Yesterday I was wondering what I wanted to sew next. Since I found where I put my smock from Simplicity 2621 (shift, chemise, underdress ... I've seen all these words for the same garment) I decided to try it on with my Elizabethan corset to see how it fits ... now that I know more about fitting than I did last year! Not only do I need to make a new Elizabethan corset ("pair of bodies" as it was called at the time) but I will need a new smock as well, as the shoulders falling down will annoy me before I can even leave the house. Here is a mirror pic of the smock and bodies:
As if dressform and table pics weren't bad enough ... mirror pics are a (bleep)in PITA to try to get right! And yes, my bathroom walls really are THAT pink. As a reference point, the straps on my Elizabethan often fall off my shoulders .. and I just could not get the shoulders of the smock to stay on my shoulders for nothing ... after about three minutes of putting it on.
Time to break out that lovely white handkerchief linen and get going on a new smock! I'll start by reworking the pattern, after rereading
my pattern review from last year. As for the corset, I will start all over on fitting that, and follow
instructions on incorporating boned tabs like
the Effigy Corset.
I'm almost done with my second cup of coffee, so pattern work should commence soon.
2 comments:
Now we just have to wait for Cat to start screaming about your pink walls..
*pokes Maggie with a book*
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