mala_14 | Proof that I'm still a historical costumer! (Reply)

I haven't really worked on anything historical since CoCo (which I still haven't finished posting about, OOPS!). But I did enlarge this pattern from the Kyoto Fashion book for a pair of stays. They claim that the stays are c.1760-1770, but I am skeptical and think that they are more c.1780, which makes them perfect for what I want. I added some width all around because, according to my measurements of the little scale diagram, they were way too small (about 30" bust and 18" waist). But either I am not good at enlarging things or not good at measuring little diagrams, they ended up too big after I'd added the width and enlarged them. So I ended up taking off almost everything I added and I have no idea what the actual size of the original stays are. I really should have just enlarged them with no changes first, then added the width. Aaaaaaanyways, here is the (hopefully!) workable pattern I ended up with. I just cut off bits until they seemed around the bust and waist measurements I wanted and I shortened them 3/4" because I think they were too long in the waist as is.