In which I draft my first corset pattern for someone who isn't me

[ultharkitty]

Yesterday, I drafted a pattern for an underbust corset for rhube, according to the method I blogged about a few weeks ago. I haven't made the toile yet, but I thought I'd post pictures of the pattern drafting process, as they'll probably be a bit more useful than my shoddy diagrams in the last post!

Comments

[rhube]

Squee! It is exciting to see it thusly. And I totally give my permission for photos - I am a (not-so)secret camwhore.

[ultharkitty]

lol!

If you've got any spare time today, and fancy spending half an hour cutting out the pattern pieces, I'm keen to get the toile made. Yup, I'm a busy lazy git, and can't be arsed to cut the pieces myself :P The cotton's on top of the dining room shelves, and it'll be better to mark it with pen than tailor's chalk, as it's easier to see :P

[rhube]

... I might have a go this evening, but I has things that I want/need to do too, so I don't know how soon I'll be able to get on to this. Thank you very much for making the pattern, though.

[samanthas]

Wow, you're so good!

[ultharkitty]

Dunno about that :P We'll have to see when I've made the toile. I might adjust the front panels, we shall see!

pattern

[clangergirl]

Hi there, thanks for this tutorial, I can't wait to try it! One question though, the waist line is the same width as the ribcage measurement used to create the rectangle, I can see how this works if your waist and ribcage are the same but what do you do if your natural waist is 5" smaller than your ribcage? i.e waist 23" and ribcage 28" Thanks

Re: pattern

[ultharkitty]

Hi :D

I've never drafted for anyone with those exact measurements before (I've only been making corsets for a few years, and am still a beginner really), but if I was, here's what I'd do:

At point two, I would add those five inches to the amount of reduction you want at the waist, and then divide that number according to the amount of seams that you will have. So, in effect, this spreads those five inches over over the whole pattern at the waistline, and you can then take the waist in as much as you like, to suit anyone, while still starting from the box.

I'd love to know how yours turns out :D

Finally, a mockup

[whitetigress23]

I finally made a decent mockup with your drafting tutorial. The waist shape took five tries to get right (I'm not sure why). I just posted pics and details on corsetmakers. I would love to hear your opinion, too.

[lozpie]

this is genius! I've been searching around for an underbust pattern and this one seems the best :D

[ultharkitty]

Thankyou :D I hope you find it useful.

You might already have seen it, but corsetmakers has a lot of really great info on pattern drafting and construction (and far more sophisticated than anything I could come up with!)

Best of luck for your project!

[lozpie]

I hadn't, no, so thank you! I found you through google ^_^

[ultharkitty]

Ah! Yay google :D

And while I'm thinking of links, someone recently posted a more sophisticated method which it's worth checking out if you've not already seen it :D

help!

[anonymous]

i really love your ideas and pictures, but im not that smart so i dont really get all the math stuff. i want to be Mrs. lovett from sweeney todd, but i have no clue how to sew.
do u by any chance know where i could get a descent looking costume?

Re: help!

[ultharkitty]

That's nice of you, thankyou :)

I'm sorry that I don't know anywhere that does that kind of costume. Have you tried or ready_to_wear? I don't know where I'd go for that kind of thing, but I'd start with those communities, and maybe etsy or eBay (being very careful to choose a vendor with a good reputation, obviously).

I hope you find a good costume :)