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Apr. 2nd, 2016 06:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotThere's something about the 18th century that just feels so right. Maybe it's just that that's where I got started (I knew how to sew before I got into it, but only in the most basic sense), but it seems more intuitive and simpler. Everything comes together so sensibly and practically. Or am I the only one that feels that way?
While fitting the lining this morning, I had to take about 1-1.5" off the lower edge. It's so hard to believe my torso is that short! But it is. I could have added little triangles into the seams to make it flare out more and then set the skirt down a bit lower, but I decided not to. I might have to do a little piecing at the back, though - just like last time, when cutting out the blue linen for the back I put the little waist slice about an inchish lower than the lining. OTOH, a bunch of extants show a kind of severe dip in the waistline in back, so it might be all right. Don't know, we'll see when I come to pleat the skirt. I anticipate getting the gown finished by the end of the weekend, minus hems etc.
I answered a question on AH about historiography, feminism, and corsets which you might like to read.
While fitting the lining this morning, I had to take about 1-1.5" off the lower edge. It's so hard to believe my torso is that short! But it is. I could have added little triangles into the seams to make it flare out more and then set the skirt down a bit lower, but I decided not to. I might have to do a little piecing at the back, though - just like last time, when cutting out the blue linen for the back I put the little waist slice about an inchish lower than the lining. OTOH, a bunch of extants show a kind of severe dip in the waistline in back, so it might be all right. Don't know, we'll see when I come to pleat the skirt. I anticipate getting the gown finished by the end of the weekend, minus hems etc.
I answered a question on AH about historiography, feminism, and corsets which you might like to read.
