Self Directed Project -11

For this SDP project I have decided to work with both flat cutting and cutting on a stand, and specificly I will work with:  A 1878 afternoo...

This is the Bodice from Patterns of Fashion 1 by Janet Arnold which I intend to cut on a stand. Before Calico I didn’t have the rig...

In the pattern diagram CF is only buttoned down to the waist and doesn`t show how is closed below. In the illustration the bodice is bu...

  `CORSETS` Jill salen   p. 90 This is a relatively simple corset and not difficult to draw up. I measured all parts i...

I have chosen to cut Afternoon Dress this because I imagine there is a challenge in managing the large pieces of calico form shoulder to fl...

Making the pattern .    `CORSETS´ Jill Salen   p. 63 Actually drafting the pattern in itself was good fun, and less difficult than I had an...