At long last, here is Liz’s custom made corset!
I say “at long last” because it’s taken me twice as long as it should have done to make – because I had to make it twice. The first time I’d got as far as putting in the busk, when I realised that I’d made a fundamental error in the pattern, and it was completely the wrong shape. Oops.
Thankfully I had just enough fabric to make another, having double and triple-checked the pattern this time. This is the result – a long underbust corset, in Alexander Henry’s “Mini Calaveras” print.
This one is my last corset for the time being, as I’m in the process of giving the sewing a bit of a re-think. I’m going to be volunteering at the Museum of English Rural Life over the summer, so I need to work out what I can and can’t do with the rest of my time.
Watch this space!
It looks fantastic! I can’t wait to try it on. What do you think, should I do Glastonbury in a corset?
That is delightful. Where do you get your patterns from ? I’ve been after a really simple pattern to start with, overbust or under for ages.
Hi Naomi Jane,
I draft my own corset patterns to fit the wearer, but you can find some really good instructions here:
http://www.kimberleypope.com/how_to_make_a_corset/opening_page.html