Things I'm pondering about my stays
Jan. 23rd, 2013 09:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
robinsnestI'm avoiding working on pondering things about my stays.
1. Cording vs boning on the back edges. I know cording is period and all but as an apple shaped girl if I don't have something to keep it straight sometimes my rolls eat things so to speak. It'll just get all bunched in at the waist. So I was thinking about boning those edges.
2. Eyelets, hand sewn or metal. I know handsewn is period but frankly I have very limited faith that these are even going to fit. Yeah a did a muslin...but without being really finished it's so hard to tell. The bust gores LOOK to small when I hold them up to myself, but they don't go as high as a bra, are meant to push up, and holding them up over a fleece, a sweatshirt and a modern bra probably isn't helping me.
3. A busk. Paint stir stick or wooden ruler? Wish I had something in the house that didn't require a trip to go get.
1. Cording vs boning on the back edges. I know cording is period and all but as an apple shaped girl if I don't have something to keep it straight sometimes my rolls eat things so to speak. It'll just get all bunched in at the waist. So I was thinking about boning those edges.
2. Eyelets, hand sewn or metal. I know handsewn is period but frankly I have very limited faith that these are even going to fit. Yeah a did a muslin...but without being really finished it's so hard to tell. The bust gores LOOK to small when I hold them up to myself, but they don't go as high as a bra, are meant to push up, and holding them up over a fleece, a sweatshirt and a modern bra probably isn't helping me.
3. A busk. Paint stir stick or wooden ruler? Wish I had something in the house that didn't require a trip to go get.
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Date: 2013-01-24 02:48 pm (UTC)As for the eyelets--do you mean you are afraid the stays will not fit, so you don't want to spend all the time making eyelets? If this is a fear, I'd do metal ones, then cover them later with stitching. It does make them stronger and look more period (did this with my S&S bodiced petticoat).
Paint sticks are free.