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Corset
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| Once upon a time
I made a corset using the corset
pattern generator. Unfortunately, it didn't fit very well, I didn't
feel that a strapless corset would give me full bust support. Still: If I
am going to make clothing, a corset is a must. Therefore.
I chose to make an effigy(ish) corset boned with hemp cord, as I have seen
others do on the net (See the Link section at the bottom.). If there is
someone who can't wait until i am finished to read about this, check out
the links sectoin.
So. The plan is making a corset out of hemp cord and some heavy offwhite cotton curtains I found at the attic. I am nottrying to reconstruate the effigy corset, but "get inspiration". The reason is that the effigy corset is so widely descibed at the internet, so i found this to be the easiest way to make a renaissace corset. as boning i am planning to use hemp cord, even though i have some problem imaging that this will make the tabs tiff enaugh to controll eventual body fat... |
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| And then I got started. I looked at this pattern site, but didn't understand a lot. Therefore I chose to make a compromise between the effigy at the picture and the pattern of the old corset from the "the corset pattern generator". |
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Here you can see my corset pattern. All other people who have tried hemp cord boning claim that hemp shrinks corsets. Believe me, they are absolutely right. So - to be able to controll the shrinking, I made the pattern in three pieces. Two fronts and a back. Then I can make both the fronts and adjust their size before sewing them together |
| I started by making the back part. I boned it completely, and sewed the back sides onto it. Originally I made one single front part as in the original corset, but decided that it was a bad idea, because of the shrinking, the corset would have got at least a 15 cm (6") gap at the front. The soulution was to make to front sides. Still, pulling hemp cord trough narrow channels take time... Some time will pass before I am finished. | |
| To achieve the period rigid shape of the corset front, I made two fairly broad pieces of plastic. I inserted thiese broad pieces of boning to achieve an effect rather similar to the one of a busk without giving myself backaches. The plactics are stiff yet flecsible. On the inside of the eyelets, I inserted a cable tie to prevent the two sides of the corset front from gapping. |  |
| By now, the corset is almost done. I have yet to hem the edges with thin leather, but it feels rather comfortable when worn. Read about how I adjusted the size of the corset. | |
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