Well said, Claudine. Your additional detail describes almost exactly what I've done. (One difference: I bone the lining layer at the closure.) When worn, the undergarments take all the strain, the lining section of the bodice keeps the garment fastened and the outer layers can look like they just blew delicately into place. That's the trick. It should look effortless even tho' we all know it takes 100s of hours to accomplish the feat. --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 9:37 AM, <cw15147-hcos...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I thought of a third option, which I used on a Victorian evening bodice > recently, that encompasses Cyn's suggestions. Tell me if this is clear: > > When I made up the lining, I turned the center front and made a casing for a > bone. I then set the lining in by hand, and stitched the hooks and eyes in > after > (I stitched a strip of grosgrain along the edge where they're attached, to > give > them something more to grab on to than just the lining fabric). The stitches > for > the hooks and eyes don't go all the way through to the outside fabric because > the bone is in between. Result: the strain is on the seam that holds the bone, > and there's no strain on the fashion fabric. The fashion fabric is also > slightly > wider at center from than the lining, so that it covers up any gap. > > This bodice would've been a perfect application for hooks and eyes set into > the > seam, but I didn't think of it at the time. Wish I had, so that the inside of > the bodice would look tidier. > > Claudine _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
