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Nov. 4th, 2015 08:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chocolatepotSewed in the busk of my Regency corset; now just need to sew straps in again. I had cut so deep into the neckline ands armscye that the bits where I reversed were completely gone, so I shouldn't be surprised that they came undone.
Revelation: Twix bars are essentially drier millionaire's shortbread. No wonder they're so addictive.
Thinking about the corset I'm going to make. I was going to run with a totally new pattern, something gored, but I think it makes more sense to do the same C&C shaped-panel one that I have now, just adjust it. Once I have a corset with the right finished measurements, then it'll be time to try new patterns and techniques - not to mention make early, mid, and late Victorian styles instead of just having one that's kind of generic and using it for everything. The main area to fix here is that the hips are too narrow, but I think the bust is too high as well, and that's causing some of the fitting troubles I've had.
After ripping open the two back seams at the hip, I'm starting to think that the Corsetmaking Revolution proportion method is not great. Every piece does not get the same amount of widening - the front is fine, but the back needed several more inches at the bottom. Pinned a piece of twill tape inside the bottom to keep the dimensions, what I have minus two inches on either side should do it. Although I could see taking three out of the waist ...
Revelation: Twix bars are essentially drier millionaire's shortbread. No wonder they're so addictive.
Thinking about the corset I'm going to make. I was going to run with a totally new pattern, something gored, but I think it makes more sense to do the same C&C shaped-panel one that I have now, just adjust it. Once I have a corset with the right finished measurements, then it'll be time to try new patterns and techniques - not to mention make early, mid, and late Victorian styles instead of just having one that's kind of generic and using it for everything. The main area to fix here is that the hips are too narrow, but I think the bust is too high as well, and that's causing some of the fitting troubles I've had.
After ripping open the two back seams at the hip, I'm starting to think that the Corsetmaking Revolution proportion method is not great. Every piece does not get the same amount of widening - the front is fine, but the back needed several more inches at the bottom. Pinned a piece of twill tape inside the bottom to keep the dimensions, what I have minus two inches on either side should do it. Although I could see taking three out of the waist ...
