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1880’s Overbust Corset – WIP1

One of my current orders is for an 1880’s style overbust corset, to have a cream silk cover and blue flossing and embroidery.  It’s for under a wedding dress. :)

I am doing a mock-up of this one since the piecing in the front is very different from styles I have done previously.  What follows are photos of the scale pattern, the mock-up pattern, and the mock-up.  I am intending to use between two and three times as much boning on the final corset.  The spacing between the grommets is 2″, far too large for a real corset, but it should do just fine for fitting.  The mock-up is made from one layer of cotton duck canvas, unwashed so it will stretch as little as possible.

I will be mailing this off to the customer sometime next week (whenever I get to the post office).  I won’t be posting more on this corset until after she has had a chance to try it on, and I have made any adjustments to the pattern.