I was going to do this for my Historical Sew Monthly #5 Literature, but, I decided not to. I have something else that will be good for HSM. I promise my blog will not turn into a mostly historical sewing blog. There will still be other things to.
I made the waistband to fit my corseted waist which is the same as my normal waist. I do have the waistband overlap some bit, so when my waist gets wider, I can get move the hook and eyes.
I hated with passion sewing the tapes. I had to iron them in half to find the middle. Then, I folded the raw edges in an ironed and the sewed them down. Then I made the tapes by taking to strips the wrong sides together and sewed the top and bottom edges. This gave me 7 2" tapes. I should have just ironed to find the center. Fold in half, ironed again and put the 2 pieces together. It would have been a lot quicker.
By this time I realized I did not sew the raw edges down of the waistband before sewing them together. Oh well. I took a blue water soluable pencil and marked were the waistband edges overlapped. I pinned the strips in place. and then pinned the waistband of cage together, so I can see how they looked were they were at. By this time it was 10 pm, and I was exhausted. So I unpinned everything and picked it up. I wasn't going to sew for the most part next week, except I did make my hairnet for HSM
Then I procrastinated for almost the entire month of May and June. I finished my petticoat and about half of my dress before coming back to work on this. So far this has been my least favorite project. Just because it is all repetitive sewing.
Then I went on Vacation which was cut short by the camper catching on fire. And it is very rare for campers to catch on fire. But my mom said she would help so I set her to work on this. So I could work on my dress.
I'm very thankful for my mom finishing Sewing this. My dad helped me cut out the metal pieces. I still need 3 rungs. I have 10 pieces each in a length of 45", 50", 55", 60", 65", 75", 85", 90.5", 100", & 104.5". I still want ones in 70", 80", and 95 inches.
And under my dress
I made the waistband to fit my corseted waist which is the same as my normal waist. I do have the waistband overlap some bit, so when my waist gets wider, I can get move the hook and eyes.
I hated with passion sewing the tapes. I had to iron them in half to find the middle. Then, I folded the raw edges in an ironed and the sewed them down. Then I made the tapes by taking to strips the wrong sides together and sewed the top and bottom edges. This gave me 7 2" tapes. I should have just ironed to find the center. Fold in half, ironed again and put the 2 pieces together. It would have been a lot quicker.
By this time I realized I did not sew the raw edges down of the waistband before sewing them together. Oh well. I took a blue water soluable pencil and marked were the waistband edges overlapped. I pinned the strips in place. and then pinned the waistband of cage together, so I can see how they looked were they were at. By this time it was 10 pm, and I was exhausted. So I unpinned everything and picked it up. I wasn't going to sew for the most part next week, except I did make my hairnet for HSM
Then I went on Vacation which was cut short by the camper catching on fire. And it is very rare for campers to catch on fire. But my mom said she would help so I set her to work on this. So I could work on my dress.
I'm very thankful for my mom finishing Sewing this. My dad helped me cut out the metal pieces. I still need 3 rungs. I have 10 pieces each in a length of 45", 50", 55", 60", 65", 75", 85", 90.5", 100", & 104.5". I still want ones in 70", 80", and 95 inches.
And under my dress
What it is: A 1863 styled hoopskirt/ caged crinoline
Challenge: None
Material: Cotton Muslin, Steel Hope Boning
Pattern: My own. Based off Romantic History's Cage Crinoline from May 2013
Year: 1863
Notions: Thread, Hook and eyes, plastic tubing connecters
Hours to complete: I procrastinated a lot.
First Worn: 7/15/17
Total Cost: Fabric came from the fabric bought for my corset and Chemise, I think the plastic tubing and hoopsteel was a total of $50. And I want to buy another roll to get my last 3 hoops.
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