Another of my recent projects – the making of the main characters of the new TV series Poldark. I started with Demelza. She is Clementine by A Girl for All Time. I just changed her wig to be more like Demelza in the film. I was thinking of changing her eyes (to make them blue) […]

By now, I suppose, many people are aware of my Outlander obsession. Now I’ve decided not only to make many different outfits for my large BJD dolls – Jamie and Claire – but also to have the same fun with playdolls. So, my Outlander project is getting bigger and bigger! Here is the first full […]

I had a bit of eyelet fun today. I must confess, setting eyelets used to terrify me – I didn’t seem to get the hang of it. Today, finally, I am happy with the result – for the first time! So, two corsets. One of them is the 1750s corset for Lydia (from the pattern by […]

I have finished making 1830s underpinnings for Adele Varens. They will be the foundation for three different dresses which I am planning to make for her. Just to remind you that my Adele is Iplehouse KID Lisa and she is 35 cm tall. I wanted to make her a bit less skinny with these undergarments […]

At long last I have finished the first dress for Jane Eyre. Just to remind everyone what it is all about. My Jane Eyre project is based on my favourite TV version of this wonderful book by Charlotte Bronte – the 1983 mini-series with Timothy Dalton and Zelah Clarke. I am intending to make most […]

A couple of Jane’s portraits…

Finally, the corset is ready and Jane can start getting dressed! The corset can only be put on from the top. Ladies tied the corset up by pulling the strings. Done! Many more photographs of the process of putting the corset on is in the gallery below:

To finish the corset, I cut two long strips of thin cotton on the bias (the very fabric I used for the chemise and the pantaloons) and stitched them to the raw edges on the right side of the corset. Then I trimmed the edge close to the seam and rolled the bias tape over […]

Let’s continue making the corset! The next step was to insert boning and to stitch decorative elements. I didn’t have corset bones so I simply cut them out of a plastic container from a take-away (the cover was straight, so it worked very well!). Small bones for most of the corset and a large one […]

So, the corset. I must say, this is the first corset I have ever tried to make myself and I am making it the way I like and feel logical. And it is 100% hand stitched, just as all corsets in the 1830s were. I based this corset on this example from V&A Museum (dated […]

I made this outfit for my American Model Tonner doll Karina from an “Opera” pattern by Designs by Jude. The outfit is made from satin fabric and includes a lace up bustier and a fully lined floor length skirt with a zip closure. I also made a beaded necklace to complement the outfit.