1790s stays: Finished
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mandie_rwI have finished stays! With balls on them! *giggle*
No, really.
There's a pair of 1790s stays in Corsets and Crinolines that has four little padded balls to hold the skirt out, so I figured I'd try it out; butt-padding that's attached to something is always easier to deal with than one that's sliding all over the place. Especially one so high up. Although I guess this doesn't quite qualify as butt-padding; it only gives the skirt a small bit of pouf, but that's all I need for 1790s (see icon).
So I cut circles out of linen and stuffed them with fiberfill (so period!). To wit:
Some are more ball-shaped than others.
Completely bound stays, sans balls:
Sewing on the balls transformed these from normal looking to possibly the silliest thing I've made in a while! I mean, really. (And a note. I am not actually lopsided, like these pictures make me look! It's actually my bookshelf that's getting lopsided. Too many books...And I cropped my face out of the first one because it looked like a mug shot. For reals.)
See? BALLS!
They really do do what they're supposed to, though...I put a petticoat over it, just to check, and yes, that is what I was going for!
And speaking of petticoats -- I'm thinking I won't wear one with whichever 1790s gown I end up making. The round gown does need a little bit of oomph in the skirt, but it's silk taffeta. The oomph factor should be fine! I thought I would need a petticoat with the voile, but eh:
You can see my shift. SCANDALOUS! Well, it was a scandalous time in fashion. *grin* (This is all very funny because I don't exactly dress conservatively on a daily basis; this covers way more than a 1960s minidress, for instance! Context, I guess.)
So I think I'll pick apart the petticoat I started making with the rest of this white linen I used for the stays, and make a new shift. Mine's pretty grotty (well, it's four years old, no wonder), plus I want to make the sleeves shorter, as I'm not sure how long I want the sleeves on the round gown and the voile gown.
Onward!
No, really.
There's a pair of 1790s stays in Corsets and Crinolines that has four little padded balls to hold the skirt out, so I figured I'd try it out; butt-padding that's attached to something is always easier to deal with than one that's sliding all over the place. Especially one so high up. Although I guess this doesn't quite qualify as butt-padding; it only gives the skirt a small bit of pouf, but that's all I need for 1790s (see icon).
So I cut circles out of linen and stuffed them with fiberfill (so period!). To wit:
Some are more ball-shaped than others.
Completely bound stays, sans balls:
Sewing on the balls transformed these from normal looking to possibly the silliest thing I've made in a while! I mean, really. (And a note. I am not actually lopsided, like these pictures make me look! It's actually my bookshelf that's getting lopsided. Too many books...And I cropped my face out of the first one because it looked like a mug shot. For reals.)
See? BALLS!
They really do do what they're supposed to, though...I put a petticoat over it, just to check, and yes, that is what I was going for!
And speaking of petticoats -- I'm thinking I won't wear one with whichever 1790s gown I end up making. The round gown does need a little bit of oomph in the skirt, but it's silk taffeta. The oomph factor should be fine! I thought I would need a petticoat with the voile, but eh:
You can see my shift. SCANDALOUS! Well, it was a scandalous time in fashion. *grin* (This is all very funny because I don't exactly dress conservatively on a daily basis; this covers way more than a 1960s minidress, for instance! Context, I guess.)
So I think I'll pick apart the petticoat I started making with the rest of this white linen I used for the stays, and make a new shift. Mine's pretty grotty (well, it's four years old, no wonder), plus I want to make the sleeves shorter, as I'm not sure how long I want the sleeves on the round gown and the voile gown.
Onward!
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