1830's Underwear

[atherleisure]

I finished off the petticoats for my 1830's underwear, and I tried it all on last night. Sorry, no pictures. I think the silhouette is pretty good, though I still need to make sleeve puff things before I do the dress. I did find that I need to add just a little boning to my 1820's stays to be able to wear them for the 1830's. They bunch up a bit at the waist, which is fine for the 1820's with its raised waist, but by the time the waist is back to the natural waist (or really close to it) in the 1830's, it's not going to work. Rather than making new stays just for the 1830's, I'm going to add bones at the center back and possibly on the side seams.

Now the big project for the weekend is kitchen painting. We'll see whether I get time to start the turn-of-the-eighteenth-century mantua over the weekend or not.