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Understanding and drafting 18th century stays - The Merry Corsetier

For reference, we're talking about stays like these: Not necessarily exactly those ones, but this general shape of the pieces. (picture is from costume.org by the way) First, a simple to ask, hard to answer question. How do you go about drafting something like this? I don't mean, how do you make…

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Continuing with my 18th century foundation garments lets take a look at the stays I made. As this was only my second ‘corset’ I decided to stick with a pattern again, although I ran int…

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PoF5 Stays – Drafting the pattern – Atelier Nostalgia

This summer, I started on what will be my big project for the rest of the year. A pair of fully hand-sewn stays, based on this beautiful pair in Patterns of Fashion 5: When I first heard Luca Costi…

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In Part 2 of this tutorial we got to a point where your stay pieces were joined together. Now it's time to whip stitch the seam allowances down after the fitting session (and doing possible alterations, as in my case replacing the front panels with wider panels). Shortly after finishing this part of the construction, I learned from 18thcenturystays that you could also double the thread as it's stronger than single thread (so you can do that). After that, it's time to mark the places for the…

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Find The Guide to: Sewing your own 18th century stays using your custom drafted pattern by Alicia Schult at Blurb Books. PLEASE NOTE: We no longer are offering c...

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Yesterday, Today, and Tamara: Spiral Lacing - It's easier than it looks!

This is yet another old tutorial that I'm making available to the public, because sharing is caring, right? These were created specifically with the Renaissance Faire in mind, so they're meant to mimic the look of proper historical garments, with some easy cheats thrown in. Because, in this case, cheating is fun! And also because I freaking hate losing my laces every time garments come back from the cleaners. Happy lacing! _______________________________________________ In this tutorial, we…

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