Corset patterns

17th Century Stays and Boned Bodices

2015-04-10T21:59:00+00:00

Elisa looks at the history of stays and discusses a few extant garments to see if any conclusions can be drawn on their construction.

1855 Peterson’s Stays

2014-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

Carmene guides us through making "a well-fitted corset made by every housewife or active woman who needs to move" from 1855.

Regency Stays 1790-1820, part 2

2011-08-29T23:00:00+00:00

Wendy puts her earlier research on transitional Regency stays into practice and reproduces a set of stays for herself, walking us through the fitting stages.

Regency Stays 1790-1820, part 1

2011-07-04T23:00:00+00:00

Wendy analyzes over 80 stays from 1790-1829 for fiber, colour, weave, length, opening placement, shoulder treatment, bust shaping, boning or cording.

Making a Pair of 1760 Stays

2011-04-25T23:00:00+00:00

Izabela gives us a simple, yet historically accurate construction guide for the non-expert that offers the maximum number of fitting opportunities.

Recreating Elizabethan Bodies

2010-10-25T23:00:00+00:00

Alison Kannon demystifies the construction and recreation of “bodies”, the stiffened supportive layer of clothing that later came to be called a corset or stays.

A Pair of Stays c.1776-1785, part 2

2010-09-27T23:00:00+00:00

Hallie Larkin provides the pattern and sizing instructions, and walks us through period-accurate construction and replication of these authentic stays.

18th century Pregnancy & Nursing Stays

2010-08-02T23:00:00+00:00

There have always been pregnant women, and women nursing, but what they wore during these times is harder to know. Amanda investigates and makes her own.

A Pair of Stays c.1776-1785, part 1

2010-07-19T20:13:00+00:00

Knowing how stays were really made allows us to imitate those techniques and produce an accurate garment. We study the genuine article in detail.

1862 Mina Sebille Corset, Part 1

2014-04-04T22:59:00+00:00

Andrea guides us through the mockup of the Mina Sebille’s Patent US39964 which is a basic corset pattern comprised of only five pieces per side.

1868 Madam Foy Corset, part 2

2011-05-09T23:00:00+00:00

Part 2 of Madam Foy's 1868 patent corset, with two finished corsets, one in coutil and one in silk.

1868 Madam Foy Corset, part 1

2011-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

Carly recreates an 1868 corset patent for her own unique body type, using Laura Loft's Silverado corset instructions. 1: drafting and first mock-up.