Monthly Archives: May 2008

I'm off!

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 31, 2008
The last tutu has been finished! and packed carefully away in my giant duffel.  Packing, re-re-repacking, and finally I managed to stuff the last of my items into my duffel.  I actually travel pretty light, except for the tutus – I have no other choice since one giant box of tutus takes up most of [...]
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Finished peacock bodice

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 29, 2008
After two more hours of work today, I have FINALLY finished feathering the peacock bodice front! I have it pinned to the bodice but still need to baste it on (it doesn’t get permanently sewn to the bodice because it will be removed for laundering). It is gorgeous. Here is a photo: The [...]
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Tie dye

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 28, 2008
I was looking gloomily at a VERY boring white silk tutu – interesting design, sure, but executed all in white it turned into a big fluffy nightgown. I was trying to figure out how to embellish it and give it some shape and/or color interest while keeping the design lines, and drawing blank after [...]
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Sneak peek

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 27, 2008
I have finished the Elizabethan tutu! and my, it is gorgeous. Almost exactly as I’d hoped it would be. I’d like to have done it with a little less slapdash style – doing a proper muslin first, then sewing it with the care that kind of pattern rates – but that would have [...]
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Elizabethan tutu progress

By Tien Chiu | Published: May 26, 2008
11 hours of frenzied sewing later, I have finished the top of the Elizabethan tutu, minus the right sleeve and the two shoulder rolls. I am having mixed feelings about this top. The sleeves keep falling down. I am blessed with extremely broad shoulders, and big trapezius muscles (the ones that go [...]
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