Absolutely gorgeous! SharonC. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Suzi Clarke Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 6:09 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] about shaping bones in stays
At 13:41 25/04/2006, you wrote: >Hi Suzi, >Yes, they also steamed the bones in 18th century, acording to Janet >Arnold. I can bend my wissner boning, so that it gets a curved shape, >and it works nicely i think. Anyway, i replaced the thick 2 mm. bones >inside with thinner bones 1mm. Its the more soft plastic boning i used >for them. And speaking of it, i actually have finished the stays now! >If you would like to have a look: >Next time i have time for it, i think i will try to make a tape >dress stand with a mock up pair of stays inside, to get the right >shape. Its so annoying with the modern dress stands, they are no use >at all........... > http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/stays_1740.htm >Dear Sarah, thanks for your very informative informations, ill keep >this in mind! > Nice job as always Bjarne - your work is always so precise, a quality I envy. Suzi _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
