New Corset- A Friendly Comission!
A little while ago my friend katlaoesk approached me about making her a corset and skirt for her graduation. Today I sat down and did all of the drafting and mock-up sewing. I am going to see her over the holidays and we are going to have a fitting. Fingers crossed everything goes smoothly!!!
The style she choose is a sweetheart overbust with a circle skirt. I started by partially drafting a Moulage from the measurements I had taken from her when we hung out over thanksgiving. I am proud of myself, I only had to call her once to double check something (I had accidentally measured from the shoulder point to the bust, instead of neck to bust). After that I added more panels (7 total each side) and added the waist reduction of 4" (Fairly standard).
The skirt is your basic circle skirt, but the waistline is modified to have a 2.5" elastic waistband. I was doing some research, and most people preferred elastic skirts under corsets that ones with waistbands or facings. It reduced bulk, but also areas where it might rub like a zipper. Also, with elastic the skirt compresses with the corset.
For the fabric she had chosen a very rich dark teal silk Dupioni. We plan to play around with some laces to see if we find a trim or overlay she likes. I think it's going to look very pretty, and killer with her curly hair :)
On a side note, I have also been thinking about corsets for myself. I still plan to re-make the 1850's corset (Out of the navy bee silk) but I also want to make a quilted 1830's corset. When I was out shopping the other day with akikotree I bought some silk duchess at silk moon in SF. It was "on sale" from $67 dollars, but it was still a little pricey. This fabric had haunted me since the last time I was there, so I had to buy some. I think the satin will really set off the quilting. Soooo pretty....
The style she choose is a sweetheart overbust with a circle skirt. I started by partially drafting a Moulage from the measurements I had taken from her when we hung out over thanksgiving. I am proud of myself, I only had to call her once to double check something (I had accidentally measured from the shoulder point to the bust, instead of neck to bust). After that I added more panels (7 total each side) and added the waist reduction of 4" (Fairly standard).
The skirt is your basic circle skirt, but the waistline is modified to have a 2.5" elastic waistband. I was doing some research, and most people preferred elastic skirts under corsets that ones with waistbands or facings. It reduced bulk, but also areas where it might rub like a zipper. Also, with elastic the skirt compresses with the corset.
For the fabric she had chosen a very rich dark teal silk Dupioni. We plan to play around with some laces to see if we find a trim or overlay she likes. I think it's going to look very pretty, and killer with her curly hair :)
On a side note, I have also been thinking about corsets for myself. I still plan to re-make the 1850's corset (Out of the navy bee silk) but I also want to make a quilted 1830's corset. When I was out shopping the other day with akikotree I bought some silk duchess at silk moon in SF. It was "on sale" from $67 dollars, but it was still a little pricey. This fabric had haunted me since the last time I was there, so I had to buy some. I think the satin will really set off the quilting. Soooo pretty....
