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!
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
Sini Tuulia
Catherine RW