Steampunk Belts & Etc.

And you thought I had stopped steampunking... 

First, a simple raglan-cut dress with ruffle on the bottom, perfect base layer to build a steampunk outfit on. The brown and off-white with metallic gold pinstripe cotton-blend jersey was a perfect fabric for comfy under-dress.

A perennial favourite, I had to make another bustle skirt, and I've had this lovely brown paisley/floral print cotton fabric kicking around for a while. I especially like the little bits of color in the turquoise and pink details.

I was trying to think of a less time-consuming, and therefore less expensive alternative to corsets, harnesses, vests, or corselets, but turns out wide belts with such elaborate trim and details is just as much work as the harness-vests and etc. I make. They just take slightly less fabric (not much less, cost-wise). I really liked how they turned out, however, even they ended up a little larger than I had originally wanted to make them.

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