1950's Corset//Bra

I was given a bunch of hand made costumes, corsets and all that, beautifully made... and amongst the 18th century stays and medieval dresses, there was an authentic 50's corset!! 

The 1950's is such a pretty time for fashion, I am a fan of the 50's! and wanted to make an authentic dress of the time period (so I could be Maria from "The Sound of Music") and so I was stoked when I saw it!... an actual bra/corset from the time!!

it was many sizes too big for me, but I fitted it and then cut it up for a pattern (sadly, since I would have like to have kept it whole, but you gotta do what you gotta do... )

My verison:
made in one day.
pretty terribly sewn to be honest, not my usual 'couture eye-to-detail' but it works and... I just wanted to get it done and have it!! (I really need to work on my patients in situations like this)

 am now making plans for a camisole/chemise then... a dress!

My Sister

Last year my sister asked me to make her a dress which she designed... 

she wanted a kind of 50's style. I used fabric I already had, and she liked it well enough!

I finished it for her birthday last November and here is her original sketch

This is Grace!

and the end result of her dress...

one of my favourite shots

silly one together... 

this one reminds me of Downton Abbey 

We did this photo shoot in her new dress because she (really liked it) 

 was going to cut her hair and we needed some nice shots of it before it went! She got a bob and donated like 12" to wig makers for people with cancer!

 It looks really good and healthy now...

But yes, that is the dress!