I want boned tabs!

[frualeydis]

The new corset, though very pretty and historically accurate, is not as comfortable as the effigy corset. Not by far. I probably made it too small so I have to lace it more not to leave a ridiculously big gap in the back, but I only reduce my waist measurement by two inches so it's not extreme in any way, I easily reduce 4 inches in my 1901-corset. Of course, my effigy corset doesn't reduce my waist measurement at all, but that's because it's too big now that I've lost some weight. I stitched a c. four centimetre fold in the back on it (not the easiest to do in a wholly boned corset) to see how much I needed to take in if I should do that (which I probably won't do. Too much work, I might make another instead)and it still fit comfortably. But the boned tabs stops the corset from digging in to the waist and this new corset definitely digs into the waist.
I guess I just have to continue loosing weight.

Comments

[pinque.livejournal.com]

Eh, even when I lost a truckload of weight, untabbed corsets dug in like mad. I decided to make the effigy corset because it does have tabs.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

But my first corset didn't have any tabs and didn't dig in. But it didn't reduce my waist at all and was made of an old sheet in handwoven linen twill, so it might be that it was softer.

Eva