Скачать или смотреть 1760s Stays - Part Two: Construction | Elise Jean

10 months, over 500 hours, and 154 bones later... I started the whole project with an idea to embroider some flowers to a bit of fabric. But now we finally have an end result! My 18th Century Stays are finally finished!

In hindsight, there are a few things that I wish I did differently:
Firstly, I really don't like the tabs, but maybe I'll fix them later (lol I'm burnt out!)
Secondly, I should have taken the whole thing in by an inch, so it might fit more closely and expose more of the elaborate stomacher.

But I love it! And for this being my first pair of self-drafted Stays, I think I did a really great job, and given that 80% of it was sewn by hand.

Check out my blog and Instagram for more detail shots and a detailed description of how I made mine! Subscribe to see the completion of this ensemble.
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My Works:
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Resources:
Extant stays shown in video: Philadelphia Museum of Art (https://www.philamuseum.org/collectio...)
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Music:
"Our Green Lands" by Bonn Fields. (epidemicsound.com)
"Devil in Disguise" (epidemicsound.com)
"One Picture Two Frames" by Martin Gauffin. (epidemicsound.com)
"True Blessings" by Martin Klem. (epidemicsound.com)