18th century layers
Nov. 30th, 2017 12:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
knittingbansheeSo, I said I’d post some photos of the current progress of my 18th century outfit...
The shift is based on the pattern/description provided by Marquise, and made on quite thick cotton fabric from IKEA of all places. It’s cotton, so not entirely period appropriate (it should have been linen). And it’s heavy, so again not quite appropriate for a shift, but hey, it’s cold here, okay? Don’t judge me. I’ll make one in lovely lightweight cotton at some point, and entirely ignore the linen thing for now.
The neckline is still in progress in that photo. I cut the 1750s era one (more or less) described here, and it seems to work with the stays. Further photos to follow.
The stays as from J.P. Ryan. The inner layer is cotton drill, the linin is lightweight cotton I had leftover from a summer dress, and the cover is a linen-look cotton from Minerva Fabrics. The binding is made from the cover fabric, and I added straw coloured ribbon on the top binding (will redo that, so that it looks a bit neater) and on some seams (will do other seams as and when - handsewing is slow). For the two front pieces of the cover, I did use a double layer of the drill and the cover fabric, because why not give it more structure. The boning is synthetic whalebone / German plastic boning, which is a wonderful thing to work with.
If I make this pattern again, I am so moving the boning channels. Having to close some of the channels with the binding around the tabs was a pain, so I’m not doing that again... But I do like the way it does the the separation of horizontal and vertical boning channels on the front.
Also, pattern came out too big on the bust, so I had to fudge it with the back piece (because I didn’t make a toile. Mea culpa). I had to fold back not following the line, but rather diagonally, with the point at the bottom being the point where the pattern instructed me to fold, and the point at the top being about 1cm further from the edge that what should have been the back bone further away from the edge. So quite a folding. But it works. Will fiddle with the pattern if I make it again.
The pockets were made with leftover fabric from the shift and twill tape. No embroidery cos I’m going for a very plain, not high status look (because I don’t want to make a robe just yet!). Need to reposition them cos I put them together before I had the stays.
Next in the list: finish off the neckline on the shift, reposition the pockets. And start with the petticoats, in the same material as the shift.
The shift is based on the pattern/description provided by Marquise, and made on quite thick cotton fabric from IKEA of all places. It’s cotton, so not entirely period appropriate (it should have been linen). And it’s heavy, so again not quite appropriate for a shift, but hey, it’s cold here, okay? Don’t judge me. I’ll make one in lovely lightweight cotton at some point, and entirely ignore the linen thing for now.
The neckline is still in progress in that photo. I cut the 1750s era one (more or less) described here, and it seems to work with the stays. Further photos to follow.
The stays as from J.P. Ryan. The inner layer is cotton drill, the linin is lightweight cotton I had leftover from a summer dress, and the cover is a linen-look cotton from Minerva Fabrics. The binding is made from the cover fabric, and I added straw coloured ribbon on the top binding (will redo that, so that it looks a bit neater) and on some seams (will do other seams as and when - handsewing is slow). For the two front pieces of the cover, I did use a double layer of the drill and the cover fabric, because why not give it more structure. The boning is synthetic whalebone / German plastic boning, which is a wonderful thing to work with.
If I make this pattern again, I am so moving the boning channels. Having to close some of the channels with the binding around the tabs was a pain, so I’m not doing that again... But I do like the way it does the the separation of horizontal and vertical boning channels on the front.
Also, pattern came out too big on the bust, so I had to fudge it with the back piece (because I didn’t make a toile. Mea culpa). I had to fold back not following the line, but rather diagonally, with the point at the bottom being the point where the pattern instructed me to fold, and the point at the top being about 1cm further from the edge that what should have been the back bone further away from the edge. So quite a folding. But it works. Will fiddle with the pattern if I make it again.
The pockets were made with leftover fabric from the shift and twill tape. No embroidery cos I’m going for a very plain, not high status look (because I don’t want to make a robe just yet!). Need to reposition them cos I put them together before I had the stays.
Next in the list: finish off the neckline on the shift, reposition the pockets. And start with the petticoats, in the same material as the shift.