scans from Madeleine Vionnet by Betty Kirke

Kirke, B. and Issey Miyake (2012). Madeleine Vionnet. San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle Books

Ann Demeulemeester Spring 2014

15-12-2025

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Floral are INNNN

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Khaite Pre-fall 2026

14-12-2025

Marasi’s Outfit part 1- the split skirt pattern

We start with the scariest bit because I’ll need the most time to do it and it’s easier to rush a blouse then an 1890’s split skirt.

If you’ve ever wanted to make a split skirt from this era you will be aware of the fact that there are like 4 patterns on the Internet available for them. The most common one is Truly Victorian’s pattern for it but that one has one major flaw in my opinion. The thighs button together. I just don’t like the style and I want the panel across the front. It’s a prettier style in my opinion.

Bernadette Banner has made pretty much the exact skirt I want for this. She used the Truly Victorian pattern as a base and modified it to work for her. I on the other hand am not working with a large budget so I’ve decided to pattern it myself.

Luckily Morgan Donner has a video in which she showed her process of patterning out a split skirt for herself. Her panel was not attached to the skirt the way I want it to be but I’ll take someone showing me the steps to pattern it out instead of just guessing any day. So I fallowed her steps roughly and started patterning.

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And here’s what I’ve ended up with so far. Each half of the pants will have four panels. This is going to take up a lot of material. The front needs to lay relatively smooth and the back will be heavily gathered.

Time to make a mockup!

Started patterning a plush based on the one found in this post.

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My wife @magentadogthing fell in love with the little guy. So, she challenged me to try and replicate it. (Not really I just wanted to make him for her)

And here’s my first mock up.

@magentadogthing is responsible for his embroidered teeth.

His name is Chip (Chippy). And he is perfect in his own way. But now that I’ve started working on a shark pattern, some modification requests have been made. So it’s back to the drawing board :)

I may or may not post follow-ups. But it’s safe to say Chippy may get a large family.

hello friends would anyone have an idea on how to pattern one of these guys

i know theyre called play dead bunnies and theyve been mega mass produced for like ever but i dont want to support inhumane working conditions and i definitely dont want to risk buying one that’s real fur. plus i think making one would be Cute And Fun

i know the limbs and ears are simple enough, but is the face a big flat piece with darts?? any help on any part is appreciated (and if i end up making/finding a pattern ill be sure to share)

piece i patterned recently…. it does have both sleeves attached now— questioning that decision

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whatever. go my Ralsei leg

Ooh lord im back on my bullshit. Patchwork-ish bodice for Ren Faire this year (just finished the outer shell - no lining or grommets yet):

This is also my wife’s dress form and thus is significantly smaller in the hips-and-butt area, but this is just for display purposes.

Just the background to go on this pattern!

….and then the numbering/slow realization of just what exactly I’ve set myself up for, but that is future me’s problem XD

Some early sketches as I pattern out my new corset:

I’m making this design for a few different outcome areas. First and foremost is abdominal compression for my orthostatic symptoms, meaning that from the area of the bust to the wodest point of my hip, I need to use fully boned panels to construct it, as these need to be able to offer a consistent and mild level of compression. An NIH study recommended a MINIMUM of 10mmHG compression, with a recommendation to be cautious of using higher compression as this is not necessarily correlated with further symptom reduction and IS correlated with a worsening of symptoms after the binder was removed¹.

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Effects of Patient-Controlled Abdominal Compression on Standing Systolic Blood Pressure in Adults With Orthostatic Hypotension

The next reason is absolutely aesthetic lol. I have always loved how I look in corsetry and am frankly somewhat tickled that I’ve been medically prescribed one as of Friday lol. Anyway, my preference for corsetry has always been “this is school dress code for 13yr old girls legal and EVERYONE’S mad about it” lmao because I prefer the thick straps, the hip-length hems, and the fully patterned and lined/trimmed interiors and exteriors.

My last outcome goal here is to have the chance to really show people my work! Aside from a few silly and experimental pieces of nonsense, I haven’t had any of my work available for public viewing since…..2009??? And I gave away my last ground-up piece in 2018, so I can’t even go back and take pics now lol. The pandemic years were also grad school years for me, so time wasn’t exactly my friend, but I’m finally in a place for real design work again and I’m excited.

Obviously these are initial construction ideas, but based on what I’m trying to do, these are the blockings I think I’ll need and the general shape of the end-project. I’m making a full set of adaptive compression garments, including thigh high socks with knee and ankle joint stabilization/mobilization infrastructure, so aestheticall I’m thinking I’ll style it off lingerie.

There are also a couple of initial boning layouts I’m considering, depending on how much I want the corset to default to also being a breast tissue compressor. I know I want the end product to be CAPABLE of it, but I also know that wearing corsetry is one of the few times I have gender euphoria around cleavage, so I’m not sure I want it to not allow for that. It’s possible I’ll eventually settle on making two corsets, one for pro-cleavage days and one for flat chested days.

There was a corset someone was selling once where the thigh hem was “cathedral” cut to create these gorgeous arched garter straps, and I’m imagining something similar for mine. I believe it has an 8pt connector garter, 4/thigh, and I can imagine making these with either fabric or metal work jewelry.

For now, I’ll need to pick up some draping fabric so I can whip up a mock up for patterning, including the placement of boning channels, and maybe a few of the last things I need to start sampling embroidery patterns for my trims.

I have been thinking that once I have my core pattern pieces cut, I might want to knit silk exterior lining panels for them to look like stained glass, so at some point I’d also need to block out my “glass design” and the color sections, or pick a new design theme. I also want to get ahold of some bulk bamboo linen for the interior linings and underblouses, ideally in a neutral or pastel shade (e.g. black, “skin-tone” paired, mint, cream, etc).

Early days yet, but progress made!

Early Childhood - Tweezing

Look at that focus! Tweezing enhances fine motor skills, as students practice the precise movements needed to grasp and release the tweezers. It also promotes hand-eye coordination and concentration, as they focus on placing the pom poms accurately. Additionally, creating patterns with pom poms encourages creativity and spatial awareness, helping students understand sequences and develop problem-solving skills. Who knew such a simple material could offer so many benefits?!

This masking paper actually works so much better then wrapping paper for patterning

Who knew buying hobby specific tools would make your specific hobby easier

So this one is another I don’t have a ton of good progress photos on, as I initially threw it together in a MAJOR hurry, with an impending international flight the next day, not to mention most of the packing I hadn’t finished yet!

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Y'see, normally I’m used to being easily 85 to 90% packed before such a big trip, so I kinda autopiloted into going “oh, I don’t have a neck pillow! Gonna need one of those! Even despite the chaos, to be honest, it was quite a fun process! I’d never done drop patterning before, and it was fascinating to see the difference in my initial idea of what the pattern pieces looked like, in comparison to what came out after a bit of clever draping and tracing, let alone seeing how I basically managed to pirate my partner’s neck pillow, haha!

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I haven’t done a lot of stuffed work before, though, so I don’t quite have down how to get the relative density of something like a pillow down pat, even if I was using stuffing from an old set of pillows I was loath to discard. Perhaps (definitely) as a result of that, I had to throw a patch onto the split it gained smack dab in the middle! Made for something to do on the train after the flight, and I luckily had the presence of mind to bring along some of the scraps of the material I made the pillow out of. Is it a 4-h project? nah, I could have straightened out some of those stitches better! but it works, and quite well, I might add. I even managed to get my shorts (whose various mends we’ve seen around here before) surviving through all the walking I had to do over there!

I hate hemming, I hate cutting fabric out, I hate cutting out patterns but i absolutely love patterning things from scratch myself 😅

Patterning Serana’s cape using paper and a drawing model figure! It’s much easier to see what alterations I need to make based on these pictures. Then I just cut the pieces and scale it up!

Trying out the plastic wrap + tape method for patterning a corset! I finally committed to a character to cosplay, Serana from Skyrim:

I found pretty good second-hand fabrics for it! Mum let me destroy an old sofa cover blanket from the summer cottage and the red fabric I bought from the recycling centre. It’s the perfect colour match even if my camera fails to capture it!