Me: struggles to make time to sew a simple T-shirt

Me after watching Bernadette Banner hand-sew Regency stays: "Oh, this looks comfortable and functional and look at those gorgeous seams! I should totally sew more!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IytT6FJuOuA

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Hand sewing regency stays should be quick…right?

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This is why commercial patterns drive me nuts.

Proportionally I have tiny shoulders and a small overbust, and large bust. Carry more weight in my midsection than I would like. A combination that makes fitting difficult.

There is no correct measurement to size from. If I use my bust or waist, the shoulder will have fit issues, and I can't guess the right size to fit my shoulder with no measurement for overbust provided or marked.

A good chunk of this is the ridiculous 3 inches of ease that Simplicity builds in.

Really need to shift to using a sloper and doing my own designs. Fighting commercial patterns for fit isn't worth the headache.

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all of the bottom edge of the stays have been half bound.

I hope that sewing the tape from the back will be less fiddly than doing the first seam on the front (I hope), and then there is the top edge, which is significantly longer, but also much easier (I hope)

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two tabs of the stays have been half bound (i.e. I've sewn the tape from the front, not yet from the back).

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I haven't finished my Augusta stays yet.

The Cassandra Stays pattern has been released.

https://thedreamstress.com/2024/02/meet-the-cassandra-stays/

what is going to happen?

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Meet the Cassandra Stays! - The Dreamstress

You asked for it, here it is! The Cassandra Stays: a 1760s-70s appropriate stays pattern with a front-lacing option!

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And with the jeans almost¹ done, I've cut a vest out of the leftovers, using a block² from a victorian manual (that I want to check for fit), but to be made with no regard for historical accuracy.

I've also cut three (3) small pockets, to test their positions and size, but I'm not going to do welt pockets on jeans, I'm also going for a simpler method for those.

¹ one pair fully done and worn yesterday for the whole day with success, the other pair is still missing some handsewing and the belt loops
² https://sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/historical_womenswear/drafting_methods/cutters/index.html#vest

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