My first corset

[mala_14]

These ones are of my green fairy costume corset. The pattern is the 1860 corset from Jill Salen's book. It's the one pictured on the cover.
The pattern with my adjustments. I think I may make a few more. It's not quite as curvy as I'd like.


The corset on me. Please excuse the bad quality of some of these.


And a picture showing why one should fuse crappy fabric to something before putting it under this kind of stress.


I have more pictures of all the details, but I'll spare you because I really just went kinda camera-happy. Final thoughts: I did like how it looked, except for the horrible wrinkles, but that's just lack of experience with satin. It was really comfortable to wear. (I wore it for several hours of dancing and partying.) I took in one side of the bust just a tiny smidge too much. The shape isn't quite what I'd like it to be. And I think the bustline may actually be too high for 1880. But those are all easily changed. So overall, I'm pretty happy with my first corset.

Comments

[padawansguide.livejournal.com]

Cute!

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :)

[girliegirl32786.livejournal.com]

Looks great! I love the shape.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thank you! All those mock-ups paid off. :)

[bauhausfrau.livejournal.com]

I like it!

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

Great job! I admire you for making a corset in satin. If I did that, it would come out way more wrinkly and way less flattering. Looks like you've got a great pattern worked out for yourself.

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I really didn't want to use satin. It's scary stuff. I'm excited to get to work on a more historical version! :)