Projects: Regency Stays
May. 22nd, 2007 09:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jaelieOk, so Step 5 was to attach the shoulders, but I never did get pictures of that step, even though I did it three times. It was pretty straight forward, but I did have to make some adjustments to the strap length. That part wasn't surprising, as the pattern called for straps that were way too long. Anyway, so I don't have any pictures of adding the straps. I have finished all three layers, though!
Edit: Oh! I did get a picture of the strap after all...
And voila! It also shows how much of each strap I had to clip off.
This one is a close up of one of the gussets. See! Hand sewn. Plus I used a button hole stitch on the bottom of the gusset as practice for the eyelets. Maybe on the next set of stays I'll do them by machine, but this has been very educational so far!
And this picture is Step 6 - pinning all three layers together in preparation for sewing them together.
The directions say the rest of Step 6 is to stitch over all the already existing seam lines. So that's next. I think I'll just do a very small, tight running stitch since a back stitch would look bad on the under-side. I brought it with me to work so I can work on it during my lunch break. Heh.
Edit: Oh! I did get a picture of the strap after all...
And voila! It also shows how much of each strap I had to clip off.
This one is a close up of one of the gussets. See! Hand sewn. Plus I used a button hole stitch on the bottom of the gusset as practice for the eyelets. Maybe on the next set of stays I'll do them by machine, but this has been very educational so far!
And this picture is Step 6 - pinning all three layers together in preparation for sewing them together.
The directions say the rest of Step 6 is to stitch over all the already existing seam lines. So that's next. I think I'll just do a very small, tight running stitch since a back stitch would look bad on the under-side. I brought it with me to work so I can work on it during my lunch break. Heh.
