The Foy corset

[frualeydis]

The Lavinia H Foy corset had a much better shape. Not surprisingly I need to take it in somewhat at the bust. Since my "starting measurement" when I make corsets is the waist and I have a proportionally large waist the bust measurement tends to be a little too big. Very surprisingly it turned out too small over my hips so I have to make the basque wider. It must be my tummy fat :)

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[(Anonymous)]

Is it as easily made as it looks? There are so few parts, I really like the look of that pattern. I'm a bit curious about the hip parts/gores - does it work to not bone them at all?
Monika

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

I don't know about if you need boning in the hip parts yet, since I only boned it partly for the first trial. Since the skirts are going out directly from the waist there isn't any need to hold in the hips and tummy, so I guess it will be fine without boning. But I'm so broad in that area, maybe I need to make the basque even wider than I already have.

I haven't got all the stuff I need for the corset yet, so I will work on my husband's cloak for a while.

Eva