May I just weigh in with some general comments? A friend of mine who has done a great deal of creating modern patterns for historical garments has made it a practice to research only primary sources (that is, PERIOD patterns, illustrations, and actual garments) rather than looking at modern patterns others have done. Part of this is very practical--you do not want there to be any suggestion that you have appropriated someone else's work.
Ann Wass -----Original Message----- From: Lisa A Ashton <lis...@juno.com> To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Thu, Mar 24, 2011 7:26 am Subject: Re: [h-cost] Corset patterns and research questions My experience has been that making a corset with gores is actually a VERY ood way to fit it, especially when fitting someone with a challenging hape (i.e. very round, wide hips but hardly any bust, etc). I have rimarily used the "Laughing Moon Victorian Underwear corset--the ilverado", which comes with a selection of 4 possible bust gores although I have taken the liberty of modifying the pattern to accomodate ip gores if more necessary) . Gores are small and it makes the pattern bit more labor intensive, so for someone who is inexperienced it can be fificult. I myself, have never had a problem with using hte gores, I ust go slowly. The pattern instructions included, while generally good, on't really address how to place the boning when using various sizes of ores, but I figured it out myself and have had good success. The Laughing Moon one is the only corset pattern I"ve used with gores, ut since I started with fantasy corsets, I haven't used many historical atterns,i nstead I've developed my own and modified others for myself. do teach classes in making a corset, and the first thing we do is easure and fit to develop a correctly sized pattern for that person, hen they make a permanent pattern. I think your objective sounds fantastic. Yours in cosutming, Lis aA n Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:15:34 -0400 Michael Deibert michaeljdeib...@gmail.com> writes: Good morning everyone! I'm doing some research into corsets, and thought it best to start on here where many of you already have research. While I know a lot regarding corsets, I have two main focuses. The first is regarding corset patterns. I am hoping to develop a corset pattern and thus would like to be able to have as many corset patterns to base it off of as I can. While any corset pattern works, I am specifically hoping to find Victorian era corset patterns with hip and/or bust gores. From the many companies out there currently selling commercial pattersn, there are few who focus on corsets with gores. I am looking at trying to simplify the process of grading for different sizes, and believe that there might be a way to accomplish this with gored patterns. So if any of you have or know of patterns that I can get, please direct me in that direction! (Remember copyright laws and direct me to where I can find things, rather than just copy and paste.) Second, the little research I've done so far indicates that during the Victorian eras, there were many corset patterns that used gores - yet many of the current commercial patterns focus on those without. Is there a reason for this that anyone might be aware of? Is it easier to fit without gores? Are gored patterns more difficult to make up? Any help in this direction is also a huge plus! Please don't shy away, the more I can accumulate, the better my final pattern shall be once it is ready! Thanks in advance! Michael Deibert _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ______________________________________________ -costume mailing list -cost...@mail.indra.com ttp://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
