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My latest finished project, based off a couple of extant bodices and a fashion plate which all had this snazzy cross-over front feature.
I actually made the skirt a long time ago as a historybounding, everyday thing to wear. It has alternating panels of striped and solid black cotton, and has a scalloped hem. I love it and wear it often, and decided that I was going to make a matching bodice so I could wear it to costume events, too.
I draped the pattern myself, based off of a couple of extants. Each seam is boned with artificial whalebone and the seam allowances were tacked down by hand with a herringbone stitch. The peplum is lined with black cotton, but the rest is just lined with cheap plain white muslin to save on cost. The bodice closes up the center front with hooks and eyes, and then the wrap panels are folded over and closed at the side seams.
Brain gremlins about my weight are under the cut for those that don't want to read it.
I finished this outfit a while back, but I've been struggling with whether or not I wanted to post it. It's not the outfit, I think that it turned out fabulously. But I've been really unhappy about my weight, and it's been a fight to remind myself that my weight is not my worth. I keep hearing the negative things my mother would say whenever I would gain a pound or two or the "positive" things she'd say when I lost them (things like "oh, you have a chin again!" or "I can actually see your waist now.")
So I'm trying to ignore all that and remind myself how awesome this dress turned out, how hard I worked on it, and how proud I am of the construction of it.
Guess. ❎
I’m a firm ghoul and poison hype men believer. They definitely go to raves.
The joke behind the tramp stamp is it’s the Bible verse people often use to refer to homosexuality as a sin.
9-1-1 In the Future Week
Day 7: Free Choice
Buck and Eddie’s baby is born prematurely, but he is as strong as his fathers and his brother.
Fic idea I was struck with the other day and keep thinking about: a Vulcan adopts a cat.
Now, I know this is not my usual content of action sequences.... But this was in my heart. I love me some 1980s and Donnie. It just works. Inspiration comes from the amazing Vee aka @risestarkissomega! Thank you for the wonderful fashion consultant! I had a lot of fun with this! Hope you do too! The Fashion Advice! Master Post