Category: corsetry
Starry Nite corset: emb. sample w/ piping
I’m working through some of the sample embroideries by testing them in different threads. The one satin stitch star will be nixed because the design ended up too heavy. The one star pattern doesn’t...
Blue & Black Underbust: fun with piping
Black silk satin piping is inserted into the bias seams as well as on the hip panels on this experimental underbust design.
Black Lozenge Underbust: completed
Photo-shoot to come soon I hope but here is a quick sneak peek at it on my couch: I can’t wait to show it on a body because it is so much more curvy...
Wedding corset: silhouette
A photo from the wedding showing off the bride in her gown over the corset I made her for support. Look at the beautiful angle in at the sideline:
Black Lozenge Underbust: cut out & ready to construct
Now to cut out the binding. I’m waiting for the black busk to arrive in the mail. The fabric is so purdy.
Wedding corset: final photos
Some photos send along to me by the bride from her wedding rehearsal.
Wedding underbust: spoonbusk & embroidery
After the first mock-up we decided to add a spoon-busk to give more stomach support & the waist reduction was increased by one inch as well. The mock-up was very close to correct using...
Linen Bodies: one half started
I’ve finally started some bodies for myself and hope to get in some work on them here-and-there over the next couple months. I’ve sewed the boning channels on half. While I am sewing them...
Wedding Waist cincher: mock-up
This mock-up in being shipped to the east coast this week for a long distance fitting. It is made with a mild 3″ waist reduction patterned in for a gentle smoothing for under a...
Underbust corset: mock-up
Other than adding a bone and slightly changing two boning placements this pattern if ready to go! My parrot Percy snuck into this photo.
Edwardian underbust: construction & lining
I had a touch left of the flower fabric I made my last corset from and decided to make up an under-bust corset. The rest of the fabric will only be enough to accent...
B&W corset: dickens fair backstage
Yay for images on a real body! *photo courtesy of Bob Collier with permission to post from Teri.
Flower corset: testing it out
Today I wore my new corset at Dickens fair today! It gives great support and is boned throughout with 1/2″ spring steel. The texture of the upholstry fabric is fun. Photos of me trying...
