Somewhere in the Victorian era, people started coming up with ideas for making corsets more comfortable to wear. Gigglishiously ironical … More
Tag: Rennie
More Shape Matters: Why the Same Waist Curve Doesn’t Work for Every Body
I had this horrible, recurring experience with some of my oldest costumes: I’d put a zillion hours worth of work … More
How to Sew Ye Olde Ren Wench Bodice
So, you’ve got a basic ren wench bodice pattern. Yay! Now it’s time to pick some fabrics and sew it … More
How to Draft Ye Olde Ren Wench Bodice
Remember a while back, I posted directions for a Basic Conic Block draft? Everyone was sort of like, wow, missa, … More
Make Quickie, Removable Aiglette
Aiglettes are a great way to give a renaissance costume a very finished look (and keep your points from flopping … More
Shape Matters: Why the ultra-basic corset draft doesn’t work for every body.
I made my first Elizabethan corset back in the dark ages of internet time, when it was still pretty common … More
You say “yard waste”, I say “free, eco-friendly corset boning”
So I was out trimming the privet hedge the other day, like you do (she says, sounding perfectly British about … More
Recreating the Alcega Farthingale for Modern Bodies
The surviving pattern published in Juan de Alcega’s ‘Libro de Geometria, Practica y Traca’(1589) represents almost everything we know about … More
How to Reblock a Straw Hat
The world is full of straw hats. They are almost never the size and shape you’d like them to be. … More
Comparison of Different Boning Materials for Use in Sixteenth Century Corsetry
File this one under “possibly useful to some one, at some time, somehow”: this is a series of pictures of … More