I finally pulled myself together enough to make a new period dress form. Made from a truly awful herringbone poly-wool that has been taking up far too much space. This time she’s a soft form stuffed with recycled wadding and fabric scraps and a sturdy pole for stability and a foamex base and neck

A turn of the twentieth century style ribbon corset variant. Silk ribbon mounted on cotton taffeta with a base layer of fine tulle as a personal safety net (I’m a bit squidgey these days). Still in need of eyelets, and some embellishment to disguise was a disaster this ribbon choice was

Bones’n’bones

Sunday afternoon lectures on obscure Tudor garments 🥰

Aside from eyelets - which I will do when I finish a companion corset - I have just finished this fun little turn of the twentieth century-style ribbon corset