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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 16, 2008 11:35:13 GMT -5
Well, the website sort of says what they do, I'm surprised people don't figure that out... well, maybe I'm not *so* surprised. People can be goofy.
I would love it if there was a sort of workshoppy thing where you could go with your machine and fabric and make period pieces. I'd attend.
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Post by Val on Jan 16, 2008 13:10:37 GMT -5
I would love it if there was a sort of workshoppy thing where you could go with your machine and fabric and make period pieces. I'd attend. So would I! |
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Post by iamdiverted on Jan 16, 2008 18:40:05 GMT -5
I'm totally jealuos that you can just make stuff like that and take you're talent for granted. You are not allowed to dismiss that. It is totally amazing, I wish I could make something ilke that.
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Post by Val on Jan 16, 2008 22:36:17 GMT -5
I'm totally jealuos that you can just make stuff like that and take you're talent for granted. You are not allowed to dismiss that. It is totally amazing, I wish I could make something ilke that. I don't take my talent for granted but I am critical of it sometimes. I'm still in the learning stages and it's taken me 4 years to just get to the point I'm at now. I still don't understand how many of the garments are constructed and they confuse me alot. And since my interests span many decades, I don't spend a lot of time on just one era, so that could be part of my problem. But I love learning new things. |
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Post by iamdiverted on Jan 17, 2008 17:21:06 GMT -5
Oh sorry Val I should have quoted RSA because that comment was meant for her constant self-depricating commens.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 17, 2008 17:42:04 GMT -5
I'm not being self-depricating, I'm simply honest with myself about my flaws. I'm very comfortable with what I am good at and not so good at.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 18, 2008 12:21:09 GMT -5
I finished the bottom edge tabs and all last night, and also one arm-hole. There is only one more armhole to go and I'm finito. WOO HOO!! I was waiting for my hubby to get home last night (he flew into Portland at about 11:00PM, so he got home at 12:38AM. I waited him out until 12:20AM and sewed my bindings up until then. I probably would have finished it completely had I not been exhausted. Since I get up at 5:25 every morning, I figured I was already shorting myself of sleep, so I'll finish the arm tonight, and have DH take a picture of it on me so you can see the final result.
Yay. On to the net overdress next.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 20, 2008 1:41:04 GMT -5
I have officially finished this project ~ I will post photos Tuesday; POSSIBLY Monday, depending on how things are going at work. It's a very busy week.
It fits under my gown with no peekage.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 22, 2008 12:57:05 GMT -5
Here it is in its final form. It works nicely. I've put it on my dress-form so I can take a good picture of of it. I also put on my white gown over it so you could see how it behaves underneath; no peekage. Front:  Back:  In a gown; Front:  back:  I ripped a hole in my shift pulling it on the other day; so much for sheer and light fabrics. Now onto the project photos of the net overdress. |
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Post by cosmoblue on Jan 22, 2008 15:53:35 GMT -5
Steph - It looks great. I wish that you had a photo of you in the stays with your shift  . I am curious how it handles the girls. Bummer about ripping your shift. |
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Post by Val on Jan 22, 2008 23:16:39 GMT -5
They look nice! How do they feel? It looks like it's keeping your shoulders back.
I finished my 1780s stays on Sunday but don't have enough lacing for it yet, so I can't "display" mine yet.
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Post by dawnluckham on Jan 28, 2008 10:58:28 GMT -5
Oooooo! Wonderful! I really like how they turned out! ;D
Are you happy with them? Have you worn them for more than a few minutes yet? How comfortable are they?
I like how they look under the gown!
How do things behave when you sit?
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Jan 28, 2008 16:39:42 GMT -5
I've worn it for a few minutes, yes. I've sat in it and stood, walked and moved in it. THe only problem I have is that my tummy does a little bit of a roll when I sit -- but that's my own fault for being overweight. It does not press upwards as the long stay does, and everything pretty much stays where it should. When I'm standing I move very freely, and there is significantly less discomfort when I wear it. I it that I'm not constantly sighing for breath, nor does the boning poke out in the front of my dress. I like this stay best of all of them so far. I'm sure it won't be my last.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Feb 12, 2008 11:07:05 GMT -5
I was resigned to think that my girls would be 'bucketed' into a non-separated mono-b**b until I saw Cosmo's busked corset. I am now determiend to have one. So I may have to go and make one.
I also noticed last night, that when I put on this corset without a shift, it behaves beautifully, I'm thinking I was doing it wrong too. My girls are less squished down in the corset and are properly placed 'on the platter' when not impeded by shift-fabric. It changed my shape quite a bit, and my dress fit better too (I walked around a good hour in my white gown, corset and jeans last night when I got home from work. It's such a comfortable set of stays. Even moreso when my girls are properly arranged inside it. It will work for me until I am brave enough to make the mantua maker stays.
I'm loving the learning experience, though.
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Post by cosmoblue on Feb 12, 2008 14:50:14 GMT -5
I was resigned to think that my girls would be 'bucketed' into a non-separated mono-b**b until I saw Cosmo's busked corset. I am now determiend to have one. So I may have to go and make one. I also noticed last night, that when I put on this corset without a shift, it behaves beautifully, I'm thinking I was doing it wrong too. My girls are less squished down in the corset and are properly placed 'on the platter' when not impeded by shift-fabric. It changed my shape quite a bit, and my dress fit better too (I walked around a good hour in my white gown, corset and jeans last night when I got home from work. It's such a comfortable set of stays. Even moreso when my girls are properly arranged inside it. It will work for me until I am brave enough to make the mantua maker stays. I'm loving the learning experience, though. It seems crazy that your shift is impeding the function of your corset. Kooky! You don't need bravery for the Mantua Maker stays it is pretty straight forward. Besides you have a fairly close by friend with Mantua Maker stays experience to help you out should you need it. |
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Feb 12, 2008 15:58:31 GMT -5
Well, if you think about it a bit, and imagine how much more 'mobile' they are when there's no cocoon of fabric around them. It was easier for me to bend down and lift them up into place. With the shift on, I bend down and they don't... move as freely. Then I'd tighten the laces, and tug the shift to take out the folds and wrinkles, the shift would pull and drag them back down into the corset. It's hard to explain without being crude... but I can probably get the same results with the shift on if I take a lot more time dressing and shifting and adjusting. But I never take a lot of time to dress at events; I'm always in a hurry.
Putting it on sans shift though made me realize that I didn't have my girls adjusted properly. So now I can use that information to make it better. There is no squooshing going on any more.
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Post by cosmoblue on Feb 12, 2008 16:06:17 GMT -5
I can see that, but I was just thinking about how Dawn mentioned that the chemise is supposed to be like "the top half of the bra" so it is supposed to hold things in place. It is a bit of work to get the girls in place especially with the chemise to contend with. Though it is like proper bra fitting and how most women don't lift themselves into their bras the way they should.
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Feb 12, 2008 16:20:24 GMT -5
Exactly. That's what I just learned. I just have to learn to adjust myself properly before cinching, otherwise half of my breast gets squished underneath the stays and interferes with my waistline; which it did; by quite a bit. There was a visible difference on my gown yesterday; and it was not as tight to close the bottom button.
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Post by cosmoblue on Feb 12, 2008 16:29:05 GMT -5
Exactly. That's what I just learned. I just have to learn to adjust myself properly before cinching, otherwise half of my breast gets squished underneath the stays and interferes with my waistline; which it did; by quite a bit. There was a visible difference on my gown yesterday; and it was not as tight to close the bottom button. I have to lift tighten lace, lift again, tighten lace more, and one final lift. Even with the busk. |
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Post by Mme de Beaufort on Sept 10, 2010 14:55:52 GMT -5
I am making this set of transitionals again in white duck, this time, they will be back closing with a short little busk.  Pictures to follow. |
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Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong? ~ Jane Austen 
