26/08/2026
I made a corset from a museum tea towel. Obviously, I wore it to a medieval hen do.
For day two of Eleanor’s big w***hender, the stash busting continued with these capri pants, made from the most luxurious bengaline fabric I’d been hoarding for years.
I extended the trousers slightly, deepened the cuffs and added the little bows to bring some medieval frivolity to proceedings. They were incredibly easy to make and are exactly the sort of thing I’ll wear again, which is always the goal with my makes.
The corset is an old favourite, made years ago from a tea towel I bought at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It features Vermeer’s The Milkmaid and remains one of my favourite examples of turning something completely ordinary into clothing.
Was Vermeer medieval? Absolutely not. Did the bread, corset and general serving w***h energy fit the theme? Completely.
So that’s another piece of fabric finally released from the stash, an old make brought back into service and one extremely committed outfit for a day of jousting at Warwick Castle.
What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever turned into clothing?
