For 18thC stays, which have straighter lines than the later era
corsets, a possibility for making a "muslin" is to use cardboard.
Ordinary heavy fabric won't have the vertical stiffness. The
cardboard will help determine if the stays are too long, digging into
an armpit, etc etc. And, of course, se duct tape to hold the
cardboard pieces together! :-)
-Carol
On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:56 PM, Pierre & Sandy Pettinger wrote:
A note on fitting corset muslins:
A hint I got several years ago - don't remember from where - was
to create two strips out of heavy material - old jeans will do in
a pinch. Make them at least double thickness, and put a narrow
bone of some sort along the edge fold. Then put in grommets about
every inch. Make them longer than you think you'll need for any
possible corset style you might ever make. These can then be
basted into a muslin so you can lace it up properly to check the
fit, without having to put in grommets, try to pin it to fit (not
happening), or making slits that then rip out after one fitting.
Once you have the fit, remove them and use them for the next
corset muslin.
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