This is a bespoke conical corset or stays, with a peacock blue silk taffeta cover, offset lacing, a busk pocket, and is partially boned with spring steel.
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This is the latest project on my sewing machine. It is tabbed conical stays, with two layers of corset coutil for the core, and a cover of peacock silk taffeta. It is partially boned, and will include a busk pocket in the front. The lining will be white cotton muslin. Presently, the cover and core are sewn together, and the boning channels have been created.
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Today I worked on a black satin un-tabbed conical corset. Plan is to have it finished tomorrow, but I ran short of a couple bones so it will depend upon whether or not I can get the boning tomorrow. The core is made from black corset coutil, partially boned. The cover material is black crepe
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I finished two new Renaissance stays which I’ve been working on for the past couple weeks. One is plain, and the other has a brown silk cover and leather edging. Both have a double-layer core of hemp/linen canvas, a change that I couldn’t be more pleased about. The hemp/linen canvas is superior to the cotton
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Up to now I had been making my plain Renaissance stays with the tabs separate pieces, sewn into the body. While it worked well, it took a lot of extra time and created sometimes problematic bulk at the waistline. I have been experimenting with using integral tabs, with the idea of retaining the simple body
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