Pannier for giving shape to dress/skirt

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Materials used: White cotton,imitation whale-bone.
I made this pannier from a pattern found on the internet. It is called a pocket
hoop as it can have pockets inside which are obtained from slits in the side of
the dress. It would be worn with this dress.

Corset
Materials: brown linen and curtain fabric
Cost: about £3
I got the pattern from a book from the Kyoto costume museum drew it out on paper and made it half an inch bigger. Luckily it was the right shape and approximately the right size. I cut it out in brown linen and some yellow curtain material. I then lined the pieces in the right order this was easier if they were numbered. I then stitched them together put the outsides facing each other and trimmed. The scolopped edges were the hardest as I found I had to undo the top and hand stitch then oversew it flat at the bottom. The eyelets were added I had a few metal stays but didn't add them.

red 1700s jacket with eyelets and shaped edging

I am finally able to show the finished top 1700s it is red linen and cottom lining. The jacket pattern is the same as a modern one except for the detail at the bottom. I sewed the top and bottom down and turned inside out via the front openings so had to hand finish the fronts. the eyelets were too short in the length so I have had to order some online along with some strong laces you have to be careful to measure out the spacing with the eylets. I didnt use a pattern but found my new dressmakers dummy invaluable for size. The top is a strip of material bound at the edges and sewn inside to two layers of lining and red top fabric.