1880s Corset Progress!
Hello, world. Long time no see? Anyhow, I have been working on a Victorian corset based on Truly Victorian's 1880s corset and is in going wonderfully. I started by altering the pattern and it took only six variations of the back piece to get it to fit, ugh... But, it finally did fit and it was all worth it. Corsets are fiddly and difficult but when you stick with it, it will fit you...eventually! I am using white coutil from http://corsetmaking.com/ for the project. Look at all the back piece variations! I started by inserting the busk and OMFG it took me so long, I think an hour or two. I had never inserted a busk before and I did it wrong the first time and my machine was also bird nesting and going crazy, which was soooooo much fun. It hates 100% cotton thread for some reason but loves poly thread which makes me so sad as a historical seamstress, pure cotton thread is my jam (but apparently not my sewing machines, anyone had this issue with a brother machine?) But I