peteyfrogboy

The chausses are done:



I had originally intended to make these out of the same wool as my new hose, but I decided against it. For one thing, they didn't really need to be terribly stretchy. I also wanted to make them completely lined, so the wool would have been wasted anyway. I looked through my old fabric and found half a yard of the olive green linen from Andreva's petticoat, and some heavy white linen from an old chemise in the recycle pile.

The technique of sewing the lining in as a separate piece is one that I've never really had call to use, so I decided to give it a try. I turned the edges of both layers under, but didn't bother to tack them down, since the linen held a crease just fine with ironing alone. I pinned the two pieces together all the way around and whip stitched the two layers together. It was a little tedious, but made a very nice edge with no stitching visible on the outside. I then butted the seams together on the back and the bottom of the stirrup.

Hopefully these will fit properly. I may be able to get some pictures of them in use tomorrow.