I just looked at my cut out pattern for the butterick stays, the very next
project (well maybe, or maybe a new 18c fancy pants waistcoat for my husbands
birthday, and finish my...)
The shape of these stays is not the classic ice cream cone shape of the
middle 18c years (ala J.P. Ryan's
On Thursday 17 November 2005 9:29 am, Mia Dappert wrote:
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And what's on my dress form? My dress form is a hanger on the wall too,
and it's holding the under lining for a 1760-70s shot silk taffeta
Brunswick gown, sort of like the one shown in one of the Dress in 18th
Cent.Books by
