Regency long stays

I’m wondering if I should add some sort of design to the front panel. I left a space for one, but I wasn’t really sure if I was going to do it. Here’s my idea, drawn out very crud…

I finished these Regency stays back in May or June of 2020, so this is a catch-up post of sorts! True to form, I was not patient so I dove right in and decided to make this set of stays a “wearable mock up” (i.e.- an excuse to not make a mock up first). It […]Continue Reading...

Posts about corded regency stays written by Gloria

For this tutorial, I will make a long line corset, but I'm sure that you can use the same techniques in the making of short stays too.

They are done. I'm happy with them. Quite so, indeed. Every time I make a corset, I think it is the most comfortable one I have made yet. I do think so about this one. I like it a lot. True, it is hard to get into without help and David finds some sort of twisted, hysterical amusement in me crying out to him "Help! I'm stuck!" when, several times after the last few days, I have become so firmly wedged into the stays as I struggle to put them on, that I need his help in tugging them down into…

These stays were my very first to make. They are almost entirely machine stitched except embroidered areas and side seams; made from two layers of thick cotton with a plastic busk inside. I didn…

Undergarments are often a problem in any good historical outfit. They take as much time as a gown and are never seen. This means that they are often forgotten and bypassed for sake of time and money. Even when they aren't, knowing exactly what you need can be difficult. When I was making up my muslin 1809 gown I already had a full set of undergarments for that time period. Unfortunately they don't work! One of the most difficult things about early 19th century is that fact that many gowns…

There’s been a spate of discussion flying about the ORS for a little while now. Mostly it’s a discussion on how a set of Regency stays ought to fit, and how does one compensate for special issues, like more endowed ladies, or wide hips, etc. The first misconception by anyone who’s accustomed to making corsets from other periods is that Regency stays should be shaped and fitted like a corset. Of course they should fit you, and of course they should rest along your curves, but a Regency corset…