As part of a donation drive on LiveJournal, I was commissioned to make two different custom corset patterns. One person specifically wanted an adaptation of the Khaki Corded Corset on pages 62-65 of Jill Salen’s book, Corsets: Historical Patterns and Techniques, ISBN-13:978-0-89676-261-9. Normally, adapting a pattern to measurements is all a matter of mathematics. You
Read MoreOne 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
Read MoreI received a question regarding how I started with making corsets, and seeking advice on where an art/sewing student should start with learning to make corsets herself. This is the body of the email I wrote to her. I have not yet written any formal tutorials on corset pattern drafting or making, but I have
Read MoreI did this work a couple days ago, but am uploading the photos today. There is still a little work to do, but the corset is mostly complete after the work detailed here. I pinned the ribbons to the back panel, using the same proceedure as for the side panels. View of the pinning from
Read MoreI am currently in the process of making a fabric-based, Edwardian ribbon corset. It’s made with one or two layers of coutil (depending upon the part of the corset), and silk cover fabric in pink and very light peach. This first image is the scale drawing for the pattern. each side will have five panels,
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