Weekend goals

Other than grad school application things and fiddly, thesis-formatting things, I really want to get my mock-up done for my 1880s corset this weekend. Shouldn't be too difficult, the upside of having made a bunch of different corsets already. I'm using the 1885 pattern from Jill Salen's book, without the waist belt. It's pretty curvy and I hope it makes me curvy too!

Corset Mock-up

Hm... It's not a curvy as I'd like for a couple reasons. I think I need to add more room in the bust (not something I ever thought I'd need to say ;p). Things like more boning, a busk, and a waist tape would probably help. I'm also not entirely sure that the waist is hitting me in the exact right spot. It could probably be a touch lower to get to the squishiest part of my waist. But these corsets tend to be a bit higher waisted and I don't want to get rid of that look. The hips could possibly be taken in a bit in the front. Comparing these pics with period photographs, this mock-up looks passable, but still a bit more fiddling to do.