Sini TuuliaDec 14, 2022

Delayed in continuing new project I am looking at old projects to maintain the drive!
I usually finish a project, go "ugh, documentation" and take some photos that I later think I should have taken more of 😅​

This is the first 18th century gown I made. I'd made a wearable toile but while wearable it wasn't very good.
Linen & linen/cotton mix gown, cotton petticoat, cotton batiste accessories. All hand sewn. Mistakes were made but I learned a lot!

#HistoricalCostuming #18thCentury #sewing

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Underpinnings!

Circa 1780s stays, the original pattern heavily modified to accommodate my wonky rib, scoliosis and extra wide hip bones.
Linen with cotton & silk thread, cotton binding. Synthetic whalebone.
I sewed all the seams and all of the finishing by hand, but my RSI objected to all the boning channels so those are machine stitching!

The underpetticoat is an old cotton bedsheet I thought was a lovely and appropriate color.

#HistoricalCostuming #stays #underpinnings #18thCentury #sewing

Dec 14, 2022 at 1:37pmWeb
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I also made a little pocket because I needed a little pocket. Scraps of the lining for the stays and cotton batiste from the accessories, cotton thread, silk buttonhole thread. Hand sewn, own design, likely not historically accurate. I definitely recommend real embroidery thread, this was not the best experience 😂​

I've done some very limited embroidery on corsets, but almost nothing beyond that. Babby's first design

#sewing #HistoricalFashion #embroidering

Show threadCharlotte EmilyDec 15, 2022
@sinituulia I really like that - the single colour and positioning are gorgeous!
Show threadSini TuuliaDec 15, 2022
@scaredcharlotte Thank you! If I was to do it again I'd put two flowers in (and make neater leaves) but I feel like the idea was solid!
Show threadCatherine RWDec 14, 2022
@sinituulia nice. Bet they give good warmth and back support too.
Show threadSini TuuliaDec 14, 2022
@Polyhymnia They're warm but not as hot as you'd think in summer. Linen is hecking magical!
My whole skeleton is a bit wonky but I've noticed I default to better posture in the stays, but then also tire out my shoulders maintaining it if I wear them all day 😂​
Show threadCatherine RWDec 14, 2022
@sinituulia how do you find conical 18thC stays compare to (say) a mid 19th century corset?
Show threadSini TuuliaDec 14, 2022
@Polyhymnia These are more comfy than my even more conical Elizabethan stays. I found the fit at the waist and hip more difficult to get right and comfortable than in any of my 1860 to 1890 corsets? I don't know if it's the double lacing, but I have a lot of mobility in these, they certainly feel less rigid than any corset I've worn. Kind of a bitch to make, though, corsets are way easier 😂​
Show threadCatherine RWDec 14, 2022
@sinituulia fewer boning channels?
Show threadSini TuuliaDec 14, 2022
@Polyhymnia My stays have more bones in total than my corsets, but I think it's the cut and steel busk and steel flats along the lacing that makes the difference
Show threadDeckardsJellyMoldDec 18, 2022
@sinituulia this is beautiful.
Show threadSini TuuliaDec 19, 2022
@seryndippyt Thank you! 🥰​ I always see plenty of things I could have done better, but I do like how the stays (and the gown!) turned out
Show threadDeckardsJellyMoldDec 19, 2022
@sinituulia tbh that’s a quality I’m coming to respect - it means you’re always looking to improve.