Wow… I totally forgot how much I LOVE making corsets. I drafted and sewed this little little cincher yesterday.
I was inspired by the shape of early 1900’s corsets, with the curved seams and flat front. When you look at a close up of this style of corset, it has s-shaped seams, but the bones run up and down, not following the seam lines. This was a little different from the standard princess-seam corsets I had sewn before.
I only used a total of 16 bones in my corset, and it is made of just 5 panels, but it has quite a curvy shape.
I did a few other things differently. I used flat felled seams on the front curved seams. I then placed bone casings vertically intersecting some of the curved seams. I flat lined the whole piece in cotton twill. I did not add a waist tape to this one (I didn’t have any!), which I will put in my next one.
All that’s left to do is add 4 wide garter straps, and possibly some lace!
9 Comments
anto
February 10, 2013 at 3:28 pmI love it! I've only made one corset ever but they are so fun to make that I should more often. The fabric is beautiful and I really like how curved the panels are.
What-I-Found
February 10, 2013 at 3:48 pmThis is a work of art…and you made it in one day. Amazing.
A.J.A.
February 10, 2013 at 3:59 pmIt's gorgeous! I love the romantic fabric and curved lines.
Anna Depew
February 10, 2013 at 4:22 pm*dies* this is so beautiful! Are you thinking about adding corsets to Ohhh Lulu's repertoire?
Evie
February 10, 2013 at 5:25 pmJust lovely! I've had an early 1870s corset in the works for ages that has repeatedly been put on the back burner for things like grad school and regular clothes, and now a baby, but my goal is to get it finished up by the end of this year hopefully. We'll see what happens.
Kathleen Maunder
February 10, 2013 at 9:10 pmA work of art indeed.
Craft Sanctuary
February 11, 2013 at 5:13 pmThis is so pretty!
Bella
February 14, 2013 at 12:10 amI beg you to make this pattern available for purchase!
David Dang
March 23, 2016 at 1:33 pmNicely done !! Mary Montoya