At the moment the eyelet count is: 6 done, 14 to go (not including the ones in the straps).

On my stays they are occurring slowly, but surely. So far I have four done. But at least it's better than none. :) It's that darn school. Keeps getting in the way. But I hope to continue with getting the occasional random eyelet sewn. Only twenty more to go. Sheesh!

Due to the ridiculous weather, my brother and I declared a snow day for ourselves and are playing hooky from school. It's incredibly windy and impossible to see anything because it's also snowing and the wind is blowing that snow and the snow from the drifts (since we got tons of snow on the weekend as well) everywhere and everything is just white ( Read more... )

These stays, dated 1780s-1790s are a pair that are part of my inspiration for my current stays. They are also part of my justification for being able to use the stays that I'm currently making for earlier than 1790. Partly I just really liked the lines of the 1790 stays from the Salen Corsets book, but I also wanted stays that were a little later ( Read more... )

So here are various pictures, just because I was in the mood to take some and say, "Here. Look. I'm sewing things!" These are the pictures of the stays-in-progress. :)
( Pictures! Yay! )

I ripped out the front panel I had already whipstitched in and sewed it on the machine just to see what the seam looked like. And it looked so much better. The whipstitch method definitely works well, it's just that my skills are not up to par just yet, and the thread continually breaking and the pain of pushing the needle through all those layers ( Read more... )

Ok, I'm back at school, so sewing has slowed, BUT it  has not halted. Yay me! I decided that I'm not exactly happy with some of the seams I've whipped together on the stays and want to redo at least one (maybe two) now that I'm getting better at it. So far I have half the seams done, but with the redo well, less than half, I guess. I can't decide ( Read more... )

I did actually sew stuff this year, but not much of what I was expecting. So here goes:

Finished:
Green stays (finally, it only took like five years... and I don't like the fit lol)
Scarf for my grandmother (knitting counts!)
Bridesmaid dress for my friend
Pink and chocolate cotton dress
18th c. style Halloween costume for my friend (Unfinished bodice ( Read more... )

Our computer was out of commission for a little bit but now it's back on track. As is my sewing. I have a new pair of 18th century stays on the way. Since last time, patterns were cut out, a mock-up was made that fit almost perfectly, it was adjusted, pieces were all cut out and marked, and today I ironed them and have begun the sewing. I'm using ( Read more... )

I have such a nice mommy. She bought me my fabric and some other notions. I now have 1.5m of what the label said is "pillow ticking" to be used for my new stays, probably for the mock-up, but maybe as one of the middle layers of the actual stays instead as it is much thinner than the canvas that I have and should be strong enough with the cotton ( Read more... )