Stays cut out
Jun. 29th, 2014 12:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mala_14A picture of the Regency stays pieces, for reference.
The back is on the straight of grain, as is the hip gusset and the slit for the hip gusset in the front piece. This leaves the front piece on a slight bias to better conform to the shape of the body. (When I was doing my mock-ups, I accidentally cut the front pieces out on even more of a bias and the result was an even smoother front, but bigger corset because of the stretch.) The bust gussets have the straight side on grain and the strap is actually on the lengthwise grain to reduce stretch (not widthwise as shown here).
Looking at the pattern in the flat, it does sort of look like a set of late-18th century stays lengthened, with one less body piece, and with gussets thrown in. Which, technically, it is. :)
The back is on the straight of grain, as is the hip gusset and the slit for the hip gusset in the front piece. This leaves the front piece on a slight bias to better conform to the shape of the body. (When I was doing my mock-ups, I accidentally cut the front pieces out on even more of a bias and the result was an even smoother front, but bigger corset because of the stretch.) The bust gussets have the straight side on grain and the strap is actually on the lengthwise grain to reduce stretch (not widthwise as shown here).
Looking at the pattern in the flat, it does sort of look like a set of late-18th century stays lengthened, with one less body piece, and with gussets thrown in. Which, technically, it is. :)
