Luthien sets herself an Edwardian challenge by recreating the 1901 corset from Norah Waugh’s book 'Corsets and Crinolines'.
addLuthien continues her journey with this corset from Norah Waugh's famous book through construction, embellishment and her final thoughts.
addJennifer brings her late Victorian corsetry project to completion, creating a corset she is very happy with and in the color of the year, to boot!
addIn this second article in the series, Cecile will focus on the construction of the final corset based from the previously modified pattern.
addCecile's series continues with a summary and analysis of the information in the original patent regarding boning and finishing.
addApril describes her experience with image No.104 of the Symington Collection, right through the mockup phase of her project.
addApril finishes this beautiful corset, sharing lessons she learned about alterations, welt seams, flossing & choosing the right model.
addIn part 2, Nikki recreates the design of this unusual Edwardian corset from the Symington collection using the pattern from part 1.
addJennifer tells us how much she enjoyed the construction of this beautiful & romantic 1911 Cupped Corset from Jeremy's previous article.
addAlison checks the fit of the pattern created in Part 1, researches and tests patterns and numbers of bones, and creates the final corset.
addMichelle tackles C.L. Olmstead's 1912-13 corset patent and learns a lot about good corset making, especially about fabric selection...
addAntje tackles the first of two corset designs from Savoye's 1905 patent # 845582, featuring a special panel designed to show off some great embroidery.
addKelly outlines the process of recreating this low-busted early 20th century corset from the original 1913 patent and pattern through to flossing and garters.
addJoanne shows how to use old patterns to make beautiful garments that are just not possible with today's mass market sewing patterns.
addLast month we drafted the pattern for this unusual design. This month, the step by step construction process, including how to sew some very tricky seams! Suitable for beginners.
addThe search for the perfect strapless bra is always ongoing. Instead of pushing up from below, let's have a go at suspending from above with "overwires".
addLast month a very decisive 73% of you wanted to see the pattern re-worked twice for the model. This month, we will focus on the first version, as it came off the pattern block.
addThe search for the perfect strapless bra is still ongoing. Could this 1952 example be the one? Mark gives full instructions so you can try it for yourself.
addJenni alters the antique "Hearts" corset pattern to emulate the archetypal “Edwardian” posture on a modern body, and weighs up the effect on comfort.
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