Monday, 21 November 2011
Complicated corsetry - antique patterns
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I've been immersed in some complicated corsetry - setting myself challenges and working out designs. This is a very beautiful Edwardia...
Friday, 4 November 2011
A little rant
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This week on my Sew Curvy Facebook page , I wrote a 'status update' which I thought may be of interest to readers here too. So I ha...
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Corsets on the table
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Furiously trying to finish my book in time for the November deadline. I'm nearly there but finding it very hard to keep it simple and u...
Thursday, 8 September 2011
Making a vintage bra pattern
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I have often made reference to one of my favourite sewing books, the Odhams Encyclopaedia of Needlecraft which was published in 1954. I thi...
Monday, 29 August 2011
Antique corset show and tell at Symingtons
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The things which struck me most about the Victorian and Edwardian corsets in the Symington collection, was their lightness, their diver...
Thursday, 25 August 2011
Corsets as far as the eye could see
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A trip to see the biggest antique corset collection in the world - The Symington collection! All pics (c) Leicestershire County Council Mu...
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Vintage bullet bras - show and tell!
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The other week a friend of mine sent a parcel with the note "I saw these at a vintage market and thought they might be the sort of thin...
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