Just when I get back into the swing of regular blogging again, I get struck down by a nasty tummy bug that's doing the rounds, which mea...

.... "I saw a woman at an event last night in a great corset; I found myself staring at all the bits. I blame you for making me stare...

I'm just loving this picture that I found on the internet today, and thought i'd share it with you all whilst waving hello from th...

click on all pics to make them larger Inspired by Stephanie, over at The Naked Seamstress , a lovely dressmaking blog which I have di...

The gold fabric of my dress looks much better in the evening when it seems to 'come to life'. In artifical light, it glows. Teami...

Once I had made sure that my foundation toile fitted properly and very snugly, I made it up properly using a satin coutil fabric. Coutil i...

The dress foundation ... Sometimes it's called a 'corsolette' but really, a corsolette has bra cups built in - it's a cro...