Tuesday, July 15, 2014

To Cheat Or Not To Cheat...

Good evening all, 

This post will be short and to the point. I'm wondering weather or not other people have encountered this question before.

I have before me a set of stays that are complete except for the outside. Bias tape is not period, so I'm using a thick muslin. I'm running low on pins, and a thought occurs to me; I have in my possession a small stapler. Now, I will say that the staples are holding nicely, but does anyone know if this could be a potential problem? I will be hand stitching the edging to the stays, so there is no machine interference. I don't see why not, but I also feel like this is cheating.

Thoughts? Leave me a comment, I want to see what the masses think.

2 comments:

  1. Are these your official stays or the test stays?

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    1. That's a great question, thank you. Actually these are an entirely different set. These were modeled with a pattern that I found at a fabric store just to see if I could make stays. These are a little uneven, and they don't fit quite right. I'm thinking of either using them as a display piece, or wearing them under a gown.

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