Thanks for all your lovely comments!

The front is closed using swing hooks, and the back has lacing loops. Here is a photo of the corset in progress which shows these:

I made this outfit for a Vampire Ball I went to. The skirt and jacket are from the Simplicity 2172 pattern, and the corset is from the Laughing Moon Dore pattern.





And with a friend:

I finally got round to finishing my Steampunk Jacket and Skirt, using Simplicity pattern 2172 and fabric from Abakhan.

I still need to make a corset to go with it, and I'm not sure if I'll need an underskirt with it.

I intend to wear it to a Vampire Ball later this year.

I knitted the elephant for my niece and the tiger for my brother. They are both from the Knitted Wild Animals book by Sarah Keen. I'm really please with how they came out, and I'm definitely going to be knitting some more from this book.

I won a fabric pack from The Sewing Directory (http://www.thesewingdirectory.co.uk/) and decided to have a go at quilting. I had to buy some extra fabric for the borders and the back.

I made my brother a tiger shirt, since his nickname is "Tiger"!



It's made from some velour fabric I got from ebay, which was horrible to work with, but it came out OK in the end.





I also got some cool tiger buttons from ebay as well:

Thanks everyone!

The pattern is one that I used originally about twenty years ago, so I've got no idea where it came from! It's the same pattern as for this dress, but I lengthened it by about six inches:



And in total it cost me less than £20 :-)

I made a party dress!





It's lined, with net underneath the bottom of the skirt to give it a bit of body:



Now all I need is a party to go to!

This is a summer dress I made. Now all we need is some hot weather this year so I can wear it!



This was my first concealed zip, and I'm really pleased with it. It was much easier that I thought it would be, and looks really neat.

I made this shirt last week, but finished it off today as I had to go out and buy buttons. The fabric is quite thin, so I'll probably have to wear a vest top underneath it, and it's quite a lot snugger on me than it is on my dress form, as I've put on a bit of weight since setting it up!