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Sneak preview of my underpinnings!
Aug. 18th, 2008 09:19 amThe stays are as good as done! I finished handsewing last night during some episode of the X-files. NoKey, knowing me, toted the camera and asked "Will we be needing this?"
I tried to arrange it all on my mannequin Esmeralda, but she does not squish as nicely as I do. Alas! Woe be upon me! I would have to wear it myself.
So off went my comfy jeans and Ohio University t-shirt and on went the 1700s shift I once bought with Reconstructing Hisrtory. I had re-located it during the past week. Next up was the pinker-than-Barbie petticoats. And then came the stays.
Of course, in a fluttering frenzy I remembered to put something on my head. The coif I had made a couple of months ago was located quickly and dunked unceremoniously on top of my hair.
Okay, so here's the picture already!
My lovely assistant Lisa is making sure I have some accessoiry to distract me from striking a pose (and making rather more a fool of myself). She's not pink, but she is cute and fluffy and will more than do.
The stays were rather comfortable, despite the fact that my Boobage was trying to choke me. Or at least migrate to a cooler climate. I was sweating as soon as the stays were on my body, three layers of heavy linen are not the ice cube you'd like them to be.
Still, there was a huge gap at the bottom back, but this might be for the fact that we started closing the stays towards the top. I had the feeling the back should have been up higher (and if you look at the cardboard mockup, we had an even gap from top to bottom of about 7cm, so it is possible!).
Stays pattern: Reconstructing History RH711 - 1670s-1720s Stays
Coif pattern: Reconstructing History RH102 - 1600-1660 Caps
Petticoat pattern: Reconstructing History RH708 - 1690s-1710s Mantua
(Patterns can be ordered through me to save on shipping!)
Now these are just the underpinnings, and I still need to do the mantua! But this can be done in the spare time this week and the week before Puerto. As much as I enjoy a relaxing bout of handsewing, I refuse to be handsewing wool flannel mantua while I'm in the hot sun on Kos.
So....whaddayathink?
I tried to arrange it all on my mannequin Esmeralda, but she does not squish as nicely as I do. Alas! Woe be upon me! I would have to wear it myself.
So off went my comfy jeans and Ohio University t-shirt and on went the 1700s shift I once bought with Reconstructing Hisrtory. I had re-located it during the past week. Next up was the pinker-than-Barbie petticoats. And then came the stays.
Of course, in a fluttering frenzy I remembered to put something on my head. The coif I had made a couple of months ago was located quickly and dunked unceremoniously on top of my hair.
Okay, so here's the picture already!
My lovely assistant Lisa is making sure I have some accessoiry to distract me from striking a pose (and making rather more a fool of myself). She's not pink, but she is cute and fluffy and will more than do.
The stays were rather comfortable, despite the fact that my Boobage was trying to choke me. Or at least migrate to a cooler climate. I was sweating as soon as the stays were on my body, three layers of heavy linen are not the ice cube you'd like them to be.
Still, there was a huge gap at the bottom back, but this might be for the fact that we started closing the stays towards the top. I had the feeling the back should have been up higher (and if you look at the cardboard mockup, we had an even gap from top to bottom of about 7cm, so it is possible!).
Stays pattern: Reconstructing History RH711 - 1670s-1720s Stays
Coif pattern: Reconstructing History RH102 - 1600-1660 Caps
Petticoat pattern: Reconstructing History RH708 - 1690s-1710s Mantua
(Patterns can be ordered through me to save on shipping!)
Now these are just the underpinnings, and I still need to do the mantua! But this can be done in the spare time this week and the week before Puerto. As much as I enjoy a relaxing bout of handsewing, I refuse to be handsewing wool flannel mantua while I'm in the hot sun on Kos.
So....whaddayathink?
