Sometimes random things pop up, like a quick little project making a delightful pair of yellow and cream striped stays. How could I resist!
I have a lovely client, also named Lauren, who is a silhouette artist back East, and needs some accurate 18th c. underpinnings STAT. She wanted them to be breathable, indestructible, and comfortable.
I selected a 100% cotton upholstery fabric, for toughness, and have lined in unbleached cotton muslin. Lauren also wanted a short front for comfort, and front and back lacings so she can get into it by herself. We're also doing removable straps.
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One side is already armored, the other awaiting attention. You can see the zigzag decorative stitch. |
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Left side is armored, the right side not. I did some pattern matching on the stripes, so it looks like all one piece...but isn't, mwahaha! |
The stays will spiral lace over a stomacher that will have a chevron pattern made with two pieces of the striped fabric. To finish it all off, I will bind with self-bias, which will create a playful pattern with the stripes. These are entirely too fun! More photos later as they progress.
Awww--very happy underpinnings! Just in time for dreary November.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! Hehehe, Lauren's must have a thing for the 18th Century :P
ReplyDeleteHow pretty! They aren't even done and they are already gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty sunny here in Baltimore, yet I am still looking forward to these stays! I hope my husband doesn't mind if I look at the stays instead of him ;)
ReplyDeleteWe're going to do an extension on the front point a bit, matching stripes (yay!), and then it's on to more channels, and the bindings! At this point in construction I find the stays looking naked, haha, but they really come together once that binding starts going on, and then of course the ribbons and ties and bows and bits and bobs :-)
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