Today I had a chance to get dressed up and take some photos of the corset I made to illustrate my section of Steampunk Projects from the Gaslamp Garage. This corset is a lightweight underbust, with a single layer of coutil, rich brown herringbone cover material, a lacing panel, and a split metal busk.
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This is a bespoke Victorian sweetheart overbust corset. It has a plum dupioni silk cover, lacing panel, and split metal busk. Plum Dupioni Sweetheart Core: Two layers of corset coutil Cover: Plum dupioni silk Edging: Black double-face satin ribbon Boning: 4 1/4″ flat spring steel bones, 14 1/4″ spiral steel bones Piecing: 8 panels per side Busk: 13″ metal straight double
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Today I finished the tight-lacing underbust made from diamond brocade coutil. Â I had some frustration trying to get all the wrinkles out when lacing it onto a pillow, so the pictures aren’t perfect. Â I’m sure it will do much better laced onto a real human form. Material: Two layers of beige diamond brocade corset coutil
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This corset was made after two remote mock-ups. The core layer was constructed first so the boning would not disrupt the design of the lace. The cover layer is purple satin and a stretchy black and purple floral lace, which is pattern matched. This is a bespoke plus-sized sweetheart overbust corset. It has purple satin cover material
Read MoreTonight I finished the red silk Victorian, many months in the making. Core: Two layers of corset coutil Cover: Dark red dupioni silk Flossing: Black buttonhole thread Edging: Black dupioni silk bias tape Lace: Black slightly stretchy lace Boning: 38 1/4″ flat spring steel bones Piecing: 8 panels per side Busk: 16″ metal straight double
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This afternoon I finished the cream silk underbust corset with lace edging. This is not a tight-lacing corset, but it does have a lot of hip spring, so I decided to try an 8-panel design rather than the usual six. I like the smoothness of the shape a lot better than the last tight-lacing corset
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Originally posted July 1, 2010. Commissioned plain black coutil underbust corset. It is made from two layers of black coutil, with 1/4″ spring steel flat boning, a lacing panel, and a double busk.
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Originally posted on December 17, 2009. Commissioned custom steampunk underbust corset. Core is two layers of corset coutil, boned with 1/4″ and 1/2″ wide spring steel flats. Busk is 8″ long. The buckles and edging are leather. The cover is a last-minute choice upholstery brocade. The first cover the customer chose didn’t work as well
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Originally posted on December 14, 2009. The corset is made from two core layers of coutil, with a dupioni silk cover. The contrast stitching and flossing was made with upholstery thread. The boning is 1/4″ and 1/2″ wide spring-steel flats. The busk is a 10″ busk with a backing bone. Edging is bias-cut contrast silk
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Originally posted on November 24, 2009. Commissioned underbust corset for *mizzd-stock, followup to the concept sketch posted below. It’s made from two layers of corset coutil, tea-stained. The boning is 1/4″ spring steel flats, it has a metal busk, and a busk backing. The two hearts are dupioni silk, hand-sewn to the corset with 100%
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