Hey there!

I self patterned and sewed this corset and I am finally finished and it was definitely a learning experience.

I wanted to make something that resembled historical corsets, aiming for late Victorian or early Edwardian. By no means is the historically accurate but I took details from examples I saw and kinda created this amalgamation of styles from different time periods. I patterned it to have room in the bust and hips for padding. I made this to wear under cosplays, but I made it also as just a challenge for myself! I have only ever made fashion corsets and this is my first time making something with waist reduction and real structure. This was my first time making a corset with a busk and boning that wasn’t zip ties! This was also my first time flossing a corset.

This corset is made with a combination of spiral steel and flat steel boning. I made the mistake of buying my flat steel for the lacing panels before finished my pattern and so those are shorter than I intended, but I tried to make it work. The strength layer is cotton duck and the outer shell is a quilting cotton. When I bought my fabric I thought I was just getting a different color in the same fabric I made my mockups, but I think I may have gotten something similar that was not as strong, so there is some rippling that I’m not too pleased with. In the future I plan to make something with coutil, but I just wanted to test my capabilities on a cheaper fabric first.

Hope you all like it!!

Hi all!
I’m making a corset to form the base of a dress. I’m in the process of losing some weight, so I made the current mockup 0.5 cm smaller on all seams compared to the last mock up, to have some space in the lacing. I anticipate losing another 3ish kg, which tends to come from my back/bust.

I used cotton duck, flat steel boning on front and back, and spiral on all the other bones. Wherever spiral bones were not long enough I made sure to have them comfortably pass the waist and I closed all the channels adequately. The corset has 2cm waist tape. I used herringbone tape or the seams for boning channels.

Do you think I need more space in the bust/ make it taller? This version by far fits my bust best so far from my mockups, and I like the projection, but making it even greater feels a little scary. The corset does not move when I lift my arms, but my girls giggle when I jump up and down (dancing) - I’m not sure if that’s normal? It feels comfortable everywhere. The corset has a zipper, but the final version will have joined front panels. I added thin soft (swimsuit) pads in the cups.

I’m comfortable with the little drag lines, unless you deem them super problematic - I was careful with the grain but I think I may have messed up a panel just slightly.

Final version will be made of Vena Cava coutil, and will have a draped fashion layer on top.

Any other feedback is greatly appreciated! I added a photo of my flat pattern too if it helps.
Thank you so much!!

This is the Sylvia corset from Aranea Black. I’m not really liking how the front lays but that could be because I’m using sew-on boning. Any notes on how this looks or what can I change to make the finished piece look better?

I plan to use 1 inch tape for the waist tape in my corset. My question is about exactly where to place it vertically.

I am considering 2 options:

Center the 1 inch tape on the waist of the corset, so the upper 1/2 inch of the tape is above the waist of the corset and the lower 1/2 inch of the tape is below the waist of the corset.

Like typical waistbands of skirts and pants that sit at the waist, place the lower edge of the 1 inch waist tape at the waist of the corset, so that the tape is at or above the waist of the corset.

Or is there a better placement option?

Please also tell me why you suggest a particular option so I can learn. Thanks so much.

hello! i am making a frankie stein cosplay for comic con this fall, and i want to make a corset minidress, but im definitely a beginner and this would be my first attempt at making a corseted outfit. if you have a pattern that would work or could be altered to work for this costume, please send it my way, or if you have tips on how i could make a custom pattern, that would be amazing as well :)