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Things are a bit dusty around here, as I move back into the site.

  • What happened to Woodcut Wardrobe?
    by M. McNealy
    Woodcut Wardrobe was originally a collaboration between myself and two other people, and when the collaboration fell apart, I decided to move forward under a new name. My new website, The Studied Seam, has information about the pattern for the Lengberg Skirted Bra, and other patterns as well. I’ll be adding more as time goes…
  • The Studied Seam Patterns
    by M. McNealy
    It’s only taken me 20 years, since I said I was going to do this. There were about 15 years of wandering around, doing other things, and then the last five years I’ve actually been working on the technical skills to be able to do it. There is a LOT of work, skill and technical…
  • Slowly, here
    by M. McNealy
    It’s been a while since I dropped by this blog. I’ve been off in other places in the internet, mainly Patreon, for the last four years. But now it’s time to knock the dust off of this blog and bring my writing home, to a place that I own. The first task will be to…
  • Maybe it’s padding? Maybe it’s posture? Maybe it’s both! Bianca Lyons 1902
    by M. McNealy
    Fashion in the early Edwardian period from 1900-1907ish was very focused on the hips. Corsets, supplemental padding, and fashion worked together to emphasize that area. Often in photographs women would stand in a way that would show off their figure in the most fashionable way, not unlike what we do in selfies today. However we…