whoopsie

[robinsnest]

Well the good news is that my Chemise a la reine is chugging along. I got the front neckline casings bound, the straps sewn on and the back gathered...then I tried it on.

I appear to have mis measured where exactly my waistline it! It's kinda closer to being an under-bust drawstring. hmmm. but there do seem to be examples where the waist-line is creeping up to that 1790s style...maybe we'll just go with that. 



Or I suppose I could add another casing farther down...OR maybe I could just tie a big sash around may waist and it all! BWAH HA HA. ahem. Not sure what I'm gonna do about that one. 

Otherwise I really just have sleeves and hem to go. Not too shabby. 

ETA:
AH HA! I have the armscyes cut for the larger puffy sleeves so I was feeling bad about high waistedness because I think that's more common with straight sleeves as they evolve together into the round gown of the 1790s (NOT my expert area feel free to correct me).  But I found this picture which make me feel better. 


I like it. I'm going with it. Gathered neckline, wide sash ending at a high waist and the full sleeves. 

Comments

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

The 1790s also seems to be a time when women like to cover up with a shaw and hide the sleeves. But these have a higher waist and look like they have extra fullness to them.
http://s818.photobucket.com/albums/zz109/TheDreamstress/Pompeii%20to%20Paris/Chemise%20a%20la%20reine/?action=view¤t=chemise07.jpg
http://s818.photobucket.com/albums/zz109/TheDreamstress/Pompeii%20to%20Paris/Chemise%20a%20la%20reine/?action=view¤t=chemise05.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Angelica_Kauffmann%2C_Self-Portrait%2C_1780-1785_01.jpg/489px-Angelica_Kauffmann%2C_Self-Portrait%2C_1780-1785_01.jpg
http://s818.photobucket.com/albums/zz109/TheDreamstress/Pompeii%20to%20Paris/Chemise%20a%20la%20reine/?action=view¤t=hb_57103.jpg

and there are a ton on this site, http://thedreamstress.com/2010/06/what-do-you-wear-under-a-chemise-a-la-reine/
even one with black and red stripes!

[sewloud.livejournal.com]

ooh yes thanks! That makes me feel even better. I think I'll leave it for now. Perhaps later when I have time and inclination (YEAH RIGHT) I'll fix it. Although I'm not sure I CAN move it without scarring the fabric badly. Yup just gonna role with it for now.

[blackcat452.livejournal.com]

You can leave it the way it is, it's perfectly period, and now it's transitional!

[mandie-rw.livejournal.com]

Casings are finicky like that...I did the same thing with the 1790s round gown I half-made (and then chopped up for the 1860s ballgown!) - somehow the underbust casing ended up halfway up my boobs. Maybe that's why I stopped working on it...? lol.

Wide sashes fix everything! ;)