I’m working on my own personal dress form made from tape and stuffed with newspaper. She’s coming along, but it’s taking a while because I’m just not having time for anything. Today I put in a clothes hanger to hang her from, and finished the arm and bottom holes off. Now I just need to sew the cover for it, which I’m using a Vogue fitting shell pattern for. It’ll be red gingham.
Other things… I tried buying some coutil from Grannd Garb to make the Dore corset. Because I live abroad, I was supposed to submit the order and await an email telling me how much the shipping would be. The email never came. After a few weeks (I thought maybe they were busy) I tried to email them and ask what was up. First of all, it was really hard to navigate the customer service section of their website to find an email address. But when I finally did it they just said that they’d sent the email but that I’d either typed my own email address wrong on the order form, or my spam filter had eaten it. Well, I checked both my order summary (address was fine) and my spam box (no mail). They said they’d send another email asap. OK, fine… But the second email never came. I emailed them again to ask them what the problem was, and got no answer. In the meantime I got some randomly generated mail from them saying they hoped I was satisfied with my order and would get 10% off the next one. Ha! Finally I sent an email saying that I was really dissatisfied and wanted to cancel my order and get a refund. I didn’t get any email on THAT either, but money popped up in my PayPal… So at least I know they read their mail. But so irritating and aggravating, especially since the company was recommended on several different sites. But I definitely DON’T recommend them.
In the meantime I’ve sort of come away from the whole corset thing. I know the Sense and Sensibility patterns recommend period undergarments to get the proper silhouette, but I am not going to be wearing a corset on a daily basis any time soon. Plus, due to the nature of my job, I would have to get to the hospital, strip down in the changing room, take the corset off, put a bra on, and put my uniform on. Not exactly the thing I want to be doing in front of an audience, and totally impractical besides. So maybe at a later date…
After I finish the dress form, I’m working on the Shopkeeper Apron from the Paisley Pincushion. Then I’m going to make the Regency dress from Sense and Sensibility, but I’m going to lengthen the bodice for a more modern style. And hopefully also less pregnant-looking…
