The Dreamstress asked me to share a little about the stays I’ve been working on. Those extra grommets at the bottom are me messing up. Ignore those, pls. 🙂 I apologize for…
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Revolution Dress – Undies!
This is just a quick post on underwear, in all its glory. As you know, I’ve started this latest 18th c. gown project with the basics, a proper set of proper undies.…
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The Revolution Dress – Beginnings, Again
Last time, I wrote about a new 18th c. project concerning a Robe Retroussee dans les Poches, but since then the project has been morphing and smooshing around trying to define itself.…
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Starting Small on a Big New 18th c. Project
I finally have a new 18th c. project in mind, yay! I want to make a striped red Robe a l’Anglaise, but to be worn either polonaise’d (verb) or “dans le poches,”…
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1780s Half-Boned Stays
Finished – they close edge-to-edge across my bust, but I also like them open like this – more thrust! See the difference in shape between these and Olympe’s? In my recent obsession…
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Olympe’s Stays – Complete! Finito! Done!
I finally finished Olympe’s lovely cream, goldenrod, and powder blue stays. Finally. FINALLY. It’s only taken me FOREVER. They are too small for the smallest setting on my dress form, so just…
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Late 18th Century Skirt Supports – The Unorthodox Edition
I have received some questions from you guys asking what I wear under my petticoats to give that super-poof shape. Well…it ain’t pretty. I don’t have picture-perfect panniers, or layers and layers…
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Extant 18th c. Stays from the Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Museum, Nevada
A little while ago I attended a fascinating lecture on underwear through the ages, presented by Jan the Costume Anthropologist at the Marjorie Russell Clothing and Textile Research Center. While this small…
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The Jane Austen Maxi Bra Complete
Regency underwear….I wouldn’t call it “pretty,” really. It was definitely designed for a utilitarian purpose rather than, uh, anything else. (this is just my opinion of course). That being said, this should…
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The Jane Austen Maxi Bra – Putting It All Together…
…and up, and out. These are quite an intriguing pair of bust-enhancing apparati! I’m so tickled. These stays have gone together surprisingly well, with just a little fiddling with the drawstrings in…
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Regency Short and Somewhat Transitional Stays
The newt project for Lauren the Silhouettist is a pair of Regency short stays. We first took a look at what’s out there, for inspiration: Transitional 1790s (left) and long busked stays…
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18th c. Sunny Stays Complete
Well here they are! I’m proud of these stays, and I know Lauren the Silhouettist will also love them. Don’t squeel about the metal grommets, they’ll be covered in threads! All in…
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Sunny Stay Continued
I love how sometimes there are projects that just want to be made, and they come together so quickly and precisely, and you just love every minute of it. I LOVE these…
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Sunny Stays on Winter Days
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,…
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Stays – Olympe’s Test Stays Complete
I’ve learned SO much while working on these stays, and much shall change in the final pattern. They’re to be mailed off to Olympe today, for a fitting, and we’ll go from…
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Staycation – More Progress on Olympe’s Test Stays
The tabs on the right are bound, but not on the left. Also to come – eyelets, bindings, and ribbons for the straps. Some more progress on the test stays for Olympe.…
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Staying Put – Olympe’s Test Stays, and Moving
More work on the test garment that will help me fit Olympe’s stays. I’ve installed all the boning as well as the grommets (to be covered in threads in the future). I’ve…
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Olympe’s Stays – Overnight Stay
The boning channels, stuffed. I should have taken more care to cut the peach jacquard in a way more, well, thought through, but as a mock-up garment it was not the priority.…
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Olympe’s Stays – Mock-Up Progress
The blue line at the waist indicates where an additional tab will be cut, after installing the bones. Ah, lovely progress on Olympe’s stays this evening – well, the mock-up in any…
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The Stays That Bind: Olympe’s 18th c. Stays
Starting a new project, a pair of stays, a commission for Olympe. Olympe’s materials – cream jacquard, yellow linen, and the stays shall be interlined in canvas They will lace at the…
