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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Continuing WIP on a new pair of silk tabbed stays. There are some differences in construction when including a busk pocket, so I photographed those for those who are curious.
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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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These stays are currently on my sewing machine. The pattern has five panels to distribute the significant amount of bias needed to fit the customer properly. It is made with two layers of hemp/linen canvas, ready for full boning, and the bottom edge is bound. I ran short of boning, so I’ll finish this project
Read MoreI am very pleased to announce four new tutorials. These have been sitting on my computer for a couple months now, and I couldn’t be happier to finally share them with you. The first two tutorials cover basic conical corset making, useful for creating a quality, fully functional foundation garment using modern materials. The first
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I finished these stays for myself last November, and made the partlet the day before taking the photos. The bloomers are plain cotton bloomers I made years ago. The Stays: Fabric: Two layers of hemp canvas. Boning: Partially boned, with 1/2″ flat spring steel bones fanned for the front panel and 2 1/4″ flat spring
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Sorry updates have been infrequent the last few weeks. I’m now a month into the school semester and starting to get back into the swing of college. I’ve also been having various glitches with the back end of my web site that has made updating a rather tedious endeavor. Thankfully, it seems to be behaving
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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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Today I finished a silk cover, fully boned, tabbed Elizabethan corset. I did not take fully detailed pictures since I was pressed for time during construction and the size of the corset made the logistics of using it as a detailed example piece difficult. Next time I make a corset like this one I plan
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