Corset thoughts
Nov. 6th, 2014 03:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mala_14I think I want to use the 1885 Gold Exotic Corset pattern from Jill Salen's book, but without the belt. I wanted something very curvy and, after comparing the measurements from the Fashions of the Gilded Age Vol. 1 1883 corset to the Salen one, this one was about an inch or so bigger in bust and hips and smaller in waist. So that pattern it was. I need to enlarge it. Maybe tomorrow.
I'm going to do a layer of coutil and a layer of my pretty silk/cotton. I decided on the aqua one instead of the lavender. The lavender may one day become an 1890s corset. Especially since I realized that I have a nice long length of synthetic satin (in a sort of rusty colour) that I could make an 1890s gown out of. :)
I have all the materials I need except for boning. But I want to wait until I've done a mock-up and know what lengths I need before putting in an order.
My buttons arrived the other day! They're very pretty. I really like the mother-of-pearl ones. They're so much heavier than modern plastic buttons. The black glass ones are nice and sparkly. Even though I believe they're 1960s buttons, I saw some on a Victorian bustle bodice that looked very similar. And they were a good deal, so I couldn't pass it up!
I'm going to do a layer of coutil and a layer of my pretty silk/cotton. I decided on the aqua one instead of the lavender. The lavender may one day become an 1890s corset. Especially since I realized that I have a nice long length of synthetic satin (in a sort of rusty colour) that I could make an 1890s gown out of. :)
I have all the materials I need except for boning. But I want to wait until I've done a mock-up and know what lengths I need before putting in an order.
My buttons arrived the other day! They're very pretty. I really like the mother-of-pearl ones. They're so much heavier than modern plastic buttons. The black glass ones are nice and sparkly. Even though I believe they're 1960s buttons, I saw some on a Victorian bustle bodice that looked very similar. And they were a good deal, so I couldn't pass it up!
