Binding

[mandie_rw]

Be proud of me, people; I finally unpacked my last bag from Dress U today (it was in the trunk of my car til yesterday) and washed my shifts and chemises! It's only been how many weeks?

I hate binding stays. I always forget that part, in the "yay, new stays!" mindset I get into, but the binding's the worst part! Yes, worse than eyelets, to me. Ugh. Worked on it for hours today, and this is where we are right now:



Two movies (The Duchess and Sleepy Hollow) and an album's worth of work in there, and yes, it's just the front of the tabs bound. Binding the tabs has been even more fun than usual, as this is the first pair of stays I've made since getting Costume Close-Up, where I learned that the binding on stays wasn't cut on the bias, but on the straight grain. Hm, yes, okay, we'll give that a try, sounds like FUN.

Because I don't puncture my poor fingers enough when putting on bias binding, right?

(Yes, I realize no one's making me do this...except me, and I'm crazy, you see!)

Comments

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

damn woman I have a whole bag of leather to make stay binding. I should have given you some. It was definitely used for binding and it's stretchy!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have a hide (!!) that I do plan to use for binding...but it's yellowy-tan and would show through my voile! Now, if you have white leather... then I'll be sad I didn't think to ask She Of The Excellent Stash!

[jennil.livejournal.com]

Woo! These new stays are so exciting! Go you!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I hadn't though of them as "exciting", but, you know, that's good too! xD

[the-aristocat.livejournal.com]

You only have a few more movies to go and they are finished!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

I think I'm going to end up putting Lord of the Rings on...that will definitely get me through the rest of the stays!