This story is about the 1880’s wedding corset in cream silk with blue flossing. When a customer contacted me about wanting a corset for part of her wedding ensemble, I knew I wanted it to turn out absolutely perfect. I wasn’t worried about drafting the corset to fit her body, but I was a little
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The customer who purchased the white tightlacing underbust also purchased a copy of the pattern. It is a fairly typical, 6-panel underbust Victorian pattern. The other pattern was commissioned solely as a pattern. It is a plus-sized, sweetheart overbust, with low hips and shoulder straps. She is long-torsoed as well, so the pattern is particularly
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I have been busy getting as much done as possible before getting on a plane tomorrow to go visit family. There’s a lot I want to post, but most of it will have to wait until I get back. I spent most of Monday working on the white coutil tightlacing underbust in the hopes of
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This corset is a bespoke custom commissioned tight lacing underbust, using two layers of black corset coutil, with dramatic attached garters and front lacing. Fabric: Two layers of black corset coutil Boning: 1/2″ flat spring steel bones Piecing: Six panels per side Garters: 3/4″ wide silver and black garter grips
Read MoreThe current corset on the sewing machine is a plus-sized, tight-lacing underbust corset with front lacing and attached garters. One half is laid out in the photo. The other half is folded up under it on the right of the image. The front of the corset is on the left, and the back is on
Read MoreI finally finished the 1880’s overbust wedding corset. It has two core layers of coutil, a cream dupioni silk cover, and plain cotton lining. The 14″ busk is backed with a 1/2″ wide spring steel flat. All of the boning is 1/4″ wide spring steel flats or spirals. I used four spiral steels on each side, for the
Read MoreI have published a two-part demo/tutorial on how to make a Victorian overbust style corset with quilted gores. It’s the same information as in series of my journals last winter over at LiveJournal, and I compiled it into a formal 2-part article a couple weeks ago. I was originally waiting to publish until after this
Read MoreThe 1880’s overbust is ready for boning, flossing, and embroidery. Unfortunately, I am low on boning and the local store where I buy it is not open Monday or Tuesday, so this project is mostly on hold until then. I still have not done a photo shoot with the new corsets, best intentions aside. I
Read MoreThe reason you worry about grain is that all fabrics (even coutil) have stretch on the bias. In order for a corset to retain as true a shape as possible, the bias stretch needs to be minimized. To that end, I place the bias such that the pull on the panel will be as close
Read MoreI’m primarily working on the 1880’s overbust corset, which needs to be out in the mail next week. Currently the panels are about half assembled. The cover material is a cream dupioni silk, and it will have light blue boning channel stitches, flossing, and lace along the top, plus a little embroidery. I am taking
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