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Free 18th Century Bodice Pattern 18th Century Dress Pattern, Colonial Dress Pattern, Bodice Pattern Free, Dress Bodice Pattern, Historical Dress Patterns, 18th Century Bodice, Historical Clothing Patterns, Historical Patterns, 18th Century Dress

18th Century Bodice Pattern I drafted this bodice pattern for my Robe à l’Anglaise back in 2017 and recently reused and tweaked it a bit, since there were some issues with my first version. Read about that in my new blogpost 🙂 You can download version 2.0 of this 18th century bodice pattern down below… Read More 18th Century Bodice Pattern

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18th Century Stays: Boning Patterns – American Duchess Blog 18th Century Stays Pattern, Stays Pattern, Outlander Patterns, Corset Patterns, 18th Century Stays, American Duchess, 18th Century Dress, Corset Sewing Pattern, 18th Century Costume

In preparation for making your Simplicity 8162 18th c. stays, you may wish to re-draw the boning pattern. The pattern comes with an accurate layout for half-boned stays. If you would like to deviate from this, perhaps to add more support or change to a fully

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Outlander Dress Pattern, 18th Century Chemise, 18th Century Petticoat, Petticoat Pattern, 18th Century Stays, Scarlet Pimpernel, Outlander Costumes, Colonial Dress, Patterns Of Fashion

Making this darn thing was a serious act of hubris. I figured since I had made the stays with no problem and had sewed more complicated garments in the past, how hard could it be to make a pleated tube skirt? So with all the confidence in the world, I took a look at some extant pieces and just started hacking and smashing my way through only to redo this petticoat 3-4 times depending on how you count. Even after looking at some great resources such as American Duchess's Tutorial and the…

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18th Century Stays Pattern, 1780s Stays, Stays Pattern, Colonial Clothing, Historical Clothing Patterns, 18th Century Stays, Diy Corset, Corset Making, Patterns Of Fashion

My friend Pia (@stepsbackintothepast on Instagram) was in need of a well fitting pair of 18th century stays so I started making her one in the summer of 2019. The new Patterns of Fashion book (volume 5) had just come out earlier in the year so I was eager to try out the drafting method introduced in the book to see if it would yield better results than my own. And I was not disappointed! There's one thing I'd like to mention though. The instructions are easy to use for someone with a lot of…

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18th Century Womens Fashion, 18th Century Stays, Modern Corset, 18th Century Women, 18th Century Dress, 18th Century Costume, Rare Roses, 18th Century Clothing, Corset Bra

From Plebian to Royalty: Who Wore Stays? For a long time now I've held a question mark over this subject, never quite sure as to what to think. As we've been researching for HandBound Costumes, I've begun to collect images that show women in stays from various walks of life. The idea of this blog is to lay them all out, hopefully in some kind of order and have a good look at them. I am hoping to feel a lot clearer about 'Who Wore Stays' once we're done! Forgive the messiness of this post - I…

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