric and sewing together the overdress and, again, I didn't get progress pictures of that either.

Here it is all sown together, just needing the top and a zipper in the back.

Actually did get a few pictures of the progress of the top of that skirt back then, granted it isn't much, but it's something.

Later added ruffles to the hem of it as it looked barren and just to get a feel for how it would look attached to the skirt I made a mock up.

It actually got to look quite nice once it got sown together properly.

The lace and ribbon detail around the waist did get to be sown onto the dress in the end, can always remove the ribbon if it should come to be in the way of things.

So, that out of the way I started drawing patterns for the bloomers and chemise. I didn't have a specific pattern in mind so just drew what came to mind and went crazy finding lace and ribbons to really doll it up with. Sadly no in progress pictures of this either, seems to be a recurring problem of mine with all of my projects, but of course I do have one of the finished outcome.

The bloomers are crotchless, meaning they aren't sown together all the way in the crotch.

This was where things grinded to a halt. I waited forever on some fabric in the mail and when it finally arrived I was busying myself with other things and this project was set on a longer-than-expected hiatus.

I have gotten new ideas for it in the meantime. Still going to sew a purse and doing a few minor changes to a parasol I bought on eBay by changing the cover fabric and decorating it nicely. For the dress I'm going to be adding long detachable sleeves in some black see through fabric, there will be a long sleeves bolero with puffy shoulders, and a bustle skirt with a corsage-like underbust being tied together with ribbon in the front
The fabric I've chosen to sew all of this from looks like this:

 

But before I even put scissors near it I will have to work on fabricating patterns for all of this and hopefully I will have enough fabric when all comes to all. Else I just have to put up an order for some more and at least the 1st ain't so far away.

I will try my best to cover some more of the in progress state of things and update you along the way.

TBC