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Patterns and Books for 18th Century Stays – American Duchess Blog 18th Century Stays Pattern, 17th Century Stays, Stays Pattern, Dress Pattern Vintage, 18th Century Stays, New Dress Pattern, Damsel In This Dress, American Duchess, Patterns Of Fashion

Simplicity 8579 Stays, 1700 - 1770. With the release of our book, The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking, we've given you patterns and instructions for a great many lovely 18th century gowns, accessories, and skirt supports. ...but one thing we did *not* give you in

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My favorite surviving 18th century stays can be found in the Victoria & Albert museums collections. As my previous stays were starting to show signs of wear, I thought it was a good time to make my version of them. The top layer is light brown cotton, the next two layers underneath are linen canvas and the lining is of fine white linen. They are completely hand stitched, mainly with pale blue linen thread, but I also used white linen occasionally and silk twist for the back lacing holes. The…

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18th Century Stays: Boning Patterns – American Duchess Blog 18th Century Stays Pattern, Stays Pattern, Outlander Patterns, 18th Century Stays, American Duchess, 18th Century Dress, Corset Sewing Pattern, 18th Century Costume, 18th Century Clothing

In preparation for making your Simplicity 8162 18th c. stays, you may wish to re-draw the boning pattern. The pattern comes with an accurate layout for half-boned stays. If you would like to deviate from this, perhaps to add more support or change to a fully

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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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