I started learning how to make scale mail the other day. Its similar to chain mail, but some of the rings are replaced with scales (those metal pieces with holes in).
The scales are about an inch long, so it came together quite quickly once I got the hang of it. It’s actually kind of therapeutic.
This was just a test piece to see how it went.
Finally got around to organising the photo shoot for the Wollaton costumes, here is a tiny snippet, he took hundreds!
I whipped up a pair of drawers so that i could get a picture of the corset as well. I found evidence that they wore drawers in the regency era, but I couldn’t find any patterns, so this one is made up. Not exactly the most accurate, but fit for purpose for the shoot.
Last September I started making this corset as a little project for myself. I had been gifted several historical patterns, so I thought I would try one out. It was a bit more of a challenge because they were entirely in French, but I got there.
It had been tucked away in a corner since then, finished apart from the bones, bias binding and eyelets. A friend very kindly offered to do a photo-shoot for my Wollaton costumes for me, so it gave me a push to finish it off so I could add it in.
I really like the shape of the front. According to Harriet, my flatmate who kindly agreed to model for the shoot, its really comfortable.
I think she quite enjoyed herself.
I don’t really have a use for it, so I’ve put it in my etsy shop.
I am coming to the end of my 3 years at university, this is my last term, I finish in June; so this term is all about pulling it all together and finishing everything off rather than making. So I haven’t had the time to make much to post.
But in the process of getting my portfolio ready for marking I have been bulking up my costume drawing section. I did these over the past few days, just a bit of acrylic and pencil.
Do you recognise any of them?
We made a red one of these a while ago at work, and Denise has still been steadily collecting jumpers. So here is the newest recycled jumper coat. I did this one almost entirely by myself. I altered the hood pattern from the last time, this one is even longer.
It’s not made for me, that’s why is so long. I think it looks like fields in the countryside when you see them from the sky.
