In this I even must include the Norah Waugh pattern in Corsets
Crinolines; while it may well be based on an extant corset, it is in no
way representative of the straight front corset, and if you're trying to
get that look, you'll be disappointed.
Gee. I have one of those, straight out of
May not be able to find them now, but the party/costume shops sell cheap
thin ones at Christmas time to go with Santa costumes.
Kate
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On Behalf Of Audrey Bergeron-Morin
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 12:00
I learned through lots and lots of trial and error, and staring at extant
corsets and ads, magazines, etc until my eyes bled. For years. I don't
think you can really come up with a formula for drafting them, and that's
not how I do it, anyway. You get to know the shape the pattern pieces
A friend and I made me a corset from the Past Patterns straight front corset
pattern. However, it was not a simple/easy project:
1) Following the initial sizing, did not give me the S-bend shape I was looking
for -- we ended up making the top much more tight fitting then the bottom which
In a message dated 8/4/2006 8:56:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
A friend and I made me a corset from the Past Patterns straight front corset
pattern.
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I don't like this pattern
For one, I don't think the actual pattern looks like the
In a message dated 8/4/2006 9:22:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't like this pattern
In the interest of not being negative...I would like to add that Past
Patterns makes a pattern for my favorite corset of all time...
#708 1845-1860
That sounded really, really, rude, so I'd like to apologize now and avoid
the rush. =} I'm passionate about the fit of corsets, and when I see
people wearing ill-fitting corsets and then going on and on about how
uncomfortable and torturous corsets are, it makes my teeth itch.
But my Waugh
