I’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
Read More“Bustledress.com wants to find the 2010 WORLD’s Most Beautiful Bustle Dress Costume!” 2nd Annual Contest: Entries Accepted: May 15th – July 15th, 2010 Votes Accepted: July 16th – August 7th, 2010 Finalists Announced: August 8th, 2010 Contest Winners Announced August 15th, 2010. Official Web Page: http://www.bustledress.com/cgi-bin/z.pl/reset/room7.html “Your Bustle Dress Costume Contest entry is to be
Read MoreBlack ribbon corset – 100% done – waiting to mail 1880’s silk overbust corset – 4th mock-up mailed Victorian silk overbust corset – 2nd mock-up mailed Canvas surtout – 100% done (no photos yet) Steampunk underbust – 100% done Machine washable corset dress – Pattern drafted Adjustable underbust corset – Pattern drafted Black tight-lacing underbust
Read MoreI drew up a quick sketch and some basic tips on LiveJournal in regards to corset pattern drafting. It’s not much, but for what it’s worth: I actually sat down with a chemical engineer friend to confirm the practicality of using a mathematical formula to determine the amount of hip-spring to draft into any corset.
Read MoreConcept sketch for a plus-sized, tight-lacing underbust with attached garters.
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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 an email a few days ago asking me about how to lace a corset, and for reference materials suggestions. I am posting it here in case other people are interested in the answer as well. A corset lacing tutorial is something I have not gotten around to making, and I’m not sure when
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This is a back-dated post for my archive project, where I am copying over every piece of art I have ever submitted to DeviantArt, with the original submission date or watermarked year stamp, so a complete archive of my work can be found on this website. This is a very basic style of Victorian underbust corset,
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