1900's Combinations

I finished the 1900's combination undergarment this week. It's a combination drawers and corset cover, according to the pattern, which I got from The Edwardian Modiste, page 245. It's made of cotton batiste trimmed with tatted lace and silk ribbons. My combinations do not have as much trim as the pattern image showed, but since I tatted all my trim, I don't care. I'm really not into very decorative underwear anyway.

The pattern doesn't say anything about any fastenings, and the picture doesn't show any except that it has ribbons at neck and waist. I don't trust drawstring ribbons to keep anything shut so I put a button and buttonhole at neck and waist behind the ribbons.

All the lace patterns came from Butterick's Tatting and Netting published in 1895.



( Details of the lace behind the cut )