9.1.15

HSF January '15 Challenge

I'm finally able to participate in the Historical Sew Fornightly (which is now monthly) and the first project this year is Undergarments, so I'm making Regency stays. I actually have several Regency stays patterns so I may get crazy and make a couple of them to compare.

I'm currently working on the Regency Long Stays patterned by RedThreaded (an Etsy seller).  So far it's going together beautifully, but I need to decide what I want to use for the binding.  I'm leaning towards a cotton sateen.  I also want some cotton sateen to make corded stays so I ordered a couple yards (not surprisingly, JoAnn's didn't have squat for sateen)

I also have this beautiful Herringbone twill fabric that I stockpiled some years ago.  I think it would make a gorgeous Regency or early Victorian corset, though I've only seen a handful of extant examples from those earlier years in any color other than white. I'm just in love with this dark teal.

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