Stupid stomachers.

[mandie_rw]

I sewed together about 75% of the stomacher for the pet en l'air tonight - the original in Costume in Detail and PoF1 has a mock stomacher - it fastens with hooks and eyes at CF, but I have had about enough of 18thc things that close at CF, and want something different. Plus I don't have large enough pieces of the cotton damask to make the tabs that way - in one piece- anyhow!

So, I sewed tabs on a stomacher instead, and then decided it looked stupid, as I can't cut and sew things like tabs straight, so there was a noticeable (to me) difference in their size. And I decided the tabs can go to hell.

Am going to dig something else, probably totally non-matching, out of the Stash to make a stomacher instead. I would have liked to have the same look as the pet en l'air in the books, but eh. I don't care all that much. Well, now I get to go through all my books and decide what I want the stomacher to look like...mwahaha.

Comments

[rose-bertin.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted a lovely embroidered stomacher but that would be a disaster if I tried to do it. My friend does have an embroidery machine though...

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know - there are so many lovely examples in my costume books of embroidered stomachers; I want one too! Embroidery is not one of my Mad Skillz, though I'd say my embroidery work at this point is acceptable. I could get better with practice, I'm sure, but my CADD doesn't allow it, heh. Someday I will get around to making one, though!