Like Corwin, I planned on making her clothing as detailed and layered as possible. She is based on early Victorian era fashion, and I wanted to emphasize luxurious furs and beaded embroidery.
Bloomers
The bloomers were very simple, I widened Corwin's pants pattern and added elastic at the waist and hem. There's also a clasp above the tail.
Skirt layers
Yes, I wanted to make a realistic hoop skirt. I heavily researched how they were crafted, and landed on aluminum cans as a good material of choice that I could find on short notice. The cans were cut into wide strips, then folded into thirds so that neither edge was left sharp. There's a reson they don't recommend cutting into aluminum cans, but luckily I managed to avoid cutting myself before all the edges were cleaned up.
Folded can strips with rounded edges
Hoops with casings
Next, I sewed a long strip of casing for the metal strips, and arranged them into concentric rings. Extra casing worked as the straps to hold the layers together, and after being pinned in placed and tested it was all hand-sewn.
Finished sewn strap
The straps connect to a waistband, which would normally have some sort of lacing to keep it tight and support the weight, but because of the small scale I had to go with hook and eye clasps.
To round out the shape, she got a handful of layered petticoats.
The finished hoop skirt and layers:
Dress
I had originally planned on making her a matching skirt and bodice, but wasn't able to get the bodice sleeves to fit underneath her jacket.
Early bodice tests
I added wire to the bottom of the skirt, since at such a small scale the lightweight fabric wouldn't rest in the correct position. The stitched from the wire are hidden by black lace.
Finished sleeves
Skirt layers and wire
Skirt layers on their own
Jacket
She has a little black velour jacket with an ermine fur trim, lined with red velvet. It was patterened based on the previous unfinished bodice piece.
Assembled and pinned
Assembled and pinned
With trim
With trim
With trim
Velvet lining
Bag
Her bag is based on real heavily decorated beaded bags at the time. It does open, and connects to a chain for her to wear over her shoulder. The beaded design is the same on both sides. I used an embroidery hoop to do the beadwork onto my fabric first, before sewing the two sides together and adding a lining inside. It also comes with a little ermine tail, and a large fur muff for her paws.