This was made for my lovely sister-in-law. The bottom section was just a simple skirt in a contrasting double sided satin. A little nerve-racking to make someones wedding dress. But it was working on the boned bodice section (see photo) that I really got into corsetry; cut out of a crinkle satin and satin lining, it was such a pleasure to work on all these tiny panels, mounting them on supportive fabrics and taking such care over them. I think working on this garment made me hungry to learn more about corsets...
English Floral Corset:
This was actually made during a course I attended at the London College of Fashion. I decided to take my desire to try corsetry a stage further and put myself went on a course. I had to pack my bags and go and stay in London for a week (such a shame), landing on my cousin for most of it but it was brilliant, I learnt so much.I've got loads of photo's from the various stages of the corset as I was trying to keep a photographic diary to go with my notes in the class, but I don't think I've got a proper, actual photo of the finished garment. I'll have to take a better photo when it's nice lighting, but until then: I'll just post some of the close-ups.
This was in the first stages of making, the patterns fabric is on the other side and the blue lines are the mark stitching showing the intended shape.
The longness of the corset is just due to the fitting seam: you allow 5cm top and bottom so that in the fitting you have the space to be able to adjust the shape and length of the corset. After the fitting this extra 5cm would be chopped off to the right size and finished with a binding.
