1868 Evening Bodice

[atherleisure]

I finished the evening bodice for my 1868 dress. I wound up making a belt to go with it too since otherwise the trim looked a little goofy. I think I have enough fabric that I could make tails to go on the belt, but I'm not decided on them (or excited about them) yet so it will be this way for a bit. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out.











At the end of my self-timer pictures, my son insisted on taking a picture of me on the stairs, and it turned out surprisingly well. I think it's about my favorite picture, which amuses me, considering his age.

Comments

[kaesha-nikovana.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful! Green is a wonderful color for you. It's very elegant without the tails, but I think it'll look smart with them too.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I love green - maybe because I look well in it! Tails on a belt were sooo popular at that time that I feel like I really ought to do them, but I'm not excited about it so I'm not fussed at present.

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that's lovely! What did you use for the trim?

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's china silk ribbon in 1/4" and 1/2" widths. I starched it first to make it easier to work with.

[koshka-the-cat.livejournal.com]

It's lovely! Such elegant lines!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[m-of-disguise.livejournal.com]

Lovely! The color is fabulous. :D

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's one of my favorite colors.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Wow!! So very pretty!

I love the fact that you did both an evening bodice AND day bodice!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I love the skirt so much, it needed another bodice. I'm hoping someday I'll get to go to one of these conventions where I can wear the day bodice during the day and switch to the evening one for evening. Unfortunately, CLW doesn't look like it's in the cards this year.

[hiraimi.livejournal.com]

This is so lovely! I'm not sure I saw the skirt/day bodice before, but that trim is great. Not super complicated, but it really does the trick. That's also SUCH a nice color. Pretty pretty pretty. :)

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Looks great! It's awesome that you have the day and evening bodices.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I like having both bodices.