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Patent Challenge H.S. Strauss No. 208049, Pt 2

quintefoil@hotmail.co.uk (Clare Sager) — Fri, 08 May 2015 23:59:00 +0000

In this second instalment, Clare will take us through the process of making the final corset and the lessons she learned from this project.

tightercorsets@hotmail.com (April Pullen) — Fri, 01 May 2015 23:59:00 +0000

April finishes this beautiful corset, sharing lessons she learned about alterations, welt seams, flossing & choosing the right model.

wyte_phantom@hotmail.com (Jennifer Garside) — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 22:59:00 +0000

This interesting pattern has alternate straight sided and curvy panels: was this done to help make sizing easy? Jennifer investigates.

Rnbwfimmy@yahoo.com (Amber Welch) — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 23:59:00 +0000

Lumbar hyper lordosis, alias 'sway back', creates a special challenge when drafting a corset. Amber shares her expertise and experience.

isis.33@passagen.se (Elisa Edgren) — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 22:59:00 +0000

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

itsonly4ever@gmail.com (Christina DeAngelo) — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 22:59:00 +0000

Marsh claims leather is more durable in the hard wearing areas of a corset. Christina tests his theory on this C19th patent - is he right?

m_mc_nealy@yahoo.com (Marion McNealy) — Fri, 27 Mar 2015 23:59:00 +0000

Marion introduces us to tulle and the delightful watercolor effects you can achieve with different color fabric layers stacked on top of each other.

tightercorsets@hotmail.com (April Pullen) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 23:59:00 +0000

April describes her experience with image No.104 of the Symington Collection, right through the mockup phase of her project.

itsonly4ever@gmail.com (Christina DeAngelo) — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 23:59:00 +0000

Christina takes us through a mockup of this patent, in which Marsh claims two “improvements” to corsets, discussing her observations.