The cool thing about stays, Rusty, is that when wearing mantuas, etc, you don't necessarily need to worry about the colour of the stays. The use of stomachers was very very chic. That's why I am making mine red and am less than concerned over the fact that they match nothing that I already have.
At PiP....I was bad and didn't wear my mantuas much. Bad Kate.
I've always been one to absolutely need to match everything with everything, and my Mickey is completely opposite. He accidentaly matches.
Oh, and in my opinion...there are lots of lovely earthy colors that can go with rust coloured silk, and I think that it would look lovely with even wool and linen. :)
Yes, I will post photos of the progress.