The new 18th century stays are finished
Sep. 14th, 2006 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frualeydisAnd I must say they look mighty good in my opinion.
In the back picture you can really see how broad my back is. Although I have plenty of fat on my body, most of it the form of boobs and tummy, there is very little of it on my back. So what you see is mostly my huge ribcage (83 cm just under the bust, 96 cm were it ends).
I must say I love this corset. Although I made it primarily for a wedding, where it will be worn with a skirt and a pair of tie-in sleeves, I'm getting very motivated to either finish my robe à la francaise that I started on before Maja was born or make a new dress. I am thinking about something along the line of the dress on page 104 in Fashion. I have a black (too soft) silk with a very 18th century style printed pattern with flowers and birds in (mainly) green, salmon and cream that I would use for the dress, a green silk for the petticoat and white self patterned sheer linen for the apron. The linen will need some starch though.
Anyway, first I'm going to make a c. 1300 cotte in blue silk for the disputation party and then my striped regency dress.
I don't really have to make any new pre-1600 garb, so I can indulge myself in other periods.
Then, by spring, it is time to start on new medieval/renaissance clothes for the children.
In the back picture you can really see how broad my back is. Although I have plenty of fat on my body, most of it the form of boobs and tummy, there is very little of it on my back. So what you see is mostly my huge ribcage (83 cm just under the bust, 96 cm were it ends).
I must say I love this corset. Although I made it primarily for a wedding, where it will be worn with a skirt and a pair of tie-in sleeves, I'm getting very motivated to either finish my robe à la francaise that I started on before Maja was born or make a new dress. I am thinking about something along the line of the dress on page 104 in Fashion. I have a black (too soft) silk with a very 18th century style printed pattern with flowers and birds in (mainly) green, salmon and cream that I would use for the dress, a green silk for the petticoat and white self patterned sheer linen for the apron. The linen will need some starch though.
Anyway, first I'm going to make a c. 1300 cotte in blue silk for the disputation party and then my striped regency dress.
I don't really have to make any new pre-1600 garb, so I can indulge myself in other periods.
Then, by spring, it is time to start on new medieval/renaissance clothes for the children.
