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Corsets, CoCo, and Antique Storage Advice
Aug. 3rd, 2016 12:25 amI got back from CoCo late last night, and have spent much of today recuperating and dreaming about projects. Most particularly, I desperately need a new Victorian corset (or two). I'm aiming to make one from about 1875 first, which will be appropriate to wear with the skating dress and the other winter dress I'm making in my hopes to attend the Little House party. Does anyone have any recommendations on a good 1875-76ish pattern? I'm going to use the german plastic boning, and I'm really excited!
As far as a CoCo wrap-up goes, I'll get to that slowly, probably. But I did get all my photos up on facebook while waiting for my connecting flight. It might be my fastest CoCo photo dump ever! Overall, though, I felt CoCo this year went by faster than any other year. It was great getting to see everyone, but I felt like I only got to see a few people for more than about 10 seconds the whole weekend! I'm just glad that my laryngitis, or whatever I had this weekend, waited until last night to really turn into coughing fits. Sorry if I sounded like a dying frog all weekend, though!
Oh, also, on an almost completely unrelated note, all of Luca's amazing classes prompted me to take out my antique garments today to do some studying, and my cotton 1860s dress is starting to have some major issues. I realize now that when I thought I was protecting it by moving it out of my dresser drawer into a plastic underbed bin, I was really harming it by cutting off it's airflow. So I know I need to get one or two acid-free boxes to store my antique stuff in. Does anyone have any recommendations on sources for these boxes that don't cost an arm and a leg? I'd love a 60" long one, because then I could lay it completely flat, but if I have a 40" one, I should be able to get away with just folding at the waist (which is how it's been lately). But the ones I found online today were insanely expensive. Help!
As far as a CoCo wrap-up goes, I'll get to that slowly, probably. But I did get all my photos up on facebook while waiting for my connecting flight. It might be my fastest CoCo photo dump ever! Overall, though, I felt CoCo this year went by faster than any other year. It was great getting to see everyone, but I felt like I only got to see a few people for more than about 10 seconds the whole weekend! I'm just glad that my laryngitis, or whatever I had this weekend, waited until last night to really turn into coughing fits. Sorry if I sounded like a dying frog all weekend, though!
Oh, also, on an almost completely unrelated note, all of Luca's amazing classes prompted me to take out my antique garments today to do some studying, and my cotton 1860s dress is starting to have some major issues. I realize now that when I thought I was protecting it by moving it out of my dresser drawer into a plastic underbed bin, I was really harming it by cutting off it's airflow. So I know I need to get one or two acid-free boxes to store my antique stuff in. Does anyone have any recommendations on sources for these boxes that don't cost an arm and a leg? I'd love a 60" long one, because then I could lay it completely flat, but if I have a 40" one, I should be able to get away with just folding at the waist (which is how it's been lately). But the ones I found online today were insanely expensive. Help!