The boning is out

[frualeydis]

Or at least half of it. And the stays almost fit! Still a little tighter than I like, and with a little gap. But they fit well enough for me to finish them and hope for further weight loss. This far I have only lost a little less than an inch in the waist and an inch at the bust, but almost three inches in the tummy/hip area. If I loose more I know from experience that the waist and bust will shrink too, it's just that I carry most of my fat on my tummy. So eventually I it will fit me perfectly. And if it should ever get too big I guess I could put some of the boning back again ;)




And yes, that's my nightie, I'm technically not up yet.

I need to sew a little more on one of the lacing holes since it got a little worn during yesterday's abuse.

Comments

[sarahbellem.livejournal.com]

So, totally boning it resulted in an inch or so worth of gap? Meaning it must have shrank the pattern a further an inch from the amount you'd already deducted for fit. Hmmm. This is a good thing for me to keep track of if I plan on making this sort of thing for profit. Did you use the 6mm plastic boning stuff? I have a reel of it that I'm going to play with... The kind I have is thicker than the 10mm stuff I normally use (its the "plastic whalebone" listed second here).

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Now it has just one reed in it, which varies in thickness between that of plastic whalebone and the 6 mm "german" boning" (as they call it on "farthingales site"> . Two reeds were apparently too much.

/Eva