from the Vassar College Costume Collection

Someone on one of my costume lists mentioned this very interesting site. *

Students from the Historic Costume Preservation Workshop at Vassar College examine ...

It gives short videos of students examining historic costumes from the Vassar College Costume Collection. Lots of construction details are shown!


* Sorry, I was brainless and deleted the email, or I'd give you credit.

Renaissance Corset Making Class in Houston TX

Alexis Black of Electra Designs, a member of the Houston Texas Corset Making Group, is offering a class for making a Renaissance corset using my Quilted Bodies pattern.

The class will be held on September 26, 2009 and will run for 8 hours.

For full details, check out the announcement at:

http://www.meetup.com/Make-Corsets/calendar/11217729/

You can also see her work at her Live Journal blog:

http://electradesigns.livejournal.com/