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

[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! ;)