Apparently starting work today didn't stop me.

Gala dress
Gala dress construction
Regency cap
Narrow binding stays (shortened version of the stays tutorial)

But I count that as a good thing.

Here's the picture page for my stays

And here's the detailed making of

And I don't want to go to sleep. Not only am I not tired, when I do go to sleep, vacation will be as good as over...

I kind of lied. I took pictures for my blog today, of both the 1780s purple wool stays and the Regency transitional stays. Now, maybe, I'll sew...

I don't think I can look at a computer for much longer, otherwise I'd probably write one of the pages :)


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The mockup to go over the new stays and for the piemontaise and redingote fits ( Read more... )

The late night/early morning edition because they're done!


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Some background information. My corsets are interchangeable. I may have an 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, and 1880s sensible style corset, but any of my Victorian dresses will fit over them. I may have 1770s and 1780s and the first set of stays I made, but again, interchangeable ( Read more... )