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May. 22nd, 2006 09:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
titusnowlThe stays project will, in fact, be costing about $10. I just realized I don't have black thread in the quantity required, and I also need some ribbon. These things will probably have to wait a while; money is tighter than anticipated.
The busk is completed, though. We got a stick of poplar for $1 at Home Depot, and paid a surprise visit to Justin's family (we hadn't been able to go for Mother's Day, so we delivered our presents and went shooting with Matt - it was a ton of fun, and we stayed there until almost 10:00 at night - we made up the India story mostly to stay awake until midnight while driving home!). We used their coping saw and belt sander to cut the busk down to size and give it its gentle curve on the outside. It's perfect.
We also got a bunch of cable ties, including some that are a full 4 feet long - they were in the shed just hanging out, so we could have them.
Now I have to do the layout for the boning and sew my channels (which will require that black thread), and then I have the fun job of cutting the cable ties to the proper length and doing something to keep sharp plastic edges from breaking through the fabric. I'm also not really looking forward to binding the seams with the ribbon - it's not something I've ever done before. I'm lucky in the channel sewing department, though - the bones are just the right width that I can simply use the machine's presser foot to gauge the spacing.
Oh! We also borrowed a grommet setter and approximately 45 little brass grommets - we'll only need 16 or so for this project, so I think I'll use the rest on a doublet.
(My goal with the doublet, by the way, is to make something that looks reasonably historically accurate while still being wearable in the real world if you're slightly eccentric. But more on that once the stays are done!)
The busk is completed, though. We got a stick of poplar for $1 at Home Depot, and paid a surprise visit to Justin's family (we hadn't been able to go for Mother's Day, so we delivered our presents and went shooting with Matt - it was a ton of fun, and we stayed there until almost 10:00 at night - we made up the India story mostly to stay awake until midnight while driving home!). We used their coping saw and belt sander to cut the busk down to size and give it its gentle curve on the outside. It's perfect.
We also got a bunch of cable ties, including some that are a full 4 feet long - they were in the shed just hanging out, so we could have them.
Now I have to do the layout for the boning and sew my channels (which will require that black thread), and then I have the fun job of cutting the cable ties to the proper length and doing something to keep sharp plastic edges from breaking through the fabric. I'm also not really looking forward to binding the seams with the ribbon - it's not something I've ever done before. I'm lucky in the channel sewing department, though - the bones are just the right width that I can simply use the machine's presser foot to gauge the spacing.
Oh! We also borrowed a grommet setter and approximately 45 little brass grommets - we'll only need 16 or so for this project, so I think I'll use the rest on a doublet.
(My goal with the doublet, by the way, is to make something that looks reasonably historically accurate while still being wearable in the real world if you're slightly eccentric. But more on that once the stays are done!)
