Historic Underthings Part 2

With the wedding planning I have been doing, I decided it would be easier to commission JM to make my stay for me. I arrived at his place this morning for a costuming day and got to try on the almost finished product. I need to bind it and get something to act as a busk (hence me holding the small ruler in place) and it will be done!

Here are the lovely progress pictures! I put my chemise on underneath to get a better effect! Just ignore the yoga pants peeking out!

Historic Underthings

I wasn’t able to accomplish as much as I wanted to on my days off, but I usually want to do EVERYTHING so I never accomplish it all. Big D and I attended a wedding for friends of ours on Saturday night. I did get the pink dress finished in time to wear, and even installed the zipper first try without incident. A whole bunch of the wedding guests, including Big D and myself, came down with a horrible bout of food poisoning from the dinner. So my Sunday and Monday sewing days turned into lay on the couch with Big D while eating chicken noodle soup and drinking ginger ale, watching Netflix while we recovered. I was sad it happened on my days off, but at least I didn’t have to miss any work. Big D was delayed a day heading out on the road, but things seem to be working out okay.

I started feeling a lot better yesterday, so JM came over in the evening to saran wrap and duct tape me up for a pattern for my stays. For those of you new to the reenactment game, stays are a type of corset although not as restrictive as you would think. There’s a really good blog post here that explains quite a bit about them. She used a pattern from the same place I got my pattern for my spencer jacket. JM’s way makes things a little more custom to you and the style you want. Plus, the photographic evidence is just too much fun!

All saran wrapped up!

The duct tape, although hard to see in this picture, will be what the stay is.

Side view!  Things are popping up.  It's going to be scandalous in the dresses.

The t-shirt/saran wrap/duct tape mess is hanging on Roberta at home waiting to be turned into a pattern. Hopefully JM and I can finish it soon. Mine should look something similar to the pictures in the blog.

Tonight, after making myself some pad thai for dinner. I hope to have the pockets FINALLY put in the work woman’s jacket. I’ve decided not to go to Grand Portage this year because Big D and I will be buying a house in 6-12 months, and we decided Mississinewa was enough of a splurge. I feel a little more relaxed because now my deadline is back to a reasonable 105 days.

Happy sewing everyone!