Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Die seidene Fledermaus

(The silk bat)
This is what I want to sew for the Kelton House masquerade evening next May-it is an 1887 bat costume:

I found it in the French pattern publication 'La Mode Illustree', yet there is no pattern for it, so I will draft one making use of an 1886 corset pattern I already have.

I will start building the corset this week, but may not have the silk gazar for the crinoline in time for Halloween this year, but there is always next year, yes?

Once I have developed the pattern and built the final silk version, I will make the pattern available from my site. I will love to hear your feedback about that prospect-cheers!

5 comments:

Twila Jean said...

That is amazing!! wow, what a neat find!

Courtney said...

That is very cool. Can't wait to see it put to reality.

mudonthetires14 said...

This is amazing. I love how you sew dresses that are different then the norm. Can't wait to see the end result.

Kim Bates said...

WOW-can't wait for this one! I love bats!

Sacheverelle said...

I just bought this pattern off eBay.