We cut out an 1880's pattern and then adapted it to our 2011 bodies and cut it out in cotton and coutil (a very densely woven fabric specifically for making corsets).
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Wednesday July 20
Yesterday and today spent on corset building.
We cut out an 1880's pattern and then adapted it to our 2011 bodies and cut it out in cotton and coutil (a very densely woven fabric specifically for making corsets).
All the pieces then had to be flat tacked before stitching the front three pieces and the back two pieces together.
Next all the seam allowances have to be trimmed down and bone casings made from bias strips, stitched over every seam. The centre back is then stitched over to form casings for two straight bones (as opposed to spiral bones that go in all the other casings - all the bones are made of metal) and the eyelets go inbetween.
The centre front and side seams are temporarily machine tacked so that the corset can be tried on for fitting.
We cut out an 1880's pattern and then adapted it to our 2011 bodies and cut it out in cotton and coutil (a very densely woven fabric specifically for making corsets).
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