Product Review

1740s-1790s Stays. Fits busts 28"-50". All sizes included in one envelope. Full-size paper patterns with complete instructions and historical notes for stays (corsets) circa 1740s-1790s based on extant examples. Includes natural waist and high-waisted versions. Back-lacing stays with or without front lacing over a stomacher, with and without shoulder straps. Fully boned and half-boned arrangements included. Embellishment suggestions included. Suggested Fabrics: plain or twill weave linen or silk lightweight silk or fine linen for lining 5oz. linen for interlining Yardage Requirements: Outer Material 1 yd at least 45" wide lining 1 yd at least 45" wide interlining 2 yds at least 45" wide sleeves (optional) 2 yds at least 45" wide Notions: thread 7mm or ?" half oval or round reeds or ?" corset boning silk ribbon, cloth tape or leather for binding wood or horn busk corset lacing ribbon or metalic braid trim to taste. Corsets, Bustiers, Colonial, Georgean, American Revolutionary War, Indian Wars, War of 1820, Regency, Sense and Sensibility, Pirate Era, High Seas Era, East Indies Trading Era. Age of Chivalry. Age of Piracy, Pride and Prejudice.