Weekly Update

[atherleisure]

I tried my Regency stays with springs on under a dress, and they really don't raise the bust like my other stays do. I don't think that's necessarily a problem; it just means that these can't replace my existing stays. They still might be really comfortable for wearing all day. They might work under the sari dress I made for the Jane Austen festival last year since it goes over the 1790's stays which are a little longer waisted. I also need to move the straps out a bit at the back. They definitely show at the back with them at the point as they are now. Moving them out 2" should be sufficient to fix that.

I've done some knitting this week too and joined in the next ball of yarn on both the 1930's sweater I'm making and the 1930's bathing suit I'm making. I just have 2" left on the bathing suit before anything changes. I get to cast off half the stitches then. I also only have a couple of inches left before the armscye shaping starts on the sweater.

Comments

[marianme]

Thanks for the spring stay report.

[mala_14]

Thanks for sharing! That's really interesting.

[penwiper]

Interesting feedback on the stays! I love how the Regency period has so many stays options, because you can really get some fun analysis of how they work differently on different body types.

[atherleisure]

It really is interesting how wildly different things work for different people. I can definitely say that I don't think these stays would work for anyone who needs a lot of bust support.