Corsets Corsets Everywhere!

Happy New Year everyone! It's been madness here in terms of stay-making. I've got Olympe's final pair in-progress, all the boning channels stitched, with one side boned.

A close up of the boning channels, complete with bones, in Olympe's creme and goldenrod stays, in progress

Here's how Olympe's stays are coming along. We made changes to the pattern based on the pink prototype. I've put the pink prototype stays up in the Etsy shop, for anyone looking for a pair to buy *right now* with no waiting. I'm also determined to try out some new methods and patterning on a pair for myself, to explore the silhouette of the 1780s, and to finally have a proper pair for my own body.

The pink proto-stays are for sale in the Boutique. They don't fit my dress form, but *will* fit a lady of proper measurements!

These stays were a learning and patterning exercise for Olympe's final pair. They are nicely put together, but have some oddities, like the eyelets running down the back - they don't need to be there! Now I know :-D

A detail shot showing the boning channels. I used metal eyelets on these, to save time, but I know these are not historically accurate. If you are interested in these stays, you can buy them as-is, or for a little extra money I can cover the eyelets for you.

In other news, the down payment for the 18th century shoe prototype has been sent and I am expecting the prototype to arrive in about 2 or 3 weeks!