A new sewing project

[frualeydis]

My new sewing project is a 19th century corset that I will wear on mynningsflamma's "Dirty Thirty" Burlesque themed party in the middle of October. It will be from silk dupioni in strong pink with details in a lighter pink and I plan to also make a short ruffly skirt in the same fabrics.
I tried on my old Foy corset to get something to start with, though this one won't have a basque but be unbroken to the hips. I will have to make it slightly bigger in the bust and over the ribcage, a little higher in front near the armpits so there isn't any "spillage", since I won't be wearing a shift and I will also have a modesty panel in back. Since the local haberdasher only has rather short busks I will lace it in the top and have the busk below the bust and downwards.
Of course none of this will happen unless I do some patterning, so off I go.

Comments

[therru.livejournal.com]

Ha. I'm thinking of making a 19th century corset, too. A late one, with a spoon busk. I just have to try and make a toile for it first, which is hard when you haven't done many corsets before, and don't have the right bones and things already. But I can't buy the busk until I know what size I need... I'll try to start from Hunnisett's 1878 pattern and see where that takes me.

But first: Combinations!