Corsets
How to draft a really simple underbust corset pattern
Saturday, November 8th, 2008This is a simple corset underbust pattern and some instructions to go with it. It is a way of doing an underbust without needing to draft and fit a sloper/block.
The instructions are a little rough but should give the basic concept to get some one started. If you get a little lost half way there [...]
Next project, little black underbust corset
Monday, January 28th, 2008I made an underbust corset about four years ago out of a corduroy that looked almost like velvet . When I made it it was a little too big for my liking, it fit but didn’t have that much waist reduction and the top edge was only a tiny bit smaller than my [...]
Straight fronted corset
Friday, January 4th, 2008Well I made this corset in Jan 2007 out of a bloody minded sense of completion from a pattern that I drafted in March 2006…
I did a close fitting bodice block with no ease from measurements taken while holding an erect posture that was as close to an S-curve corset as possible.
I real terms the [...]
The corset
Saturday, July 14th, 2007The pattern was made in March 2006, with a 5-6 inch waist reduction (24.5 inch waist when measured flat) and a striaght front and tight curve at the lower back .
Unfortunately I gained a few kilos in the 10 months between drafting the corset and making it so it’s a little too small.
In the photo there is a 2-3 inch gap between the laces and the side seam sit too [...]