Oh, that pesky Pfalzgrafin corset… It’s technically dated to 1598, by virtue of being found on the body of Pfalzgrafin … More
Tag: Blocks
Adjusting the Basic Conic Block for an Athletic Shoulder or Curved Back
I’ve been doing some background work for a project, and I had to do up a Conic Block for Lizzle. … More
Printer Friendly Version of Basic Conical Draft directions…
I realize that instructions are far more helpful when you can print them out and put them on the worktable … More
The Basic Conical Torso Block (Part 2)
Now that I’ve got all the photography done, it’s time to pick up where we left off in The Basic … More
The Basic Conical Torso Block (Part 1)
For several hundred years, beginning where the High Middle Ages met the Renaissance and continuing through the eve of the … More
Building Blocks: an Imprecise History of Pattern Drafting
My life, and probably yours, gentle reader, would be much simplified if, perchance, our predecessors of the fifteenth century had … More