Sewing questions
Dec. 28th, 2012 11:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotSo Amazon has the Uniquely You dress form for $170 and AllBrands has it for $140. This really isn't enough to care about yet I'm still kind of nervous that the AllBrands one is somehow inferior. ??? Any thoughts?
Also need thoughts on an early Victorian corset. Should I go with:
- Katherine's similar-to-Regency corset, with gussets and straps; I would need to add another pair of gussets in the bust, probably, I tried to make this once before
- The Corsets & Crinolines one, strapless and kind of adorable? OTOH, maybe I need straps?
- One I patterned at Cherry Hill, which is pretty standard but differs in that it only comes down to the waist except in front. Advantage: different, less fitting to do, technically below the waist doesn't need corsetry in periods with full skirts. Disadvantage: digging in at waist? possibly too early for early Victorian
I need other opinions.
Also need thoughts on an early Victorian corset. Should I go with:
- Katherine's similar-to-Regency corset, with gussets and straps; I would need to add another pair of gussets in the bust, probably, I tried to make this once before
- The Corsets & Crinolines one, strapless and kind of adorable? OTOH, maybe I need straps?
- One I patterned at Cherry Hill, which is pretty standard but differs in that it only comes down to the waist except in front. Advantage: different, less fitting to do, technically below the waist doesn't need corsetry in periods with full skirts. Disadvantage: digging in at waist? possibly too early for early Victorian
I need other opinions.
